A former suburban Texas police officer has been executed for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago. Robert Fratta, 65, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the November 1994 fatal…
Texas set to execute man for killing his mother, burying body in her backyard
A Texas inmate whose lawyers say has a history of mental illness faces execution on Wednesday for killing his mother and burying her body in her backyard nearly 20 years ago. Tracy Beatty, 61, is scheduled to receive a lethal…
If I knew that being a Nanny abroad would land me in jail, I for kuku remain in Nigeria.
I raised all my children by myself, a single parent with five children, although from three different fathers; one died, two simply walked away after fathering a child each. All my children remain as one, I never allowed them to…
The first bus carrying migrants from the US-Mexico border in Texas arrives in Chicago, officials say
The state of Texas, which for several months has bussed thousands of newly arrived migrants at the US-Mexico border to New York City and Washington, DC, has set a new metropolitan area as a destination: Chicago. Undocumented migrants on board…
In modest breakthrough, US senators announce outline of gun control deal
US Senate bargainers announced a bipartisan framework Sunday responding to last month’s mass shootings in the country, a modest breakthrough offering measured gun curbs and bolstered efforts to improve school safety and mental health programs. The proposal falls far short…
Netflix gives Stranger Things season 4 premiere a violence warning
Netflix has made a last-minute change to the next chapter of Stranger Things. Following the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas Tuesday that killed 19 students and two adults, the streamer has added a warning card to season 4, which premieres…
Matthew McConaughey calls for action after Texas school shooting
Matthew McConaughey penned a heartbreaking note about his hometown of Uvalde, TX, where an 18-year-old gunman ruthlessly killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school on Tuesday. After learning of the horror on his home soil, McConaughey issued…
*National Theatre Lagos looted (Sun)*NDLEA intercepts 2,060kg heroin, others at Lagos airport, Ondo, Edo, Kano (Tribune)
National Theatre Lagos looted (Sun) The Society for Transparency has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over looting of national assets in the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos. The petition, which was signed by the Corporate Director, Society for…
2 men killed in Tesla car crash ‘without driver’ in seat
Two men were killed after a Tesla car crashed into a tree and caught fire in Texas, and police believe there was nobody present in the driver’s seat at the time of the accident. The 2019 Tesla Model S was…
Actor Eddie Hassell dies aged 30 after being shot
US actor Eddie Hassell has died aged 30 after being shot in Texas on Sunday morning. The star was best known for his roles in the 2010 Oscar-nominated film The Kids Are All Right, and the NBC TV show Surface.…