Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Seven year old Hser Nar Moo, who went missing from her home in South Salt Lake, Utah Tuesday, has been found dead less than 100 feet from her home. South Salt Lake Police Chief Chris Snyder said at a news conference, “Once inside the apartment, they observed some evidence that led […]
Read MoreSaturday, April 4, 2015 Well-known Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell was found unconscious on Tuesday at her Los Angeles home, and immediately taken to hospital, according to reports. An update on her condition appeared yesterday on her website. The update yesterday on her website said, “Joni remains under observation in the hospital and is resting comfortably. […]
Read MoreContents 1 Wikinews News Brief, February 27 2008 0430 UTC 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Events of worldwide notability, military action, disasters etc. 1.2.1 Kenya peace talks put on hold 1.2.2 Jersey child abuse case ‘was not covered up’ 1.2.3 Nigerian election result will not be annulled 1.2.4 Iraq demands immediate withdrawal of Turkish troops 1.3 Non-disastrous […]
Read MoreSunday, October 21, 2007 Torture proliferates American headlines today: whether its use is defensible in certain contexts and the morality of the practice. Wikinews reporter David Shankbone was curious about torture in American popular culture. This is the first of a two part series examining the BDSM business. This interview focuses on the owners of […]
Read MoreMonday, February 21, 2011 38 people were reported dead Sunday, in a Taliban attack on a bank in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. The incident, orchestrated by five suicide bombers disguised as policemen and soldiers, quickly escalated into a confrontation between security forces and the invaders armed with machine guns. After a several-hour standoff, four of the five […]
Read MoreWednesday, May 19, 2010 NATO has said that members of the Taleban launched an attack on the US-run Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan earlier today. Varying media reports say that between five to seven foreign service members were killed, and at least ten rebels. NATO said the rebels started their assault before dawn using small […]
Read MoreWednesday, July 14, 2010 On Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department arrested and charged a woman with murder, after she reportedly stabbed her ten-year-old daughter to death at the Air Force base Fort MacArthur residential facility in San Pedro, California. The girl’s father is a former member of the Navy. The 49-year-old mother, Bong Sook […]
Read MoreMonday, November 28, 2005 U.S. Representative Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R–CA) pled guilty today to conspiring to take bribes in exchange for using his influence as a member of the House Appropriations Committee to help a defense contractor get business. In total he pled guilty to one count of income tax evasion and four counts of […]
Read MoreSaturday, October 27, 2007 Gay Talese wants to go to Iraq. “It so happens there is someone that’s working on such a thing right now for me,” the 75-year-old legendary journalist and author told David Shankbone. “Even if I was on Al-Jazeera with a gun to my head, I wouldn’t be pleading with those bastards! […]
Read MoreThursday, October 5, 2017 At the age of 66, US rock musician Tom Petty suffered cardiac arrest on Monday morning and died that evening at the UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica in California, according to reports. Petty, born in Gainesville, Florida in 1950, was best known as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the […]
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