August 15, 2018
Pennsylvania priests ‘abused thousands of children’
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has released a grand jury report detailing sex abuse in the Catholic Church, naming over 300 accused clergymen. The landmark grand jury investigation found more than 1,000 children had been abused by members of six…
August 15, 2018
Christine Hallquist: First transgender governor nominee picked
A former energy executive in Vermont has taken a major step towards becoming the first ever transgender governor of a US state. Christine Hallquist defeated three other candidates, including a 14-year-old boy, to win the Democratic Party nomination…
August 14, 2018
New Zealand to phase out plastic bags from next year
New Zealand is joining a growing list of countries attempting to get rid of single-use plastic shopping bags. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the decision on Friday, and said the ban was necessary to "safeguard New Zealand's clean, green…
August 14, 2018
Florida governor declares emergency over red tide for 7 Counties
Florida Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order Monday declaring a state of emergency for seven counties dealing with an unusually lengthy red tide algae bloom that has killed thousands of marine animals, his office said. The executive order gives…
August 14, 2018
FBI agent Peter Strzok ‘fired over anti-Trump texts’
A veteran FBI agent who exchanged anti-Trump text messages with a colleague during the election has been fired from the FBI, his lawyer has said. Peter Strzok has been accused by Republicans of being biased against Donald Trump, and seeking to…
August 13, 2018
Vigo festival collapse in Spain injures hundreds
More than 300 people have been injured, five seriously, after a section of wooden platform collapsed at an urban sports and music festival in Spain. It had been packed with people watching a rap artist at the two-day O Marisquiño event in the…
August 13, 2018
Battle-torn Ghazni residents ‘can’t find food’
Food supplies in the Afghan city of Ghazni are running low, as a battle with the Taliban rages for a fourth day, the UN has warned. "Life is getting hard for people, they can't get food or water," a man who fled the city on Sunday told the BBC. More…
August 10, 2018
Student kills herself after rape, adding to outrage over sexual violence in South Africa
The death of a 23-year-old student, who killed herself two months after she alleged she was raped has renewed anger over sexual violence against women in South Africa. Khensani Maseko, a student at the Rhodes University in Grahamstown, said she was…
August 10, 2018
Canada shooting: Four dead including two police in Fredericton
Canadian police say a suspect is in custody after at least four people were killed in a shooting in the eastern city of Fredericton, New Brunswick. Two of the victims were local police officers, the city police said on Twitter. The pair have not…
August 10, 2018
Cop uses Taser on 11-year-old girl accused of shoplifting at grocery store
Cincinnati's mayor and other city officials are criticizing the actions of an off-duty officer who used a stun gun on an 11-year-old girl suspected of theft at a grocery store. The officer was on an "outside employment detail" for the store when he…