The suspect at the center of the Sydney hostage drama winding down Tuesday has long been on law enforcement officials’ radar. Man Haron Monis, an Iranian-born refugee and self-styled sheik, was alleged to have taken at least a dozen people hostage and holding them for nearly 17 hours at the downtown Lindt Chocolate Cafe. Security […]Load more...
A daylong standoff in Sydney, Australia, ended after heavily armed police stormed the cafe where a man reportedly held at least a dozen people hostage, leaving two hostages and the gunman dead. Heavy gunfire and loud bangs from stun grenades filled the air around 2 a.m. local time (1500 GMT on Monday) after security forces […]Load more...
FOXBORO — There was a point when the Patriots’ Sunday afternoon matchup with the Dolphins looked like it would be a close one. There was a time when Tom Brady and the offense looked inept. There was a moment when it looked like the Patriots wouldn’t clinch their sixth consecutive AFC East title. Then the third quarter […]Load more...
CRANSTON, R.I. – Three people face charges of driving under the influence after car accidents this weekend – two of which involved Cranston police cruisers. The police charged Alex Sanville, 24, of 43 Baptist St., Swansea, with driving under the influence and refusing a breath test after the car he was driving struck an unattended […]Load more...
There’s nothing like a bestie to know what the purrfect birthday gift is. «My birthday present from @lenadunham my new most cherished possession,» Taylor Swift wrote on Instagram Saturday along with a photo of the pendant featuring her cat Meredith that the «Girls» star gave her for her 25th birthday. Swift celebrated her new year of […]Load more...
The 36-year-old Star Trek star and her hubby Marco Perego have welcomed twins, according to E! Online, which reported that Zoe and Marco «are both so excited.» «They are surrounded by family and friends,» a source told the site. «All that matters now to Zoe and her husband is that the babies are healthy.» Before giving birth to their babies, […]Load more...
A 22-year-old South African woman has won the 64th annual Miss World 2014 beauty pageant. Rolene Strauss, a medical student, was crowned this year’s winner at the pageant Sunday in London. Hundreds of millions of people around the world are estimated to have watched the ceremonies on television. Hungary’s Edina Kulcsar came in second and […]Load more...
The U.S. Congress has given its final approval for a massive $1.1 trillion government spending plan for most of 2015, ending a threat that the federal government could shut down again if the legislation was not passed. The measure, approved late Saturday in the Senate by 56-40 vote after a vote Thursday by the House […]Load more...
Washington — Washington is entering a new era of kamikaze governance, this time with Democrats at the helm. Thursday night’s spending showdown saw progressive Democrats unexpectedly emerge as the agitators ready to drive the nation off a cliff to win concessions — and progressives say it will happen again. «The fight last night was a […]Load more...
During nationwide marches protesting the killings of unarmed black men by white police officers, families of the victims urged demonstrators to continue pressing for changes to the criminal justice system. In Washington, relatives of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice and Trayvon Martin gathered on Saturday at Freedom Plaza, near the White House, before peacefully […]Load more...