Tennis ball-sized hail pounds Italy injuring more than 100 people
At least 110 people have been injured after tennis ball-sized hail rained down on a region of northern Italy overnight Wednesday.
2023-07-20 23:28
Woman claiming to be girlfriend of person of interest in Oregon killings reveals alleged links to victims
A woman who says that the recently detained person of interest in the suspected Oregon serial killer case Jesse Lee Calhoun lived with her and her children for a year and a half, has shared allegations that there may have been connections between the 38-year-old and some of the victims. In a video interview shared on YouTube, Krista Senor said Calhoun was linked to at least two of the four murdered women and that he had sex and sold fentanyl to other women during their relationship, according to Oregon Live. “I’m still in shock over this. It’s just surreal,” Ms Sinor, 43 told The Oregonian on Wednesday. “It’s very strange. I can’t wrap my mind around any of it. Neither can his family or friends.” Police spent three days searching her apartment in Milwaukie, Oregon after they arrested Calhoun on 6 June. Former Oregon Governor Kate Brown commuted Calhoun’s sentence for several burglaries on 23 June 2021, about a year before he was set to be released, for his work fighting wildfires. Ms Sinor said Calhoun was connected to two of the victims, Ashley Real, 22, from Portland, and Bridget Leann Ramsey Webster, 31, from Milwaukie. The other two victims are Charity Perry and Kristin Smith – police said on Monday 17 July that their deaths are connected and that a person of interest had been identified. “No charges have been filed against anyone in connection with any of these four death investigations,” the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office and law enforcement agencies said in a press release. “Investigators have interviewed multiple people in connection with these cases and have identified at least one person of interest that is linked to all four of the decedents.” A man who saw Calhoun being arrested told KGW that “There’s craziness in the world. You hope it doesn’t happen too often. It was pretty nuts to see it happen in my backyard”. Calhoun was arrested on 6 June as he and his girlfriend were at a gas station in Milwaukie. The arrest didn’t occur without incident. “I don’t know how he made it through the 10 officers but he made it through and across traffic and down to the river and hopped in,” the witness told KGW. “I was like, ‘I wonder what this guy did,’” the witness added. “It seems whatever he did was really important — or required that much law enforcement, I should say.” The four women were all found dead across the region since the middle of February. Ms Sinor said in the YouTube interview that Calhoun and Ms Real had been seeing each other on and off for about a year and that he would provide Ms Webster with drugs in exchange for sex, but Ms Sinor added that she didn’t know how Calhoun was linked to Ms Perry or Ms Smith. When Ms Sinor was asked if Calhoun is a serial killer, Ms Sinor said “My first thought is that maybe a fentanyl overdose and he freaked out”. “He’s a family guy. He seems like a family guy. He’s really close with his family and he would do anything for them and stuff but like my kids ... he loves my kids and my kids love him,” she added in the YouTube interview, according to KGW. The witness who saw Calhoun being arrested told KGW: “I don’t want to see him come out from bars ever again.” Read More Portland ‘serial killer’ – live: Jesse Calhoun got prison pardon for fighting wildfires before deaths of women An inmate was pardoned by Oregon’s governor. Two years on he’s a person of interest in four suspicious deaths Jesse Calhoun identified as person of interest in suspicious deaths of four women in Portland
2023-07-20 22:17
China, U.S. climate envoys agree to maintain close communication after talks
BEIJING China and the United States agreed to maintain close communications after climate envoys from both countries met
2023-07-20 22:15
'Oppenheimer' unleashes Christopher Nolan on the 'father' of the atomic bomb
"Oppenheimer" seeks to match the mythological nature of its central theme -- an "American Prometheus," punished for bringing humankind the seeds of its potential destruction -- with a movie of equal heft, scale and (most of all) length. Writer-director Christopher Nolan's epic film essentially consists of three chapters, with the middle, Atlas-like, holding up the weaker, drawn-out beginning and end.
2023-07-20 21:15
Gilgo Beach murders – live: Rex Heuermann’s wife files for divorce as work at NYC Trump Building emerges
Rex Heuermann’s wife has filed for divorce just six days after New York police arrested her husband over the notorious Gilgo Beach murders. Court records show that Asa Ellerup – the accused serial killer’s wife of two decades and mother of his children – filed a matrimonial complaint in Suffolk County Supreme Court on Wednesday. His family are said to have been left “shocked” and “disgusted” after the Long Island native, 59, was arrested on Thursday and charged with the murders of three women. It has now also emerged that his Manhattan-based architecture company was once hired for a project at the Trump Building in New York City. New York City Department of Buildings records obtained by real state publication The Real Deal show Mr Heuermann’s firm was hired by a third party for a $200,000 plumbing job on 40 Wall Street in 2018. “Mr Heuermann has never worked for the Trump Organization in any capacity,” a spokesperson for the Trump Organization told the outlet. “He was hired by a third-party tenant, who vacated years ago, to perform minor architectural work in their individual space.” It’s unclear whether Mr Heuermann ever visited the building. Read More Pizza crust, burner phones and his wife’s hair: How Long Island police tied Rex Heuermann to the Gilgo Beach murders Rex Heuermann’s wife ‘didn’t talk to anyone’ in Long Island community, neighbour says How the Gilgo Beach serial killer turned the Long Island shore into a graveyard Las Vegas police reviewing unsolved cold cases for links to Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann
2023-07-20 20:49
Who was the real J. Robert Oppenheimer?
The highly anticipated movie "Oppenheimer" finally lands in theaters Friday. But who was J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist widely considered the father of the atomic bomb?
2023-07-20 19:17
Manipur: India video shows how rape is weaponised in conflict
A video that shows two naked women being paraded by a mob in Manipur state has sparked outrage.
2023-07-20 18:27
EU's Timmermans to leave Brussels to run in Dutch election
By Toby Sterling and Kate Abnett AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Frans Timmermans will leave the European Commission to run for the leadership
2023-07-20 18:27
Ukraine grain deal: What has happened to food prices since it ended?
World wheat prices have soared since Russia refused to renew the Ukraine grain deal.
2023-07-20 18:23
Travis King: North Korea 'not responding to calls' on missing soldier, says US
The US has reached out to the North, but there is still no word on the whereabouts of Travis King.
2023-07-20 16:47
Auckland shooting: Renewed debate on rising NZ crime rate
A gunman killed two people and injured at least 10 others, including a police officer.
2023-07-20 14:49
Indian Truckers Eye Electric as One Way to Tackle Pollution
India, the world’s most polluted country after Bangladesh, has a truck-sized problem to tackle if it wants to
2023-07-20 14:21