The men were weak after being held under harsh conditions, family members said.
A Windsor man convicted of first-degree murder in the vicious 2004 killing of a local cabbie and father of three is seeking a jury’s approval to apply for early parole. Ali Al-Shammari, 38, has spent half his life behind bars since the stabbing death and near decapitation of Thualfikar Alattiya, 41, in the rear seat […]
It hasn't been a great week for Paradox Interactive, and things just got a little worse for the publisher. It has announced another delay for Prison Architect 2, the sequel to a cult hit from 2015. The game had been set to drop on May 7 (which was already a delay from March 26) but now it won't arrive until September 3. Though builds of Prison Architect 2 had been certified for all platforms, the developers at Double Eleven ran into some technical problems that will take some time to resolve....
McAvoy sent his ex a barrage of messages between October and December last year
"Can any other candidate beat this? Not a chance!" Count Binface outlines manifesto commitments ahead of London mayor elections.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul granted clemency to the former Bad Boy recording artist after he served 13 years of a 15 years to life sentence.
Meta Platforms on Thursday released early versions of its latest large language model, Llama 3, and an image generator that updates pictures in real time while users type prompts, as it races to catch up to generative AI market leader OpenAI. The models will be integrated into virtual assistant Meta AI, which the company is pitching as the most sophisticated of its free-to-use peers. The assistant will be given more prominent billing within Meta's Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger apps...
Only a small fraction are political prisoners, advocates said.
The Kingdom of Bahrain announced on Monday the release of 1,584 prisoners, some of whom were serving life sentences and others who had been convicted in relation to the protests of 2011.This mass pardon includes individuals who were implicated in acts of violence or public disorder during a period of political unrest.The government's decision to release these prisoners also capitalizes on the "alternative sentences" law, enacted in 2017, which allows inmates who have completed at least half of...
Mayor Adams has faced mounting criticism from parents and officials who say his funding cuts are starving popular early childhood education programs. Adams said his administration had restored a half-billion dollars in funding to the education budget. But the department still faces a remaining fiscal cliff of $500 million. [ more › ]
Voters in Calexico have resoundingly ousted the first out transgender member of the City Council and her council ally after a bitter recall campaign rife with accusations of transphobia and political cronyism in the struggling city on the U.S.-Mexico border. Nearly 74% of voters in the April 16 special election supported the recall of City Councilmember Raúl Ureña, according to early results released by the Imperial County registrar of voters Wednesday night. Ureña, who uses all pronouns but...
Maui Mayor Richard Bissen said they acted accordingly with the information they had at hand— and rejects the idea that there was a delay in the emergency response.