A Vermont jury convicted Jason Eaton of attempted murder in the 2023 shooting of three Palestinian college students in Burlington. Eaton faces up to life in prison after jurors rejected his insanity defense.
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Two helicopter pilots were killed Sunday while conducting water drops over the Dome Fire in Yosemite National Park. Federal investigators are examining the crash, which happened as hundreds of firefighters battled the more than 3,000-acre blaze.
Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Vincent Bajinya, has become the first person charged in the UK with offences linked to the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Prosecutors allege he directed and incited acts of murder and genocide carried out by others.
UN special rapporteur Ben Saul said U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific may constitute crimes against humanity. The United States says the operation targets narco-trafficking vessels, but the report says the attacks are not justified under international law.
Delaware State Police said Walter Moorhead, 74, fatally shot Santos Maria Chilel Soto, 39, after mistaking her for a deer while hunting in Ellendale. Moorhead faces manslaughter, firearm and reckless endangerment charges.
Ten lions were found dead in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area in a suspected poisoning, wildlife officials said. Authorities have opened an investigation as East Africa faces wider concerns over human-wildlife conflict and suspected poisonings of large animals.
Patrick Clancy said in his first televised interview since his ex-wife’s mistrial that online theories have harmed his children’s legacy and distracted from perinatal mental health. Prosecutors are weighing whether to retry Lindsay Clancy in the 2023 deaths of Cora, Dawson and Callan.
A federal immigration agent shot and seriously injured a man Sunday in Austin, Texas. Local officials and Rep. Greg Casar are calling for an independent investigation and the release of body camera footage.