Three active-duty Marines have been charged with participating in the Capitol riot on January 6th, 2021. FBI agents became aware of one of the Marines, Micah Coomer, after he posted pictures of himself inside the Capitol building on Instagram. Dozens of people charged in the riot have military backgrounds, but these three are among only a handful on active duty. No defense lawyers for the men have been listed in the court docket yet.
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Google, one of the world's leading technology companies, has announced a 6% workforce reduction of 12,000 employees, as the economic boom experienced during the pandemic begins to slow. This is one of the biggest rounds of layoffs ever for the company, and adds to the tens of thousands of job losses recently announced by other tech companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook parent Meta. The layoffs are a sign of the times, and a reminder that the tech industry is not immune to the effects of the pandemic.
On Friday morning, a fire broke out in Seoul's Guryong village, destroying around 60 makeshift homes. 800 firefighters, police officers and public workers responded and were able to extinguish the flames within five hours, with no injuries or deaths reported. Images of the aftermath show firefighters and rescue workers cleaning up the site and the charred remains of the makeshift homes, with the cause of the fire still under investigation.
After 24 days adrift in the Caribbean Sea, the Colombian Navy, Maritime Authority, and Panamanian National Air and Navy Service rescued a stranded sailor, Elvis Francois. Francois had been working on his boat in St. Maarten when a storm blew him off course and he became lost. He was eventually spotted by a merchant ship with the word “HELP” spelled out on the boat’s hull, and the Colombian Navy responded to the call for help. Francois was examined by a navy member on board the merchant ship CMA CGM Voltario at the port of [...] and is now safe.
This article reports that the body of 33-year-old Kayla Kelley, who had been reported missing from McKinney, Texas on April 17th, has been found in a field in Grand Prairie. Ocastor Ferguson, 32, has been arrested on a kidnapping charge and is being held in lieu of $1.5 million bond, and the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office is still determining the cause of death. The Collin County Sheriff's Office is asking for anyone with information to come forward.
This article discusses a federal judge ordering former President Donald Trump and his attorney to pay nearly $1 million in sanctions for filing a lawsuit against Trump's 2016 rival Hillary Clinton and others. The judge said the lawsuit should never have been filed and was intended for a political purpose. The sanctions are intended to deter similar behavior in the future.
Rangers in Queensland, Australia were shocked to discover a giant cane toad, dubbed "Toadzilla", weighing 2.7 kilograms in Conway National Park last week. If confirmed, this would be the largest toad on record and the Queensland Department of Environment and Science is currently caring for it before releasing it back into the wild. The discovery of Toadzilla has sparked excitement among the rangers and the public, reminding us of the importance of conservation and the need to protect the environment.
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Lima, Peru, to demand the ouster of President Dina Boluarte and the return of former President Pedro Castillo, who was removed last month. The protests have resulted in the worst political violence in Peru in more than two decades, with police responding with tear gas and smoke to subdue the crowd. The situation remains tense as the protesters continue to call for Boluarte’s ouster and the return of Castillo to power.