Equipment stolen from England’s World Cup team during transport from Florida to Kansas City has been recovered, the BBC reported. Police said two people were taken into custody as local, state and federal authorities investigated the theft.
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James Boyard, Haiti’s Defense Ministry cabinet director and police inspector general, was kidnapped in Bourdon, a Port-au-Prince area considered relatively safe. It was not clear who abducted him or whether a ransom had been requested.
Gene Shalit, the pun-loving movie critic and arts reporter who spent four decades on NBC’s “Today” show, has died at 100. His family said he “passed away peacefully” after “an amazing life.”
A shooting in Midland, Texas, left one person dead and nine others hospitalized before the suspected attacker was confirmed dead after a police standoff. City officials said the scene remained active and road closures would continue while the investigation proceeded.
Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, the eldest child of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn, has died at 47 after more than three years in hospital. A lawyer and former diplomat, she was known for work on criminal justice reform and women prisoners’ rights.
Federal agents searched GKN Aerospace’s Garden Grove facility after a methyl methacrylate tank overheated in May, forcing 50,000 residents to evacuate. The company says it is cooperating as federal and local criminal investigations proceed.
Researchers have found the largest known whale graveyard, a 1,200-kilometer deep-sea site in the Indian Ocean with fossils up to 5.3 million years old. The remains support thriving communities of deep-sea life, including organisms that may be new to science.