Saturday, June 18, 2016

Man shot dead while streaming on Facebook Live in Chicago and other top stories.

  • Man shot dead while streaming on Facebook Live in Chicago

    Man shot dead while streaming on Facebook Live in Chicago
    A Chicago man was shot and killed while live streaming a video on Facebook, police said on Friday, just days after a double-homicide in France in which the killer later took to Facebook Live to encourage more violence. Antonio Perkins, 28, was found face down on Wednesday night in a vacant lot with gunshot wounds to the neck and head on the city’s west side, Chicago police officer Laura Amezaga said. Perkins was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police on Friday identified the m..
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  • Man arrested for rape after 12 Amish girls found in his home

    Man arrested for rape after 12 Amish girls found in his home
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Man arrested for rape after Amish girls found in his home Police in Pennsylvania have charged three people in a rape case where a teenage Amish girl was given by her parents to a much older man. PT0M44S 620 349 Philadelphia: A 51-year-old man was found living with 12 girls, including two he fathered, after sexually assaulting a teenager he considered his wife, US authorities said.Lee Kaplan was arrested at his home in Pennsylvania on Thursday mo..
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  • Latest clue could hold key to EgyptAir mystery

    Latest clue could hold key to EgyptAir mystery
    Data from the second black box retrieved from wreckage of EgyptAir flight MS804 could be vital in finding the cause of the crash. Egypt has experienced three aviation tragedies since October 2015. Photo: Getty. A second flight recorder has been ...
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  • UK astronaut Tim Peake returns to Earth

    UK astronaut Tim Peake returns to Earth
    Image copyright NASA Image caption Tim Peake said the "smells of Earth are just so strong", after exiting the capsule UK astronaut Tim Peake is back on Earth after a historic six-month stay on the International Space Station.A Soyuz capsule carrying Major Peake and two other crew members touched down in Kazakhstan at 10:15 BST.He called the journey back "the best ride I've been on ever", adding: "The smells of Earth are just so strong".Maj Peake is th..
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  • Belgium anti-terror raids: 12 people held after overnight raids, prosecutors say

    Belgium anti-terror raids: 12 people held after overnight raids, prosecutors say
    Belgium anti-terror raids: 12 people held after overnight raids, prosecutors say Updated June 18, 2016 19:29:37 Dozens of anti-terror raids have been carried out across Belgium in a case that needed "an immediate intervention", and 12 people have been held, federal prosecutors said. Key points:Europe is on high security alert as the Euro 2016 soccer tournament takes place in FranceRaids took place in 16 communes in Brussels, Flanders and WalloniaBelgian media says the ..
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  • Indonesia to send boat people back out to sea

    Indonesia to send boat people back out to sea
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  • Taiwan Courtroom: U.S. Man Cuts His Own Throat After Drug Conviction

    Taiwan Courtroom: U.S. Man Cuts His Own Throat After Drug Conviction
    As an interpreter told Tyrel Martin Marhanka, 41, that the court had given him a four-year jail sentence, the American man committed suicide in the Taiwan courtroom. Marhanka was sitting in the courtroom in Taiwan during his sentencing on drug possession charges, when was seen to hold up a sharp metal object and before authorities could stop him, he plunged the object deep into his neck, reportedly unleashing a torrent of blood. According to the Taipei Times, witnesses to the incident identifie..
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  • Jo Cox: Thomas Mair appears in court over murder of British MP

    Jo Cox: Thomas Mair appears in court over murder of British MP
    Jo Cox: Thomas Mair appears in court over murder of British MP Updated June 18, 2016 20:08:53 The man accused of shooting and stabbing British MP Jo Cox to death in a brutal street attack railed against "traitors" during a brief court appearance on Saturday."Death to traitors, freedom for Britain," 52-year-old Thomas Mair said when asked to give his name in Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, the Press Association reported.When the question was repeated, Mair said..
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  • Ramadan steers attention from stomach to soul

    Ramadan steers attention from stomach to soul
    Most people know that the Ramadan involves a month of fasting for Muslims.Beyond that, they're at a loss.Is Ramadan a time of sadness? Is everything off the menu? What if your child's birthday falls during Ramadan? No ice cream or cake? Bobby Thomas and David Haskins are able to laugh at the questions - which is a tribute to character, since they've been fasting all day and it's now late afternoon.Thomas, the imam or spiritual leader of Fayetteville's Masjid Omar Ibn Sayyid mosque, and Hask..
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'Non-swimming' dog becomes the star of pooch pool party .Hobart rent 'least affordable' after Sydney, report finds .
Kate Middleton (and her favourite 10-year-old coat) visits Northern Ireland for the first time in five years .Martian dust storms could make life interesting for future astronauts .

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