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A man killed in an apparent road-rage shooting near Philadelphia on Wednesday was fatally shot by someone who thought he was driving too slow, police said. “A man lost his life today over traveling in his car too slow in rush-hour traffic,” Springfield Township Police Chief Joseph Daly said at a news conference. “It’s just not acceptable.” King Hua, 54, was killed while he was stopped at a red light about 8:40 a.m. on State Road, police and the district attorney said. A dark sport utility vehicle used the shoulder to pull ahead of Hua’s car, and then a male passenger got out and fired two shots through Hua's windshield, Daly said. The gunman fled, police said. The account of the killing in Springfield Township, which is a community of around 25,000 around 10 miles west of downtown Philadelphia, is from witnesses, Daly said. Hua was driving, and his wife was in the car, officials said. After Hua was shot, his car then went forward and struck a work van, … [Read more...] about Suspected road-rage shooter killed man near Philadelphia for driving too slow, police say

Meghan Markle was the subject of a racist photo sent on a police WhatsApp group before her royal wedding, according to misconduct allegations against three officers. PC Sukhdev Jeer, PC Paul Hefford, and former PC Richard Hammond could be fired for gross misconduct over posts to a WhatsApp group, a Metropolitan Police statement said. They have been accused of sharing "explicitly racist, homophobic, sexist, ableist and Islamophobic" messages between January and December 2018, according to The Guardian . A photo of a " golliwog " toy was posted and captioned "a sneak preview at Meghan's wedding dress," a misconduct hearing in West London heard. Golliwogs are among the most famous racist caricatures of black people in Britain, though they are less well known in America. A description on the Jim Crow Museum website reads: "The Golliwog (originally spelled Golliwogg) is the least known of the major anti-black caricatures in the United States. Golliwogs are grotesque … [Read more...] about U.K. police accused of sending racist Meghan Markle WhatsApp message

KUALA LUMPUR: The president of Parti Perpaduan Rakyat Sabah has been detained for allegedly being the mastermind of an identification document scam syndicate, says Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin ( pic ). The Home Minister said the political party president, identified as Mohd Arshad Abdul Mualap, 48, was detained along with another man - Mohamad Amkah Ahmad, 46, - in Subang Jaya on June 22 and they were charged in court on Thursday (June 30). ALSO READ: Sale of special ICs to foreigners in Sabah under probe "We believe the syndicate has been operating for at least a few months. "They were selling invalid ICs for those without Malaysian citizenship," he told a press conference in Bukit Aman on Thursday. The syndicate claimed that the cards, which were also equipped with QR codes, would give its holders benefits, including medical and education, he said. "The duo were detained under Section 420 of Penal Code for cheating. "They were targeting mostly foreigners," he … [Read more...] about Sabah party president nabbed for being alleged mastermind of ID scam ring, says Hamzah

Less than one week after the Supreme Court struck down a New York gun law , a 20-year-old woman has been fatally shot while pushing her baby daughter in a stroller. New York City Mayor Eric Adams condemned the Supreme Court 's gun ruling last week, saying it "will put New Yorkers at further risk of gun violence," while New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called the move "reckless and reprehensible." Officers found the woman with a gunshot wound to the head near the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 95th Street on New York City's Upper East Side at around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the New York Police Department ( NYPD ) told Newsweek. The woman was taken to Metropolitan Hospital Center where she was pronounced dead, the spokesperson said. Her 3-month-old infant was not harmed, police said, but was taken to hospital for medical evaluation. At a news conference on Wednesday night, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said the woman was approached by an "unknown … [Read more...] about Shooting on Upper East Side just days after SCOTUS overturned NY gun law

The body of a 21-year-old girl who went missing more than a month ago in Missouri was found June 18. Jessi Wilfong was reported missing May 25 by her mother and was last seen alive days earlier on May 19 when she was captured on surveillance footage arriving at the home of her uncle, Lawrence Schanda, and his 59-year-old girlfriend Teresa Baumgartner, Fox 3 Now reported . The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s office immediately launched an investigation into her disappearance, with authorities issuing a search warrant June 15 at a residence. Authorities suspected “from the evidence collected and other information” that “foul play was involved” in Wilfong’s disappearance. During the investigation, “information led deputies to a location in close proximity to the previously searched residence,” on June 18, according to the sheriff’s office. “Subsequent investigation revealed the site of a recently dug portion of ground inside of a barn structure,” the sheriff’s office … [Read more...] about Body Of 21-Year-Old Who Went Missing After Her Uncle Picked Her Up Found Buried In Barn

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight champion, Cain Velasquez, is suing the man he recently shot for allegedly molesting his 4-year-old son. Velasquez remains in custody after San Jose Police arrested him in February and charged him with the attempted murder of Harry Goularte, the man he accuses of molesting his son in a civil lawsuit. The UFC fighter is suing Goularte and his family, who own the daycare where Velasquez says his son was alleged molested, reported the Associated Press. (RELATED: REPORT: Cain Velasquez’s Intended Shooting Target Allegedly Molested His Family Member) Velasquez, whose son spent five days a week at the daycare from 2021-2022, is suing Goularte and his concrete business and Goularte’s mother and stepfather, Paul Bender, on behalf of a minor name “C.V. Jr.,” according to the LA Times. pic.twitter.com/osPxi0QfHf — Cain Velasquez (@cainmma) April 12, 2022 The lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court … [Read more...] about UFC Champion Sues Man He Shot For Allegedly Molesting His Son

Charlotte Hornets player Miles Bridges is reportedly in some serious trouble with the law. The young forward was taken into custody on a felony domestic violence charge Wednesday in Los Angeles, according to TMZ . Bridges is accused of getting physical with a woman during an argument. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football) When police arrived at the scene, Bridges was gone and later turned himself in, according to the same report. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miles Bridges (@milesbridges) As I always say, Bridges has every right in the world to be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. That’s our system here in America, and we should all be grateful for that fact. Having said that, this isn’t a minor situation. He’s not being accused of being a bit too drunk in public or something like that. … [Read more...] about REPORT: Charlotte Hornets Player Miles Bridges Arrested On Felony Domestic Violence Charge

A barmaid who has amnesia regularly wakes up and can't remember a thing - thinking she is six-years-old again. Chloe Barnard, 29, forgets the past 23 years of her life and even thinks her fiancé is a kidnapper, and the doting partner has to remind her who he is each day. She has a rare brain condition, believed to be triggered by a stroke , and the amount she forgets changes, sometimes she thinks she is a teenager and she'll call her partner, 39-year-old James, a paedophile. Chloe, from Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, sometimes even threatens him with a spanner but somehow he manages to keep her calm until her memories return each day. James manages to keep Chloe calm when she's having an episode ( Image: Kennedy News and Media) Chloe has a brain condition that affects her memory ( Image: Kennedy News and Media) For more of the news you care about, straight to your inbox, sign up for one of our daily newsletters here. … [Read more...] about ‘I wake up every day with no memory of last 23 years – I think fiancé is kidnapper’

London’s leftist mayor and arch-Remainer Sadiq Khan has called for the United Kingdom to ignore the democratically expressed will of the people and rejoin the European Union’s Single Market. Rather than focus on the violent crime wave that has characterised his tenure in office, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has once again decided to relitigate the 2016 Brexit referendum and call for the UK to rejoin the EU’s Single Market. While he said that he could not speak for the entire Labour Party he said that the left-wing opposition should be campaigning to rejoin the trading bloc, LBC reported . “I believe we should. Spot on,” Mr Khan during the annual State of London debate, saying that he believes the decision to leave the European Union was the “biggest piece of self-inflicted harm ever done to a country.” The statements came amid the ongoing dispute over the Northern Ireland Protocol which essentially kept the British country inside the EU’s Single Market ostensibly to prevent the … [Read more...] about London Mayor Sadiq Khan Calls for UK to Rejoin EU’s Single Market

The UK’s publicly funded healthcare system is not properly questioning its “transgender” patients before surgery, a former “transgender woman” has alleged. A person who formerly lived as a “transgender woman” has alleged that the UK’s socialised healthcare system is not properly questioning people before they undergo sex-change surgery. Ritchie Herron, who has returned to identifying as a man, voiced the allegations while saying that he intended to take legal action against the British National Health Service (NHS) over the way it treated him. According to a report by The Times , Herron claimed that the socialised healthcare provider failed to heed his own concerns about undergoing transgender surgery, with medics even allegedly putting down his fears to his obsessive compulsive disorder. As a result, Herron reportedly ended up undergoing a “vaginoplasty surgery”, the results of which have allegedly left him in pain, with no sex drive, and with problems emptying his … [Read more...] about NHS Failing to Properly Question ‘Transgender’ Patients Before Surgery