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Fighter jets escort flight from New York to Rome following security concern

24 février 2025 à 14:29

Situation on American Airlines flight originally bound for New Delhi reportedly involved bomb threat sent by email

An American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi landed safely in Rome on Sunday afternoon after it was diverted due to a security concern, which later proved to be “non-credible”, the airline said.

While the airline did not elaborate, NBC reported that the situation involved a bomb threat sent by email. The network cited a source familiar with the situation.

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© Photograph: Italian Air Force - Aeronautica Militare/AFP/Getty Images

Trump names conservative podcaster Dan Bongino as FBI deputy director

24 février 2025 à 05:38

Selection of former Secret Service agent and author means two staunch Trump allies lead the principal federal law enforcement agency

Dan Bongino, a former US Secret Service agent who has written bestselling books, run unsuccessfully for office and gained fame as a conservative pundit with TV shows and a popular podcast, has been chosen to serve as the FBI’s deputy director.

President Donald Trump announced the appointment on Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as “a man of incredible love and passion for our country”. He called the announcement “great news for law enforcement and American justice”.

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Police officer and suspect who took hostages at Pennsylvania hospital killed in shootout

23 février 2025 à 15:09

A doctor, a nurse and a custodian at UPMC Memorial, and two other officers were shot and wounded in attack

A man armed with a pistol and carrying zip ties entered a Pennsylvania hospital’s intensive care unit Saturday and took staff members hostage before he was killed by police in a shootout that also left an officer dead, authorities said.

Three workers at UPMC Memorial hospital, including a doctor, a nurse and a custodian, and two other officers were shot and wounded in the attack, the York county district attorney Tim Barker said. A fourth staffer was injured in a fall.

Guardian staff contributed reporting

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© Photograph: Sean Simmers/AP

LeBron James salutes ‘natural quarterback’ Luka Dončić as Lakers rout Nuggets

23 février 2025 à 14:58
  • Pair combine for 57 points in dominant 123-100 win
  • Dončić says he is finding his form for new team

Luka Dončić scored 32 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, dished out seven assists and stole four passes while leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 123-100 wipeout of the Denver Nuggets, who had won nine consecutive games, on Saturday night.

“Finally feel like myself a little bit,” Dončić said. “Playing this game, this is what I love. Just finally being myself a little bit, that’s why I was smiling all game.”

So was LeBron James, who chipped in 25 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and three blocks – and several times was on the receiving end of Dončić’s long passes for fastbreak buckets as the Lakers led wire-to-wire against their recent nemisis.

“I am a natural-born wide receiver and he’s a natural-born quarterback,” cracked James.

Dončić said his chemistry with the Lakers, James included, is still budding. “This is my fourth game,” Dončić said. “Chemistry takes time. You saw today that it’s getting better. Every day, it’s getting better. ... Hard, different, but I’m happy to be playing basketball. Every day is going to get better for me. I’m happy to be here. I’m happy for the new journey.”

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© Photograph: David Zalubowski/AP

Kash Patel tells FBI staff to ignore Elon Musk request to list their achievements

23 février 2025 à 15:35

Agency reportedly seeking guidance from DoJ as Musk’s demand sparks confusion across key government agencies

The new FBI director, Kash Patel, has told his agency employees to hold off on responding to an email from the Donald Trump administration asking them to list their accomplishments in the last week as tech billionaire Elon Musk expands his crusade to slash the federal government’s size.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers had been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they achieved to the office of personnel management (OPM), sparking confusion across key agencies that included the US’s top law enforcement agency.

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© Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Two children killed by decades-old grenade in Cambodia

22 février 2025 à 21:44

Accident happened in Siem Reap province that saw heavy fighting in 1980s between government soldiers and Khmer Rouge

A grenade believed to be more than 25 years old killed two toddlers when it blew up near their homes in rural Cambodia, officials said.

The accident happened on Saturday in Siem Reap province’s Svay Leu district, where there had been heavy fighting in the 1980s and 90s between Cambodian government soldiers and rebel guerrillas from the communist Khmer Rouge. The group had been ousted from power in 1979.

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Police officer killed amid shooting at Pennsylvania hospital

22 février 2025 à 21:13

Andrew Duarte of West York borough police department was slain Saturday at UPMC memorial hospital in York

A police officer was killed Saturday after responding to a shooting at a central Pennsylvania hospital, officials said.

The officer slain in the shooting at UPMC memorial hospital in York was identified as Andrew Duarte of the West York borough police department. He had been responding to a mutual aid call, the department posted on its Facebook page.

Guardian staff contributed reporting

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© Photograph: Sean Simmers/AP

Woman charged in dating app druggings and one death of older men in Las Vegas

22 février 2025 à 15:51

FBI says Aurora Phelps met men online for dating then drugged them and stole cars and money

A woman used online dating apps to lure at least four older men to meet her in person, drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a “sinister” romance scheme, FBI officials in Las Vegas said on Friday.

Three of the men died, authorities said, and she has been charged in one of their deaths.

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© Photograph: Ty ONeil/AP

US supreme court temporarily blocks firing of head of federal whistleblower protection office

22 février 2025 à 15:51

Trump administration is seeking to oust Hampton Dellinger, head of the office of special counsel

The US supreme court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over the agenda of Donald Trump’s second presidency.

The justices said in an unsigned order that Hampton Dellinger, head of the office of special counsel, could remain in his job at least until Wednesday. That’s when a lower-court order temporarily protecting him expires.

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© Photograph: Will Dunham/Reuters

China conducts second live-fire drill near New Zealand

22 février 2025 à 10:13

Report from New Zealand navy personnel comes a day after similar drill forced multiple airlines to change flight paths between Australia and New Zealand

China’s navy has reportedly conducted a second live-fire exercise in international waters, a day after a similar drill forced multiple airlines to change flight paths between Australia and New Zealand.

New Zealand navy personnel advised live rounds were fired from a Chinese warship in international waters near the island nation on Saturday.

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Warnings downgraded but out-of-control bushfires continue to burn in Victoria and Tasmania

Extreme fire danger and total bans declared for large parts of the east coast with sweltering temperature accompanied by hot and dry winds

Warnings have been downgraded for fires burning in multiple states but emergency services are urging caution as hot, gusty conditions continue.

A grassfire in central Victoria’s Willowmavin was burning out of control on Saturday evening but an emergency warning for residents to take shelter had been downgraded to advice level.

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© Photograph: Michael Currie/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

LA mayor Karen Bass removes fire chief after public rift over wildfire response

21 février 2025 à 21:52

Kristen Crowley dismissed after blaming city’s budget cuts, while mayor claimed firefighters weren’t properly deployed

Six weeks after the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles’s mayor, Karen Bass, ousted the city’s fire chief on Friday following a public rift over preparations for a potential fire and finger-pointing between the chief and city hall over responsibility for the devastation.

Bass said in a statement that she was removing Chief Kristin Crowley immediately.

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© Photograph: Richard Vogel/AP

Voletta Wallace, mother to Notorious BIG, dies at 78

21 février 2025 à 20:04

The rapper’s mother, who had been guarding his legacy, died of natural causes after a stint in hospice care

Voletta Wallace, the dedicated mother of the late rapper the Notorious BIG, died on Friday morning aged 78.

The Monroe county coroner, Thomas Yanac, confirmed her death on Friday to the Associated Press, saying she died at her home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, after a stint in hospice care. She died of natural causes.

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© Photograph: Ilya S Savenok/Getty Images

Six New York prison workers indicted for murder in beating death of inmate

20 février 2025 à 22:59

Assault on Robert Brooks in December caught on body cameras, triggering widespread outrage and calls for justice

Six New York prison workers have been indicted for second-degree murder in the beating death of an incarcerated man who had been handcuffed, while four others were charged with lesser crimes.

The beating of Robert Brooks by multiple officers at Marcy Correctional Facility in December was caught on body cameras, triggering widespread outrage and calls for justice.

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© Photograph: Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images

Argentina court drops charges against three people over Liam Payne death

20 février 2025 à 22:42

Charges of criminal negligence dropped against three key defendants over death of British singer in October

A court in Argentina has dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who fell from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last October.

In a decision issued Wednesday, the Argentine federal appeals court ordered the other two defendants in the case to remain in custody. They are facing prosecution on charges they supplied the famed British boy band star with narcotics.

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© Photograph: Agustín Marcarian/Reuters

Olympic skier Tereza Nova woken from medical coma four weeks after training crash

20 février 2025 à 15:50
  • Czech athlete suffered brain injury during crash
  • 27-year-old had surgery to reduce brain swelling

Downhill skier Tereza Nova has been woken from a medical coma nearly four weeks after crashing in training for a World Cup race, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation said on Thursday.

“After a severe brain injury, she was gradually awakened from artificial sleep and will be transported from the trauma clinic in Germany back to the Czech Republic today,” the FIS said in an update from the Czech team.

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Missouri man who pleaded guilty in shooting of Black teen at wrong door dies

20 février 2025 à 01:01

Andrew Lester, who is white, was charged with assault after Ralph Yarl, who survived, rang doorbell by mistake in 2023

An 86-year-old Missouri man died just days after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man’s doorbell by mistake, prosecutors announced on Wednesday.

Andrew Lester of Kansas City had been charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of the then 16-year-old, who survived and is now a freshman at Texas A&M. Before his trial was scheduled to begin, Lester had pleaded guilty on Friday to a lesser charge of second-degree assault, which carries up to seven years behind bars. He had been scheduled to be sentenced on 7 March.

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© Photograph: Reuters

Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola files for bankruptcy protection

19 février 2025 à 22:08

After becoming embroiled in scandal, formerly hot startup and Wall Street star had said it would likely run out of cash

Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection months after saying that it would likely run out of cash early this year.

Nikola was a hot startup and rising star on Wall Street before becoming enmeshed in scandal and its founder was convicted in 2022 for misleading investors about the Arizona company’s technology.

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© Photograph: Fabian Bimmer/Reuters

Project helps Spain’s flood survivors restore family photos – in pictures

In the days after flash floods killed more than 200 people in Valencia last year, volunteers and students sifted through the wreckage for photos belonging to families who had survived the disaster to see what could be saved

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© Photograph: Bernat Armangué/AP

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