More than five years after Obama completed his second term in the Oval Office, he and his wife were hosted by the man who served as his vice president, Joe Biden. The portrait of the former commander-in-chief has been painted in a photo-realistic style by artist Robert McCurdy. She is depicted against a white background, in an image reminiscent of earlier portraits Mr McCurdy made of Toni Morrison and Nelson Mandela....
Landon Parrott, 19 – who initially claimed he had only left 14-month-old Kyler during a brief trip to the bathroom – faced the death penalty after officers were shown footage of him leaving the boy in the car at 8:30 a.m. .m. returning until over five hours later at 1:50 p.m “The child died after being left in the car unattended for approximately 5 hours, with an outside temperature of 87 degrees,” New Philadelphia Police Chief Michael Goodwin said in a statement posted on Facebook....
In her first public remarks since her daughter was fatally shot in their home in Liverpool, Cheryl Korbel broke down in tears as she paid tribute to her “little shadow”. She described how Olivia would never stop talking and said: “That’s what I miss the most, because I can’t hear her talk.” Image: Olivia Pratt-Korbel And she said the family had been planning days out and a trip to buy Olivia’s new school uniform before she died....
Le réveil de ce mercredi 7 septembre est encore orageux. Après un début de nuit calme, l’alerte rouge, initialement levée dans le Gard, a été réactivée par Météo France. Mercredi à 6 heures du matin, les agences de vigilance ont de nouveau déclassé le département en orange. Nîmes en particulier subit de plein fouet ces intempéries. Dans la capitale gardoise, jusqu’à 135 millimètres de pluie sont tombés sur la ville, a indiqué à l’AFP un représentant des pompiers du département, cité par France Info....
James Eric Crisp, 37, a father of two, suddenly came to his senses and decided to contact Monroe County Sheriff’s investigators. Crisp served jail time after being arrested in a drug bust in 2019, but before that incident he did something that has haunted him ever since – he killed another man. His drug addiction led him to get into a fight with 48-year-old Roger Lord Taylor that turned deadly....
“Russians have returned the body of a British humanitarian worker Paul Urey whom they captured in April and reported dead due to ‘illnesses’ and ‘stress’ in July. With signs of possible unspeakable torture,” Dmytro Kuleba tweeted on Thursday. Urey was earlier reported dead in July by separatists from the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine, who said his death in captivity was “due to illness and stress”. Mr Kuleba reiterated that detaining and torturing civilians was “barbarism and a heinous war crime”....
An der Jugendsommerwoche nahmen sowohl Jungmusiker der Jugendkapelle, der Junior-Wind-Band, als auch musikbegeisterte Kinder, die zukünftig die Jugendkapelle verstärken werden, teil. Tolle Kunstwerke entstanden beim Graffiti-Workshop Das Jugendreferat des Musikvereins, bestehend aus Bianca Wegscheider und ihrer Stellvertreterin Lisa Pimperl, hatte ein abwechslungsreiches Programm für die Kinder und Jugendlichen ausgearbeitet. Am Vormittag stand die Musik im Mittelpunkt. Es wurden gemeinsame Orchesterproben durchgeführt, dessen Stücke in den Registern mit eigenen Proben genauer besprochen wurden....
Sur les huit accusés, trois sont renvoyés devant la justice avec des qualifications terroristes. Si leur adhésion à l’idéologie jihadiste n’est pas établie, ces derniers ne pouvaient ignorer, selon les enquêteurs, la fascination de Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel pour les dérives de l’organisation Etat islamique (EI). Les cinq autres accusés, dont deux fugitifs, sont jugés pour organisation criminelle et infractions liées aux armes. Voici les accusations portées contre eux. Deux proches de Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel Le groupe État islamique a revendiqué la responsabilité de l’attaque, mais les enquêtes ont prouvé qu’il s’agissait d’une revendication opportuniste....
The club announced the move on Tuesday. Marino leveled Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros after fielding the ball late in Winnipeg’s 20-18 road win on Sunday. Kolaros, the frontrunner for the league’s most valuable player award, stayed in the game and there was no penalty in the game. Earlier this year, Marino received a CFL-record four-game suspension for a low hit that injured Jeremiah Masoli — followed by comments made about the Redblacks quarterback’s legacy — along with an illegal hit on forward Dino Boyd....
Gazprom had said on Friday that it had detected an engine oil leak at the only turbine still operating at Portovaya and would cut off gas supplies until it was repaired. Read more: Germany hits October gas storage target of 85% despite prolonged Nord Stream 1 shutdown read more Germany achieves October gas storage target of 85% despite prolonged Nord Stream 1 shutdown On Monday, it cited Siemens Energy, which has carried out maintenance on the Nord Stream 1 turbines, as saying “the causes of the oil leak can only be eliminated by a specialist repair company”....
Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature On Sunday night, Ukrainian President Zelensky thanked his forces for capturing two settlements in the south and a third, along with additional territory, in the east, citing “good reports” from his military commanders and intelligence chief. Reuters reports: Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the president’s office, earlier released an image of soldiers raising the Ukrainian flag over a village he said was in the southern region that is the main focus of the counterattack....
Starting today, Android 12L is headed to the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3. The update comes as part of One UI 4.1.1, the software version that runs on the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Flip 4. Aside from last year’s foldables, this update will also head to the Galaxy Z Fold 2, Galaxy Z Flip/5G, and the original Galaxy Fold. Android 12L and One UI 4....
Crow Wing County Sheriff Scott Goddard reports that around 1:37 p.m. on Monday, deputies responded to a call that a staff member from a school had gone underwater at Camp Northstar in Brainerd. The sheriff’s office said the staff member was with a group of students at a shelter over the weekend. A student on the team was able to extricate the staff member and first responders performed life-saving measures upon arrival....
Big White Ski Resort has had a busy mountain biking season thanks to the help of Mother Nature. Micheal J. Ballingall, Senior Vice President of Big White Ski Resort says it’s been a great summer. “When you look at the weather … it’s very difficult in the summer. We’ve only had a few lightning closures. We’ve been blessed with the weather. We’re very encouraged by the regularity of the weather....
But starting Wednesday, her face will grace the walls of America’s most famous address for as long as presidents continue to call it home. In their first visit as a couple to the White House since she left office in 2017, she and former President Barack Obama unveiled their official portraits in a ceremony in the East Room. While Oliver Cromwell wanted his warts painted on and all, Barack Obama has admitted to seeking some enhancements from artist Robert McCurdy – but to no avail....
September 1994 Truss is making a clear political debut – not just for the Conservative party. Truss, now an Oxford Liberal Democrat, makes an impassioned speech at the 1994 conference supporting a motion calling for the abolition of the monarchy. Leader Paddy Ashdown was said to have believed the party would be “over” if the motion had passed. May 6, 2010 After completing her political journey to the Conservatives – and failed attempts to win council seats and desperately safe Labor constituencies – Truss enters parliament as the Tory MP for rural South West Norfolk....
(Ken Turner, CUPE Local 2099.) The union representing workers in the city of Mount Pearl – they have been on strike for the past ten weeks – is defending its right to picket outside councilors’ homes. Mount Pearl’s virtual council meeting was interrupted Monday when protesters with bull horns started shouting outside Councilor Isabelle Fry’s home. CUPE Local 2099 President Ken Turner says secondary picketing is a legal right. He says they’ve been on the picket line for ten weeks and “the council hasn’t been to town hall… they’re working from home....
The world’s second most populous nation overtook the United Kingdom in the last quarter of 2021 and has continued to widen its lead ever since, according to a Bloomberg analysis of International Monetary Fund (IMF) data. It marks a watershed moment for the former British colony, propelling it into the world’s top five economies in nominal dollar terms. While British growth was subdued in the first quarter of this year and output is expected to contract in coming months, India is the world’s fastest-growing economy and domestic demand is booming....
LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Sunday she would take immediate action in her first week in office to tackle rising energy bills and increase energy supplies if, as expected, she is appointed prime minister. The ruling Conservative Party is widely expected to name Truss as its new leader and Britain’s new prime minister on Monday, at a time when the country is forecast to be in a long recession, double-digit inflation and industrial turmoil....
Crean forces have “probably achieved a degree of tactical” surprise by exploiting “poor” leadership among Russian forces, the UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) said. In its daily intelligence briefing, the Foreign Ministry said Ukrainian forces have also taken advantage of “poor logistics” used by the Russians during the counteroffensive in Kherson Oblast. The ministry said: “Since August 29, 2022, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been conducting renewed offensive operations in southern Ukraine....
