Rocky Hill man gets 5 years in prison for fentanyl trafficking – Hartford Courant
A Rocky Hill man has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl, according to federal authorities. Sean Thomas, 32, was also sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 4 years of supervised release, according to federal authorities. Federal authorities, citing court documents and statements made in court, said Hartford police were investigating Thomas and others for distributing fentanyl and marijuana in 2020. “As part of the investigation, an undercover agent purchased marijuana from an employee from Puff Paradise, a smoke shop on New Britain Avenue owned by Thomas,” federal authorities said in a…
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“Killer robots”: will they be banned? | World | Breaking news and perspectives from around the world | DW
These are not the drones that deliver your online order. Loaded with cameras, sensors and explosives, their mission is to drive themselves to a target with an algorithm in the driver’s seat. They destroy themselves along with the target, leaving only a pile of electronic debris behind. Increasingly, these types of weapons are a manufacturer’s promotional material rather than science fiction movies. Starting today, a United Nations conference of 80 countries is meeting in Geneva to debate whether to ban them or at least regulate them more strictly. Machines that kill humans Autonomous weapons are, as the name suggests, capable…
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Shinzo Abe Assassination News July 9, 2022
Pedestrians watch a news report about the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on July 8. (Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg/Getty Images) Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died after being shot during a campaign speech in Nara on Friday. He was 67 years old. Abe served two separate terms as Japan’s right-wing leader Liberal Democratic Party (LDP): first from 2006 to 2007, then again from 2012 to 2020. His second term was the longest consecutive term for a Japanese head of government. He came from a family of Japanese prime ministers: Abe was born on September 21, 1954…
Read More »Alex Jones’ media company files for bankruptcy amid defamation lawsuit
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company, Free Speech Systems, filed for bankruptcy on Friday, but his lawyer said it should not disrupt the judgment for damages for defamation underway in Texas that seeks to force Jones to pay $150 million or more to the family of one of the children killed in the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The trial in Austin, where Jones lives and Free Speech Systems is based, concluded its first week of testimony Friday and is expected to conclude next week. The bankruptcy filing was announced by Jones’ attorney, Andino Reynal, later in the…
Read More »15 dead in mass shooting at South African bar, police say
A mass shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg’s Soweto township has killed 15 people and left others in critical condition, South African police say. Police say they are investigating reports that a group of men arrived in a minibus taxi and opened fire on some of the bar’s patrons shortly after midnight on Sunday. The number of cartridges found at the site indicates that a group of people opened fire on the bar, said Lieutenant General Elias Mawela, police commissioner for Gauteng province. “The primary investigation suggests that these people were enjoying themselves here, in a licensed tavern operating at…
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Opinion: Putin, Tehran and drone traffickers | World | Breaking news and perspectives from around the world | DW
What will Russian President Vladimir Putin speak on Tuesday in Tehran? If official statements from both countries are to be believed, handing over Iranian-made (combat) drones to Russia was not on the agenda. Last week, the United States said such deliveries were being prepared. According to Jake Sullivan, national security adviser to US President Joe Biden, the Iranian government is “preparing to provide Russia with up to several hundred unmanned aerial vehicles,” including those capable of carrying weapons, “within a accelerated”. “No,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in response to a reporter’s question. Drone delivery would not be discussed, he…
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Man dies after being set on fire outside Circle K in Glendale
The man who was set on fire at a bus stop outside a Circle K in Glendale in early July has died, police say. Blake Angerer, 30, died after a man doused him with gasoline and set him on fire with a blue butane torch on July 3. Jose Miguel Santiago, a Glendale police spokesman, said in an emailed statement that Angerer has died from his injuries. Luciano Simmons was arrested as a suspect in the case and booked into the Maricopa County Jail on aggravated assault charges. He pleaded not guilty on July 19, according to court documents. With…
Read More »I would slow down or “turn aside” – Pope Francis
Pope Francis said on Saturday that he had to slow down, telling reporters after a six-day trip to Canada that he could no longer maintain his hectic international travel schedule, although he acknowledged that he might also retire. “I don’t think I can go at the same pace as I used to travel,” the 85-year-old pope, who suffers from knee pain and was confined to a wheelchair during his visit to Canada, told reporters. “I think that at my age and with this limitation (of my knees), I have to save myself a little to be able to serve the…
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