Author: Gregory Katz
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Police arrest 14th man in Manchester bombing inquiry
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LONDON — British police arrested a 23-year-old man Monday on the south coast of England, hundreds of miles south of Manchester, in the widening inquiry into the deadly concert bombing. Greater Manchester Police said the…
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Manchester police find important items; stop sharing with US
MANCHESTER, England — Home searches across Manchester have uncovered important items for the investigation into the concert bombing that left 22 people dead, Manchester’s police chief announced Thursday. A British official said Manchester police have decided not to share further information on the probe with the United States due to leaks blamed on U.S. officials.…
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Blast at Ariana Grande concert in England kills 19 people
LONDON — An explosion struck an Ariana Grande concert in northern England late Monday, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens in what police were treating as a terrorist attack. Greater Manchester Police said 19 people were confirmed dead after the explosion at Manchester Arena. Northwest Ambulance Service said 59 injured people had been…
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With arrest unlikely, Sweden drops rape probe for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange
STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s top prosecutor on Friday dropped an investigation into a rape claim against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after almost seven years, saying that’s because there’s no possibility of arresting him “in the foreseeable future.” The announcement by prosecutor Marianne Ny means the outspoken WikiLeaks leader no longer faces sex crime allegations in Sweden,…
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Britain’s Prince Philip, 95, to retire from royal duties
LONDON — Prince Philip, the consort known for his constant support of his wife Queen Elizabeth II as well as for his occasional gaffes, will retire from royal duties this fall, Buckingham Palace said Thursday. Philip, 95, made the decision himself with the full support of the queen, the palace said in a statement. The…
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UK man dressed as gorilla crawls through London Marathon
LONDON — The London Marathon started five days ago, and Tom Harrison is nearly done. It’s not that he’s a slow runner. It’s that he’s a slow crawler, particularly wearing his gorilla suit. The man dubbed Mr. Gorilla is raising money for the Gorilla Organization — so far more than 22,000 pounds ($28,500) have been…
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Queen Elizabeth II misses church due to ‘heavy cold’
FILE- In this Sept. 15, 1982, file photo, cast members of the television series “M*A*S*H” from left, William Christopher, Harry Morgan, Mike Farrell, Alan Alda, and Jamie Farr, take a break on the set during taping in Los Angeles. Christopher died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016. He was 84. (AP Photo/Wally Fong, File) WALLY FONG
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Trump election elicits fears, some cheers around the globe
MOSCOW — World leaders struggled Wednesday to come to grips with a new reality — Donald Trump will be the next U.S. president — and an as yet unanswerable question: How many of his campaign pledges will he actually act on? The remarkable triumph of the politically untested businessman was welcomed in some countries, such…
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Songwriter of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ dies in London
LONDON — Rod Temperton, a British-born musician and songwriter with a singular knack for pop-funk who wrote the Michael Jackson classics “Thriller,” ”Rock With You” and many other hits, has died of cancer in London at 66. His music publisher said in a statement Wednesday that Temperton had died last week of an “aggressive” cancer. No…