JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius and other relatives have been threatened in an extortion attempt ahead of the former track star’s sentencing on July 6 for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, Pistorius’ family said Monday. South African police said they are investigating alleged threats of...
NEW YORK, Jun. 16, CMC – US Congresswoman Yvette Clarke is seeking presidential pardon for one of Jamaica’s National Heroes – Marcus Mosiah Garvey who was charged with US mail fraud. Clarke – the daughter of former New York Council woman Una Clarke hopes that...
Boko Haram militants have shot dead 18 women at a funeral in Nigeria's northeast, rampaging through a village, setting houses on fire and shooting at random, witnesses and local government officials said on Friday. The attack took place at about 5 p.m. (12 p.m. ET) on...
Police are investigating the cause of death for Samantha Edwards, a former Fargo resident who was crowned Miss North Dakota USA for 2003. Edwards, 37, was found dead by a friend Tuesday morning in her Minneapolis home, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said in...
GIBRALTAR, United Kingdom (AFP) – British Prime Minister David Cameron cancelled a pro-EU rally in Gibraltar Thursday after a member of parliament was shot in England, as he began a historic visit to the overseas territory. Cameron had been due to address thousands of people in...