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Officer: Raid Was Always To Kill Bin Laden
NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (UPI) — The raid that killed Osama bin Laden was always meant to kill him, and capturing him alive was never an option, a U.S. Navy special-operations officer claims. “There was never any question of detaining or capturing him,” the officer told The New Yorker. “It wasn’t a split-second decision. No […]
Netanyahu: 1967 Border OK, With Conditions
JERUSALEM, Aug. 2 (UPI) — Israel will resume peace talks based on its 1967 borders if the Palestinian Authority stops seeking U.N. Palestinian state recognition, Israel’s leader said. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has said his organization would abandon its efforts for a statehood vote if Israel agrees to the 1967 borders and the right […]
Teachers Aide Gets 8 Years On Guns Charge
MANCHESTER, England, Aug. 2 (UPI) — A teacher’s aide at a Catholic school in England was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday for allowing her boyfriend to stash weapons in their home. Kimberley Bray, 46, of Newall Green was convicted of possession of some of the weapons, the Manchester Evening News reported. Bray said […]
Extremists Trained In Pakistan Blamed
BEIJING, Aug. 2 (UPI) — Islamic extremists trained in Pakistan were blamed Tuesday for deadly violence in Kashgar in ethnically tense Xinjiang-Uighur region in China’s northwest. Pakistan is a close ally of China but Beijing has been trying to contain growing violence in the border Xinjiang-Uighur region, where the Turkic-speaking Muslim Uighurs resent being ruled […]
Police Officer Facing DUI Kills Self
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2 (UPI) — A San Diego police officer facing felony drunken driving charges apparently took his own life Monday, police said. Officers responding to an emergency call from his wife found David C. Hall’s body in the backyard of his home in Claremont, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Hall, 41, who had […]
Canada Deports Suspected War Criminal
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Aug. 2 (UPI) — Canadian Public Safety Minister announced the deportation of a man accused of being a war criminal. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced Sunday that Manuel De La Torre Herrera, from Peru, was arrested July 25 in Toronto and has been deported, the Winnipeg Free Press reported. Herrera and 29 […]
Tugboat Mate Admits Role In Duckboat Crash
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2 (UPI) — The first mate of a tugboat involved in a fatal collision with an amphibious tour boat in Philadelphia pleaded guilty Monday during an emotional hearing. Matthew R. Devlin of Catskill, N.Y., admitted he was using his cellphone while he was responsible for steering the tugboat, which was moving a barge, […]
Man Receives $0 9/11 Settlement Check
NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (UPI) — A cancer-stricken Ground Zero cleanup worker from Queens says he received a $0 settlement check. Edgar Galvis, 51, who suffered sinus problems, had trouble sleeping and later developed throat cancer after months of clearing dust and rubble from Merrill Lynch offices at the World Financial Center, received a settlement […]
Alleged Marriage Scam Operator Arrested
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 2 (UPI) — Federal officials arrested a man in Sacramento who is allegedly the mastermind behind a bogus marriage scheme, authorities say. Sergey Potepalov was arrested last week on immigration fraud charges, The Sacramento Bee reported Monday. Potepalov allegedly received tens of thousands of dollars from Russian and eastern European nationals for setting […]
Missing Prosecutor Declared Dead
BELLEFONTE, Pa., Aug. 2 (UPI) — A Pennsylvania district attorney who vanished six years ago has been declared legally dead. The ruling last week on Ray Gricar allows the missing man’s daughter to settle his estate but does not end speculation about what happened in April 2005, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Sunday. Gricar, who was […]
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