Liberty News
Kosovo’s President Favors Dialogue
PRISTINA, Kosovo, Aug. 3 (UPI) — Kosovo is ready to have negotiations with any country, including Serbia, about its interests, the president of Kosovo declared. NATO forces were sent to the border between Kosovo and Serbia last week to quell tensions between the countries. The deployment was in response to Kosovo sending police to the […]
50 Nigerians Run Over During Robbery
LOKOJA, Nigeria, Aug. 3 (UPI) — More than 50 Nigerians died when they were run over by a bus during a robbery, police said. Around 5 a.m. Tuesday, armed bandits stopped a bus in Lokoja, in the central state of Kogi, ordered the passengers out and made them lie face-down on the ground as they […]
Report Documents Widespread Cyberattacks
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 3 (UPI) — A U.S. computer security firm said its analysis of computer hacking of more than 70 corporations and government entities shows it came from “nation-state.” MacAfee computer security firm used logs produced by one server to trace cyberattacks on entities such as a news service, the U.N. secretariat, a […]
Missing Oregon Hiker Rescued
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 3 (UPI) — An Oregon woman, lost for three days in the Mount Hood National Forest, is reported in serious condition after being rescued by Oregon’s Army National Guard. A guard helicopter spotted Pamela Salant of Portland sitting on a log in Lindsey Creek Canyon, The (Portland) Oregonian reported. Salant, 28, who […]
Search Continues For Missing Mo. Trooper
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 3 (UPI) — Dozens of Missouri state troopers searched in the northwestern portion of the state for a missing trooper believed drowned, authorities said. Frederick Guthrie, 46, disappeared while on flood duty in the area of Big Lake in northwest Missouri, The Kansas City (Mo.) Star reported. Guthrie’s patrol vehicle was […]
Arsonist May Be Victim Of Senior Home Fire
EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 3 (UPI) — Neighbors of a man killed in an explosion and fire at an Edmonton, Alberta, seniors’ residence Tuesday told police he had talked of killing himself. Early Tuesday, a car in the parking lot of the Bethany Senior Citizens Home exploded and shortly after, an explosion in a third-floor unit […]
Danziger Bridge Trial Wrapping Up
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 3 (UPI) — Attorneys for New Orleans police officers charged in the 2005 Danziger Bridge shootings want jurors to consider the stress their clients were under. Lawyers for the five current or former police officers said their clients were suffering from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when six people were shot, two […]
Obama Signs Debt Extension Into Law
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama signed a bill that will raise the debt ceiling.
Traffic Stop Turns Into Deadly Shootout
RAPID CITY, S.D., Aug. 3 (UPI) — An afternoon traffic stop turned deadly in Rapid City, S.D., ending with the death of one police officer and wounding of two others, police said. Officer James Ryan McCandless, 28, died shortly after arriving at Rapid City Regional Hospital, the Rapid City Journal reported Wednesday. Officer Nick Armstrong […]
Polygamist Leader Warren Jeffs Discusses Group Sex
SAN ANGELO, Texas, Aug. 3 (UPI) — Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs instructed his plural wives on group sex and being comfortable nude, a tape played in a Texas courtroom revealed. The December 2004 recording of Jeffs was one of the last pieces of evidence presented by the prosecution at his trial on charges of […]
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