Friday, August 18, 2023

Man with Winnipeg ties identified as homicide victim in 1997 cold case, but Florida police still seek answers

Robert Bruce McPhail

Cold case detectives in Florida say a homicide victim found floating near a beach in the Sunshine State more than two decades ago was a Canadian man with ties to Winnipeg, a discovery made thanks to DNA technology, and police hope the information leads to answers about who killed him.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/robert-mcphail-florida-winnipeg-murder-cold-case-1.6941155?cmp=rss

Hurricane Hilary hurtles toward Mexico and prompts a tropical storm watch in California

Aug. 18, 2023 satellite image of Hurricane Hilary

Category 4 Hurricane Hilary hurtled toward Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Friday, a U.S. government agency said, as it issued a tropical storm watch for California and warned of life-threatening and possibly catastrophic floods.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hurricane-hilary-mexico-california-1.6941258?cmp=rss

U.S. estimates nearly 500,000 soldiers wounded, killed in Ukraine war: NYT report

Ukrainian soldier firing during battle in Avdiivka, Ukraine

The U.S. believes nearly 500,000 Ukrainian and Russian soldiers have been wounded or killed during the expansive conflict that has raged in Ukraine since February of last year, according to a New York Times report citing unnamed officials.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-war-estimated-casualties-1.6940723?cmp=rss

Wreckage from Tuskegee airman's plane that crashed during WWII training recovered from Lake Huron

Tuskegee Airmen Crash Lake Huron

A team of divers have been trolling the deep, cold waters of Lake Huron off Michigan's Thumb for several weeks each of the past few years searching for scattered pieces of aviation — and Black military — history.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/tuskegee-crash-lake-huron-1.6940567?cmp=rss

Nurse found guilty of killing 7 newborns in northwest England hospital

Britain Baby Deaths

A British nurse who described herself as a 'horrible evil person' was found guilty on Friday of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to kill another six in the neonatal unit of a hospital in northwest England where she worked.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lucy-letby-nurse-convicted-killing-babies-1.6940558?cmp=rss

Trump's legal team proposes April 2026 trial date in federal election interference case

USA-ELECTION/IOWA

Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a federal judge Thursday to put off until 2026 a trial in Washington on charges that the former president plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-proposed-federal-trial-date-1.6940253?cmp=rss

Maui emergency director resigns following criticism of wildfire response

Hawaii Fires

The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency resigned Thursday, a day after saying he had no regret about not using sirens to warn residents of wildfires that have killed at least 111 people.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hawaii-lahaina-fires-resignation-1.6940246?cmp=rss