Thursday, September 19, 2024

Kentucky sheriff charged in fatal shooting of judge inside courthouse chambers

An undated photo of slain Kentucky District Judge Kevin Mullins.

A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged with murder, police said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kentucky-judge-shot-courthouse-1.7329002?cmp=rss

This 11-year-old does gymnastics atop the rubble of Gaza as the war rages on

A boy does the splits on a destroyed building with his father standing next to him.

Wassim Naqqar practises his backflips on gravel near the refugee camp set up west of Khan Younis in Gaza, hoping to one day be able to return to his sports club in the north, as the Israel-Hamas war approaches the one-year mark.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-gymnast-parkour-child-1.7326861?cmp=rss

Earth will get a 'mini-moon' this month, but it's only visiting

A rocky body is seen approaching Earth from space.

An asteroid will pass so close to Earth on Sept. 29 that it will temporarily be captured by gravity and be our planetary companion for nearly two months.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/mini-moon-2024-pt5-1.7327976?cmp=rss

Smugglers are advertising illegal Canada-U.S. border crossings on TikTok

Since January, more than 13,000 people have been arrested, including almost 9,000 between May and July, after clandestinely crossing the border from Canada into the U.S.

The number of irregular entries into the U.S. from Canada has exploded in recent months. Radio-Canada has found multiple TikTok accounts selling the promise of safe passage through the border for Indian temporary residents in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tiktok-canada-us-border-smugglers-1.7325746?cmp=rss