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Yves Sakila's death is being called Ireland's 'George Floyd moment'
Yves Sakila, a 35-year-old Congolese-born man, died last Friday after he was restrained outside a department store in Dublin, Ireland, by security guards. Source link
911 audio reveals NASCAR's Kyle Busch was short of breath, coughing up blood day before death
NASCAR driver Kyle Busch experienced shortness of breath, felt he was overheating and was coughing up blood the day before his death, according to a 911 call obtained Friday by The Associated Press. Source link
Thousands protest Raúl Castro indictment outside U.S. Embassy in Havana
Thousands of Cubans gathered on Friday before the U.S. embassy in Havana to protest a U.S. decision to indict former president Raúl Castro over the downing of two civilian airplanes 30 years ago. Source link
Tulsi Gabbard steps down as U.S. intel chief, citing husband's cancer diagnosis
Tulsi Gabbard resigned as U.S. President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth cabinet official to depart during Trump’s second term. Source link
Ebola survivor calls for compassion as fear, unrest spread during outbreak
Dr. Kent Brantly became critically ill with Ebola while on medical mission work during the 2014 outbreak. The U.S. physician survived, and is now watching with concern at the speed and spread of the current outbreak — which has no approved treatments or vaccines available. Source link
Hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants prepare to seek compensation from Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund
Hundreds of people prosecuted for crimes related to the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol in 2021 plan to seek compensation from the U.S. government once a new taxpayer-funded anti-weaponization program is up and running. Source link
Putin vows revenge after Ukraine attack kills at least 6, wounds dozens at student dorm
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered his military to prepare options to retaliate against Ukraine after he accused Kyiv of carrying out a deadly drone attack on a student dorm that he said killed six and wounded dozens of young people, with 15 still unaccounted for. Source link
U.S. states paying to compensate people fired, jailed for negative Charlie Kirk posts
The zeal of some Republican officials and activists to punish those who made disparaging comments about Charlie Kirk after his September killing is coming back to haunt them. Source link
Foreign affairs minister condemns 'appalling abuse' of Canadian flotilla activists detained in Israel
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is calling for Israeli officials responsible for “appalling abuse” of Canadian activists to be held accountable, after its forces intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla earlier this week and detained hundreds of participants in the aid effort. Source link
U.S. surprises, confuses NATO with about-face on troop deployment to Poland
U.S. President Donald Trump surprised NATO allies by pledging to send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, only hours before the alliance’s foreign ministers met in Sweden on Friday amid deep divisions over the Iran war. Source link