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Year: 2024

‘I knew that wasn’t him;’ Virginia Beach survivor shares story of deadly attack, forgiveness, and recovery

By Erika Craven Click here for updates on this story     VIRGINIA BEACH (WTKR) — Nateara Hasbrouck said July 20 was a regular Saturday. Because she’s partially deaf she couldn’t hear when that changed. “So unless he hit the wall I wouldn’t have known that something was happening in my mother’s room. Once I heard her

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US slaps more sanctions on Georgians for undermining democracy

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is hitting more senior Georgian officials and others with sanctions for undermining the country’s democracy and violating basic human rights. The State and Treasury departments announced Monday that they had imposed asset freezes on two top Interior Ministry officials, a media executive and a media personality for “violently suppressing the

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After mass shooting, bill would require Army to use state crisis laws to remove weapons

Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins is introducing a bill prompted by the state’s deadliest shooting that requires the Army to use state crisis intervention laws to remove a service member’s access to weapons if deemed to pose a serious treat. The Armed Forces Crisis Intervention Notification Act, which is being

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Authoritarian Belarus president pardons 37 political prisoners out of more than 1,300

Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 37 people serving prison sentences for what his office described as “extremist” crimes. It is the fourth time since July that the authoritarian leader has pardoned dozens of political prisoners in what some observers see as an attempt to soften his image. Lukashenko’s

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