A police officer who is under investigation for allegedly fondling a dead woman’s breasts has been suspended, the Los Angeles Police Department has said. The man, who has not been identified, was removed from active duty after a review of body camera footage apparently showed him groping the woman, according to a source familiar with the case ... Getty....
George Zimmerman, the former neighbourhood watch volunteer who was acquitted of killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in a criminal case that drew worldwide attention, has filed a $100m lawsuit against Martin’s parents and lawyers accusing them of using a fake witness ...Download the new Indpendent Premium app ... Shape Created with Sketch ... ....
Washington, Dec 05 . NASA's ParkerSolar Probe - the closest-ever spacecraft to the Sun - has beamed back its first observations from the edge of the Sun, unveiling a "spectacular trove" of data on the atmosphere of our star, the .......
BERLIN (AP) — On a cold afternoon in late November, Jan Gerrit Otterpohl eyes the chimneys of Berlin’s Heizkraftwerk Mitte, a state-of-the-art power plant that supplies the city with heat and electricity. It’s not the billowing steam he’s interested in, but the largely invisible carbon dioxide that the power station exhales as it burns natural gas....
Justin Timberlake swears that “nothing happened” with ‘Palmer’ co-star AlishaWainwright during a drunken night out in New Orleans the Thursday before Thanksgiving. “A few weeks ago I displayed a strong lapse in judgement but let me be clear nothing happened between me and my co-star. I drank way too much that night and I regret my behaviour ... ....
WASHINGTON Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked the House of Representatives on Thursday to begin drafting impeachment articles against President Trump, pushing ahead with a rapid timetable that could set the stage for a deeply partisan vote before Christmas to charge him with high crimes and misdemeanors. Ms ...Biden Jr ... Pelosi said ... Read more ... ....
(CNN)For two tumultuous months, Washington has been fixated on what PresidentDonald Trump did. Now it's time to work out what should happen to him ... They had been called to explain the arcane business of impeachment -- the investigation, trial and possible removal of a president -- to Americans watching on TV ... Read More ...... You're mad ... ... Trump vs ... ....
(CNN)More than half a million hermit crabs have been killed after becoming trapped by plastic pollution on two remote islands, a new study from the University of Tasmania found ...Hermit crabs do not have shells of their own, and instead use empty shells or hollow objects to shelter and protect their bodies ... Read More ... 'Gruesome chain reaction' ... He said....
WARSAW, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Eight people, including four children, have died during a serious gas explosion taking place Wednesday night in a residential building in the southwestern Polish town of Szczyrk, Polish authorities said on Thursday. The building exploded at around 6.30 p.m ... The last two bodies were recovered before midday on Thursday ... ....