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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Marshals and Texas police have arrested an illegal immigrant and suspected serial killer in connection with a pair of strangling murders from 2024 and 2018 — and two more recent shootings in which female victims survived.Luis Fernando Benitez-Gonzalez, 26, is accused of killing 34-year-old Alyssa Ann Rivera, in Austin, and 28-year-old Alba Jenisse Aviles-Marti in Bastrop County.”We believe that there is a strong likelihood that Benitez is responsible for further acts of extreme violence,” Austin Police Detective Chris Anderson said at a news briefing.He was arrested on April 27 in the…

Seven Alberta communities, including Strathcona County, operate their own combined fire-paramedic service with provincial funding. On March 13, Emergency Health Services (EHS) – Alberta told the county and six other Alberta communities with integrated services that provincial funding for municipal ambulance contracts would be reduced.Each community is now faced with the decision to hand over its ambulatory service to the province or keep it with less provincial help.On Monday, the City of Spruce Grove made the decision to not to fund the additional cost. The city’s mayor said it has had an integrated Fire EMS model for 22 years and…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Musician Tom Morello faced a backlash from conservatives after he played to the crowd Tuesday at the Hands off NYC protest at the Federal Plaza in Manhattan.The guitarist, who is known for Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, sang Woodie Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land,” along with the lines that said: “In the squares of the city, in the shadow of the steeple, near the relief office, I see my people. Some are crumbling and all are wondering if this land’s still made for you and me.”A cheering crowd who held…

NewsFeedUS President Donald Trump has called Cuba ‘a failed nation’, as his administration expands its pressure campaign. Cuba has announced it’s getting rid of its fixed prices at the petrol pump as fuel shortages and power cuts worsen.Published On 13 May 202613 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Companies hired by the state of Florida to operate the Alligator Alcatraz detention center were notified Tuesday afternoon that the facility is being shut down, with the remaining 1,400 detainees expected to be removed in the coming weeks, four sources familiar with the announcement told CBS News Miami. The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for the facility, which are now estimated to total nearly $1 billion. “They said the last detainee will leave in June,” one source said.The decision to close the facility has been speculated about for the past week, with Gov. Ron DeSantis saying he expected it to close…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A move to oust Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos failed during a Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday night, though the board voted to refer perjury allegations to the state attorney general’s office as Nanos’ past record and handling of the Nancy Guthrie case have been heavily scrutinized.Republican Steve Christy moved to have the board declare the sheriff’s office vacant and begin the process to replace him immediately. No one seconded the motion, though, and the bid to oust him failed.Democrat Rex Scott then made a motion to refer allegations of perjury…

An emotional day unfolded in a British Columbia courtroom Tuesday as the man who stabbed a 17-year-old boy to death on a transit bus in Surrey in 2023 was sentenced, prompting anger from the victim’s loved ones. Kaden Mintenko, 23, who was found guilty of manslaughter, was sentenced to eight years in prison. With credit for time already served in pretrial custody, he has three years and four months left to serve.Friends and family of the victim, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, expressed shock and frustration at the outcome. 1:11 Kaiden Mintenko sentencing hearing “The amount of…

A man who vanished without a trace more than a decade ago is now believed to have died, with his death thought to be linked to organised crime figures.

WASHINGTON: Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho, widely known as Jho Low and now a fugitive, has sought a pardon from United States (US) President Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Tuesday (May 12).The request was filed in recent weeks, the WSJ report said, citing people familiar with the matter, and if granted would remove US criminal charges against him.A Justice Department website lists a pending request for a “Pardon after Completion of Sentence” under Taek Jho Low that was filed this year, the report said.A White House official said Low’s request was not currently on the White…