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Polk County, Florida Sheriff Grady Judd said deputies shot and killed a man who charged deputies with garden shears and tried to grab a gun from a patrol vehicle, all after he was attacked by an alligator while swimming across a lake.Judd told reporters on Monday that 42-year-old Timothy Shultz was shot and killed after threatening to harm his deputies earlier in the day.Deputies responded to reports at about 6 a.m. on Monday of a man who was at a Racetrack who was acting “bizarre” and “shaking,” while asking to call his son.When deputies arrived, they searched for the man…

Wildfires in northern Saskatchewan are blazing out of control which is stretching resources in the province. On Tuesday, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) provided an update on the 21 active and out-of-control fires raging in the prairies.SPSA vice-president of operations, Steve Roberts, says overnight and daytime temperatures have remained high, alongside strong winds and dry conditions, saying the combination hasn’t been favourable in suppression efforts.“Currently, we are looking at a spring fire season for the month of May. We probably have not seen a fire season with this much impact and activity in the last couple of decades this…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Texas Longhorns have advanced to the College Football Playoff in each of the past two seasons. The Longhorns are once again projected to make a run in this upcoming season’s playoff, but head coach Steve Sarkisian is doing what he can to temper some of those lofty expectations. Sarkisian also threw cold water on the notion that whatever team is crowned as national champions will finish the season with a perfect 16-0 record. “I don’t think we’ll see an undefeated champion,” during SEC Spring Meetings.  Head coach Steve Sarkisian of the Texas Longhorns…

A pathologist will conduct an autopsy on a young Aboriginal man who died after being taken to the ground by plain-clothes officers following an alleged shoplifting incident.The two Northern Territory officers were in the Coles supermarket in Alice Springs about 1.10pm on Tuesday when they were alerted to a confrontation between the 24-year-old and a security guard in a shopping aisle.”The male behaved rather aggressively and was placed onto the ground by those police officers, he was later identified as losing consciousness,” Assistant Commissioner Travis Wurst told reporters.It was reported the young man was “placing items down the front of…

Here’s where things stand on Wednesday, May 28: Fighting Russian air defences destroyed or intercepted 112 Ukrainian drones over a three-hour period, most of them over central or southern regions of the country, the Russian Ministry of Defence said in a post on Telegram early on Wednesday, as the two countries continue to trade drone attacks. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said six Ukrainian drones were repelled while heading for the Russian capital. Recovery crews were examining fragments on the ground, he said. Russia deployed 60 drones across multiple regions of Ukraine through the night, injuring 10 people, Ukrainian Air Force…

Reporter’s Notebook: Trump’s military message clashes with reality in Ukraine – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump’s stripped-down message on American military power to graduates at West Point clashes with the messy realities of modern war. “CBS Evening News” co-anchor John Dickerson gives his take. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

A second suspect was detained Tuesday in connection to the alleged torture of an Italian man inside a New York City townhouse over his refusal to disclose a Bitcoin password. William Duplessie surrendered this morning to a Manhattan precinct and was charged with assault, kidnapping in the first degree, unlawful imprisonment in the first degree and criminal possession of a firearm, a New York Police Department (NYPD) spokesperson told Fox News Digital. John Woeltz, 37, was seen handcuffed wearing a robe and barefooted outside his pad in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan on Friday morning shortly after his alleged victim escaped and called…

An issue some thought had been settled has been reopened in Edmonton, where the city’s football team is reviving a discontinued name that was the topic of much debate and disagreement — something that continues to this day. In 2020, the CFL club’s board of directors made the decision to discontinue the use of the word “Eskimo” and launch a rebrand. The following year after consultations and a public poll, the team renamed the Edmonton Elks. 2:54 Edmonton Elks chosen as the new name of the city’s CFL team Previous Video Next Video Story continues below advertisement Prior to that,…

Australia should be looking to expand its defence capabilities in space due to threats posed by nuclear-armed foes, Scott Morrison says.The former prime minister is now the chairman of Space Centre Australia, which plans to set up a major space hub in Cape York.Mr Morrison said on Wednesday that while the West still had “quite a significant advantage over potential adversaries”, foes were swiftly progressing technologically.Camera IconFormer prime minister Scott Morrison says Australia should expand its defence capabilities in space due to threats posed by nuclear-armed foes. Richard Dobson / NewsWire Credit: News Corp Australia“Space is increasingly part of what…

Labour prosecutors allege that workers were brought to Brazil illegally and toiled in ‘slavery-like conditions’.Brazilian labour prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against the Chinese auto manufacturer BYD and two contractors over allegations of illegally trafficking labourers to live and work under conditions “analogous to slavery”. On Tuesday, the prosecutors, charged with enforcing labour laws, said in a statement that they would seek 257 million reais ($45m) in damages from BYD as well as contractors China JinJiang Construction Brazil and Tecmonta Equipamentos Inteligentes. They accused the three companies of trafficking Chinese workers to build a BYD plant in Camacari, in the…