On Friday, May 16, 2025, ten inmates broke out of the Parish Justice Center Orleans in New Orleans in Louisiana, a state on the south-east coast of the United States. The Justice Center staff discovered the breakout during a headcount taken at 8:30 a.m. Louisiana time (13:30 UTC).
Authorities quickly apprehended Kendell Myles, 20 years old — who faced attempted second-degree murder charges — in the French Quarter. As stated by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, as of Saturday afternoon, seven inmates remained at large, with the other three a
On Wednesday, May 14, at Sheffield Crown Court in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, jurors convicted three UK extremists of "planning an act of terrorism" and other related charges. Arrested in February 2024, Christopher Ringrose, 34 years old, and Marco Pitzettu and Brogan Stewart, both of them 25 years old, had a nine-week trial which began in early March, with the court given evidence including that about over 200 weapons, including crossbows, machetes, and swords found in raids in the residences of the accused in the Derbyshire, Stafford
On Friday, May 16, at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 UTC), members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) union went on strike. The members stated there was lack of agreement with New Jersey (NJ) Transit officials on the terms and conditions of the new contract. NJ Transit commuter trains as well as the MTA Metro-North West of Hudson service have stopped running for the duration of the strike.
The union announced that the strike was expected to last until Sunday, when, according to NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri, the two parties wo
In a press conference on Wednesday, Thai officials said local authorities had seized 238 tons of electronic waste hidden in ten storage containers falsely declared as metal scrap. According to Theeraj Athanavanich, director-general of the Customs Department, the containers were inspected the day before at the port of Bangkok, during a search that one source described as routine and another as random. He said the shipment was allegedly imported illegally from the United States. According to Devdiscourse, it was one of the largest electronic wast
The Kaufman County Sheriff's Office in Texas announced Monday they were searching for Trevor McEuen, 32, who is accused of murder. Authorities say he removed his court-ordered ankle monitor and fled from neighboring Van Zandt County at 5:33 a.m. CDT (1033 UTC) that day. Opening arguments in McEuen's 2023 murder trial were scheduled for early in the week, though sources differ on whether it was Monday or Tuesday.
Firefighters discovered McEuen was missing when they arrived to put out a barn fire on the property where McEuen had been staying whi
On Sunday, May 4, in Peru's Pataz province in the northern Department of La Libertad region, near one of Peru's largest gold mines, police has found bodies of thirteen security guards who were kidnapped on Saturday, April 26, allegedly by individuals involved in illegal mining.
The security guards had been employed by private security firm R&R staff, a security company that serves Libmar, an artisanal miner operating on contract with the mining company Poderosa.
On Friday, May 2, the gold mining company, named La Poderosa ("Powerful" in Spa
On Monday, April 28, Brian Montana, a former guitarist of pioneering death metal band Possessed, was shot and killed in San Francisco by the city's police force during an armed shootout. Montana joined Possessed in 1983, left the band in 1984, and was 60 years old when he died.
The shootout lasted approximately 25 minutes. The incident allegedly stemmed from an argument with a neighbor over tree clippings at the 300 block of Arroyo Drive. Montana reportedly pulled a gun on his neighbor when the quarrel escalated, and fired rounds at his neighb
On Friday, video game manufacturer Rockstar Games announced that the release date of Grand Theft Auto VI ― the sixth mainline installment in the Grand Theft Auto video game series ― and the sequel to 2013's Grand Theft Auto V ― had been pushed back until May 26, 2026. The release had been previously slated for fall 2025.
The reason given by Rockstar was "to deliver at the level of quality you expect and deserve." The company apologized for the delay, explaining: "With every game we have released, the goal has always been to try and exceed you
On Monday,Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8 an abstract painting created by late abstract painter Mark Rothko was scratched by a child while on display in a Dutch museum during what was described as an "unguarded moment." The 1960 painting, which was characterized by curator Saskia van Kampen-Prein as "a meditative and striking color landscape," was said to be worth tens of millions of dollars.
A museum spokesperson told People Magazine that was dealt what was described as "superficial damage" after being touched by the child. According to the sp
On Saturday morning, an explosion occurred at the Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas, Iran, leaving at least 40 dead and over 1000 injured, according to the Red Crescent Society.
The explosion, which was reported to have been heard up to 31 miles away, caused windows in nearby office buildings to be blown out. Photographs showed "twisted" scraps of metal sprawled across the streets. At least one roof also collapsed. There were reports of victims pinned under collapsed walls.
One of the people in the area told state TV "The entire warehouse w
On Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) released bodycam footage of an April 8 incident where Jillian Lauren ― writer, and wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner ― was shot by officers, arrested and charged with attempted murder following an armed standoff.
Officers are heard in the video saying: "Ma'am, put the gun down! Drop the gun! It's the police. Ma'am, we're trying to help. Come out with your hands up! You're going to get shot!"
The incident began when a large quantity of officers gave chase into the Eagle Rock neighborhoo
On Friday, streaming platform Twitch banned the channel of hip hop artist Kanye West seven minutes into his first stream. The reason for his ban was because he said "Heil Hitler" on his stream and did the Nazi salute. He implored his followers to "wear Swastika's."
Afterwards, his channel read, "This channel is temporarily unavailable due to a violation of Twitch's Community Guidelines or Terms of Service."
Although the channel was banned, the video generated millions of views on other social media platforms, such as YouTube.
The incident ca
