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MOSCOW, Idaho — Idaho murder victim Kaylee Goncalves’ family said they will be part of the criminal justice process “for the long haul” after seeing suspect Bryan Kohberger in person for the first time Thursday.Goncalves, 21, was one of four University of Idaho students brutally stabbed in their home on King Road in Moscow while two of the victims’ roommates survived. The other victims include Goncalves’ best friend, 21-year-old Madison Mogen; 20-year-old Xana Kernodle; and her boyfriend, 20-year-old Ethan Chapin.”It’s obviously an emotional time for the family, seeing the defendant for the first time,” the family’s attorney, Shanon Gray, said…

Taiwan is courting investors to help it establish its own satellite communications provider, inspired by the role Elon Musk’s Starlink has played in the war in Ukraine, as Taipei ramps up efforts to fortify itself against a potential assault from China.Taiwan is in preliminary talks with several domestic and international investors to raise funds for the project, which the country’s space agency, known as TASA, wants to spin out of an existing satellite division, according to three people familiar with the situation.“We are going to spin our low-Earth orbit satellite communications project off into a company,” said a senior official…

The drama surrounding Republican leader Kevin McCarthy’s stalled bid to become the next speaker of the House has garnered nationwide attention, and now, those who oppose McCarthy’s nomination, including one prominent Democrat, are asking their supporters for financial support.The House of Representatives headed into its eleventh vote to determine the House speaker on Thursday night as 21 Republicans continue to withhold their support for GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy of California.Of the 21 Republicans, at least two – Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz and Arizona GOP Rep. Andy Biggs – have issued emails to supporters calling for donations amid their fight…

Alex Summers decided to prank his grandad Graham Summers, 70, with the envelope that was addressed to him and openly marked as from ‘ pantysniff.co.uk ‘ after seeing the joke website advertised onlineVideo LoadingVideo UnavailableThe video will auto-play soon8CancelPlay now A grandma branded her innocent husband a ‘dirty old b*****d’ when she ‘caught’ him ordering a pair of women’s knickers in the post – only for it to be a prank by her grandson. Alex Summers decided to prank his grandad Graham Summers, 70, with the envelope that was addressed to him and openly marked as from ‘pantysniff.co.uk ‘ after…

Sixty-three neglected dogs were removed from a property in the Fraser Valley, the BC SPCA announced on Thursday afternoon. According to the animal protection agency, the dogs were seized from the Mission, B.C., area, and from an individual who claimed to be operating a rescue organization that wasn’t named.The SPCA said the dogs were suffering from a range of medical and behavioural welfare concerns, and that they’re now being cared for at various SPCA locations.“The BC SPCA works closely with the many reputable rescue organizations that operate here in B.C., and we strongly support the work that they do,” said…

Making good on his offer to Mayor Adams, Curtis Sliwa Thursday had his Guardian Angels remove trash from the Brooklyn street that includes Hizzoner’s brownstone building. The red beret-clad volunteers, led by Adams’ campaign foe Curtis Sliwa, cleaned garbage off of Lafayette Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant after neighbors of the mayor’s personal residence complained that filth had attracted vermin. Sliwa, the Republican candidate whom Adams defeated in the 2021 mayor’s race, said the street cleaning was phase one in a multi-pronged plan to rid the mayor’s multi-unit brownstone of pests after the property was slapped with two tickets for vermin infestation.…

Positive news came from doctors regarding the health of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who continues to improve despite remaining in the intensive care unit at University of Cincinnati Medical Center. While the NFL’s focus remains on Hamlin’s health, the league is expected to move on with its Week 18 slate of games. Even the Bills were at practice Thursday with the mindset they will be playing the New England Patriots Sunday. However, the league must figure out what it wants to do with the postponed Bills-Cincinnati Bengals game from Monday night. During the game, Hamlin went into cardiac arrest after his…

The City of Calgary says it has recouped all its costs associated with the demolition of an ill-fated apartment complex in the city’s northwest. Kensington Manor, formerly at 321 10 Street N.W., was evacuated in November 2017 after an inspection revealed it was at risk of “possible imminent collapse.”The building sat vacant for a year as the city and the building’s owner at the time couldn’t come to a resolution.Eventually, city officials took over responsibility of the building and its demolition after the building’s owner missed several deadlines to either fix the building or tear it down.The City of Calgary…

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The United States will begin turning back migrants and refugees from Nicaragua, Haiti and Cuba who try to enter the country without permits at the border with Mexico, the White House has announced, drawing condemnation from rights groups. The White House said on Thursday that it would accept as many as 30,000 people per month from the three countries – along with Venezuela – and give them two-year work authorisation, provided they have sponsors in the US and pass background checks. However, anyone who seeks to irregularly cross the border will be ineligible for the programme and will be sent…