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Charlie Booth, 27, was convicted of murder after it was found that he beat partner Lauren Howe, 26, so severely that her liver was almost torn in twoA ‘jealous’ thug has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend by punching her in the abdomen so hard he caused her liver to rupture. Charlie Booth, 27, had admitted manslaughter but denied murdering mother-of-two Lauren Jade Howe, 26, at their flat in Bradford on July 24 last year. But a ten-day trial at Leeds Crown Court heard Booth savagely beat Ms Howe after she returned to their home on Tennis Way, Baildon,…

South Carolina will soon undergo a change of command at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.Gov. Henry McMaster on Tuesday nominated retired Maj. Gen. Todd McCaffrey to head one of the state’s newest cabinet agencies. The U.S. Military Academy graduate is expected to replace outgoing Secretary William Grimsley, who will leave his post by end of February after becoming the first leader of the department created in April 2019.”I am deeply honored to have the opportunity to continue to serve by supporting fellow veterans,” McCaffrey said Tuesday at a press conference. “I pledge I will do all I can to ensure…

CNN  —  Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday. The speech will give Sanders a prominent national platform to speak to the country and counter Biden after the President highlights his priorities and agenda to the nation. In a statement ahead of the speech, Sanders previewed her message to the American public, saying, “I am grateful for this opportunity to address the nation and contrast the GOP’s optimistic vision for the future against the failures of President Biden and the Democrats.” This year’s State…

Chile extended an emergency declaration to yet another region as firefighters struggled to control dozens of raging wildfires that have killed at least 23 people amid a record-breaking heat wave. On Saturday, the government declared a state of catastrophe in the La Araucanía region, south of Nuble and Biobio – two central-southern regions where an emergency declaration had already been issued. The measure allows for greater cooperation with the military. At least 23 people have died in connection to the fires and at least 979 people have been reported injured by the raging fires, including 16 in serious condition, according…

After two postponements, the long-await Tommy Fury-Jake Paul fight is finally almost here.The two will enter the ring in Saudi Arabia on Feb. 26, a match that had originally been scheduled for Dec. 19, 2021, but Fury has a bold prediction for how it will go down.”My message to Jake Paul is good luck and I hope you’ve trained and I hope you got an ambulance on speed dial because you’re gonna need it,” Fury told TMZ Sports. “This is all that’s been in my mind for the past two and a half, three years because I’m a professional, legitimate…

Amina Demir is no stranger to helping people displaced because of natural or political disasters.Serving as the chief operating officer for a Chicago-based nonprofit that provides aid across the globe, the Turkish-Kurdish-American woman has more than 10 years of experience helping refugees, including those in Syria, Afghanistan and Sudan.But when the Zakat Foundation of America administrator found out about the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in southeastern Turkey that stranded her own family, her work took on new meaning.”I hate to say it, but you read about stuff like this and it seems far away,” Demir said Tuesday. “There are always these pictures…

Around 100 unaccompanied minors have crossed through Quebec’s Roxham Road seeking asylum since the U.S. border reopened following pandemic restrictions, according to Lucie Tremblay, Associate CEO of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal. The health authority is in charge of the Regional Program for the Settlement and Integration of Asylum Seekers (PRAIDA), which takes charge of migrant children.News that underaged children continue crossing at Roxham Road alone caused collective dismay at the National Assembly.“The situation is very worrying, I’m very preoccupied,” said Immigration Minister Christine Fréchette on Tuesday.To make matters more complicated, migrants are arriving at the border by bus, with tickets paid…

In a new book released Tuesday, the man who led the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation into Donald Trump’s alleged financial crimes says that the case is strong and that D.A. Alvin Bragg should have filed charges against the former president.“He [Bragg] failed to recognize that the case had to be brought to vindicate the rule of law, and to demonstrate to the public that no one can hold himself above the law,” writes Mark Pomerantz in “People vs. Donald Trump.”Asked about Pomerantz’s book on Tuesday, Bragg told reporters: “We have an active ongoing investigation so I’m constrained from what I…

See photos showing US Navy recovering spy balloon from water The US Navy released photos of its recovery effort of a suspected Chinese spy balloon, which US fighter jets shot down over the Atlantic Ocean. CNN’s Oren Liebermann has the latest. Source: CNN

Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., announced that pro-life activist Mark Houck will be his guest to the State of the Union on Tuesday night.Houck faced charges stemming from an Oct. 13, 2021 incident where the Department of Justice claimed that he “forcefully shoved” Philadelphia Planned Parenthood volunteer Bruce love, who’s 72.The pro-life activist was charged with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which “makes it a federal crime to use force with the intent to injure, intimidate, and interfere with anyone because that person is a provider of reproductive health care.”Houck was acquitted by a Pennsylvania jury…