Joshua Spriestersbach, 54, was awarded a $975,000 payout after he was wrongfully arrested and thrown in a Hawaii psychiatric hospital for years/ AP A man who spent years detained in a psychiatric hospital after being repeatedly mistaken for someone else has been awarded a $975,000 payout, bringing partial closure to a case that unfolded across…

Photo credit: X/@josephlunieOFF At least 30 people were killed in a stampede at the Citadelle Laferrière in northern Haiti on Saturday as large crowds gathered to mark an annual celebration at the historic site, officials said.The stampede occurred at the entrance to the historic fortress, an early 19th-century structure built shortly after the country gained…

A Texas oil heir has been ordered to pay a historic $1.1 billion to the young child he brutally beat, leaving him with severe injuries that require 24-hour care.34-year-old Charles Brooks Jr. will pay $291 million in compensatory damages and $810 million in punitive damages following a civil jury ruling in favour of Madison Ball,…

Former National Counterterrorism Center boss Joe Kent on Wednesday suggested that a conspiracy theory alleging Israel may have been involved in the assassination of late conservative activist Charlie Kirk was a “data point” that needed investigation, New York Post reported.Kent, who resigned his Trump administration position Tuesday in protest of the war in Iran, said…

Australia has announced a temporary ban on Iranian tourists, citing concerns over regional instability and the risk that visitors may not be able to return home.The move, announced by Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, will prevent entry of Iranian nationals holding tourist visas for an initial period of six months.Officials said the decision is aimed…