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Blinken steps up call for Israel to spare civilians in strongest remarks yet
Blinken steps up call for Israel to spare civilians in strongest remarks yet
The top diplomat delivers the strongest US remarks yet in Israel on protecting Palestinian civilians.
2023-12-01 11:15
Grief author suspected of murdering husband ‘argued with him about $2m home’
Grief author suspected of murdering husband ‘argued with him about $2m home’
The author of a grief book who is now accused of murdering her husband allegedly fought with him over a deal to buy a new home, fresh documents have revealed. Kouri Richins, 33, reportedly used a fentanyl-spiked cocktail to kill her 39-year-old husband Eric Richins last year. KPCW got hold of search warrants that suggested Ms Richins wanted to flip a 20,000 sq ft mansion, something her late husband thought was too expensive. The documents revealed that the property was a source of disagreement in their marriage. “The couple was under contract at the time of Eric’s death in March 2022. Public search warrants say it was going to cost them nearly $2m and that Eric thought it was too expensive,” said the KPCW report. The documents stated the husband’s family members thought he planned to tell Ms Richins they weren’t buying the mansion. A day after her husband died, on 5 March 2022, the author closed the deal. The documents also revealed that the family planned to tell her that she was being cut out of his will, “making her financially unstable”. Two weeks after Richins’ death, the wife put the home back up online with an asking price of about $4.8m. Court documents stated that Richins believed his wife had tried to poison him before, and that she attempted to change his life insurance policy just before his death, according to FOX13. Richins came from a prominent Mormon family in Kamas, Utah, while his wife wrote a children’s grief book called Are You With Me? Her arrest warrant stated she allegedly spent $1,800 for 60 fentanyl pills which investigators said she described to a drug dealer as “the Michael Jackson stuff”. Phone records allegedly showed she claimed to be buying the painkillers for an “investor” who had a back injury, and initially asked for hydrocodone, before later demanding “something stronger”. Police claimed she first spent $900 on 30 pills. While her husband became “very ill” after a meal on Valentine’s Day, he survived. “Eric told a friend that he thought his wife was trying to poison him,” the documents read. The arrest warrant claimed she went back to the dealer and bought another 30 pills for $900 and allegedly used them to murder her husband on 4 March by putting them in a Moscow Mule drink. Officials determined the cause of death was a fentanyl overdose with five times the lethal dosage found in his body. Court records showed that, over the past few months, Ms Richins has been attempting to have her husband’s sister removed as a trustee for his estate, which is valued at $3.6m. She was arrested on Monday and booked into Summit County Jail where she has been held without bond. She has been charged with murder and drug possession and is set for a detention hearing on 19 May. Read More Author of grief book who is now accused of murder allegedly used fentanyl spiked cocktail to kill husband Author promoted grief book for children on TV before arrest for husband’s murder Kouri Richins wrote a kids book to help her sons cope with their dad’s death. Now she’s accused of his murder
2023-05-12 16:20
Tropical Storm Pilar dumps heavy rains on Central America leaving at least 2 dead
Tropical Storm Pilar dumps heavy rains on Central America leaving at least 2 dead
Tropical Storm Pilar is lashing Central America with heavy rains that have already been blamed for two deaths in El Salvador as it meanders off the Pacific coast
2023-11-01 06:48
Futures dither after Wall St rout; Fed rate verdict in focus
Futures dither after Wall St rout; Fed rate verdict in focus
Futures tracking Wall Street's main indexes were flat to slightly higher on Monday after a pounding in the
2023-09-18 18:51
Biden rolls out the red carpet for Modi for a visit fraught with trade-offs
Biden rolls out the red carpet for Modi for a visit fraught with trade-offs
Welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House this week for a state visit -- the most elevated form of American diplomacy -- will require President Joe Biden to make certain trade-offs.
2023-06-22 06:54
Biden's son Hunter hit with criminal gun charge in US special counsel probe
Biden's son Hunter hit with criminal gun charge in US special counsel probe
By Sarah N. Lynch, Jarrett Renshaw and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden was criminally
2023-09-15 01:50
Woman with whom Texas AG Ken Paxton is said to have had an affair expected to testify at impeachment
Woman with whom Texas AG Ken Paxton is said to have had an affair expected to testify at impeachment
A woman with whom Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s staff say he carried on extramarital affair is expected to be called to testify in the Republican’s impeachment trial Wednesday
2023-09-13 22:50
US Marine rapid response force moving toward Israel as Pentagon strengthens military posture in region
US Marine rapid response force moving toward Israel as Pentagon strengthens military posture in region
A US Marine rapid response force is headed to the waters off the coast of Israel and the Pentagon is preparing American troops for a potential deployment to the country, escalating the US' show of force in the region as it works to prevent the conflict between Israel and Hamas from widening any further.
2023-10-17 06:20
Daniel O'Donnell: My music is 'not everyone's cup of tea'
Daniel O'Donnell: My music is 'not everyone's cup of tea'
After 40 years in the business, Daniel O'Donnell has fans in high places and a dollop of modesty.
2023-10-26 19:45
Suarez backs 15-week federal abortion ban, says he has 'credibility' on immigration conversation
Suarez backs 15-week federal abortion ban, says he has 'credibility' on immigration conversation
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, the newest candidate in the Republican presidential field, is drawing some distinctions between himself and his rivals, suggesting that the six-week abortion ban signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is too severe and showing an openness to changing the country’s immigration system
2023-06-16 08:22
Report finds Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over 'partygate' during COVID lockdown
Report finds Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over 'partygate' during COVID lockdown
Lawmakers are expected to release a long-awaited report Thursday on whether former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled Parliament over COVID lockdown-flouting parties at his Downing Street office
2023-06-15 16:26
What happened to Idaho murder house? Cleaners back to remove personal items as university plans gain speed
What happened to Idaho murder house? Cleaners back to remove personal items as university plans gain speed
The property situated on 1122 King Road has been cordoned off since the killings of the four University of Idaho students
2023-06-28 18:45