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  Francisco Oropeza: FBI hunt 'armed and dangerous' Texas shooting suspect By George Wright FBI Houston Special Agent in Charge James Smith (L) and San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers (R) speak to media near the crime scene where five people, including an 8-year-old child, were killed after a shooting inside a home in Cleveland, Texas. Photo: Go Nakamura / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP The FBI says it is hunting for a man accused of killing five of his neighbours in Texas after an argument about him practice-shooting nearby. Suspect Francisco Oropeza, 38, is "armed and dangerous", an FBI agent said. He allegedly opened fire on his neighbours after they asked him to stop shooting because they were trying to put a baby to sleep. The victims were all from Honduras, and included an eight-year-old child. They have now been identified as Sonia Argentina Guzman, 25; Diana Velazquez Alvarado, 21; Julisa Moli...

  Lake Hauroko tramper found cold and dehydrated Photo: 123RF A 61-year-old man has been rescued in the Lake Hauroko area after he became lost while tramping over the weekend. Police say the Rescue Coordination Centre was notified of a personal locator beacon being activated at around 8pm on Saturday near the Teal Bay Hut track. Rescuers were flown in from Southland and Fiordland to search for him in difficult terrain. He was found uninjured but cold and dehydrated at 3am on Sunday. Because of the rough terrain and dense vegetation he could not be winched out of the bush and instead was taken to the Teal Bay Hut after he was assessed and warmed up. "Due to the beacon being damaged a large degree of talent and a small amount of good luck saw the man successfully located," police on-scene coordinator Sergeant Alun Griffiths said. Police were reminding people to carry a personal locator beacon when exploring the outdoors and to use it ...

𝟛,𝟘𝟘𝟘 𝕘𝕦𝕟𝕤 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕐𝕠𝕣𝕜 𝕚𝕟 𝕖𝕩𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕘𝕚𝕗𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕐𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝟛,𝟘𝟘𝟘 𝕘𝕦𝕟𝕤 𝕚𝕟 '𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥'. 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕘𝕦𝕟 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕜𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕠𝕗 ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕐𝕠𝕣𝕜 𝕚𝕟 𝕖𝕩𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕘𝕚𝕗𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤, 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕪 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝. T housands of  guns  -- including numerous assault-style rifles and "ghost guns" -- were surrendered in a single day over the weekend across the state of New York in exchange for gift cards, according to the state attorney general. Describing it as a "landmark event," New York State Attorney General Letitia James, whose office hosted and coordinated Saturday's program, said more than 3,000 guns were surrendered at nine buyback locations throughout the state...

ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕞𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕥 ℕ𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕞𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕪, 𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕗𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕞𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕤. T he national party is meeting in Auckland this week for its Northern Region Conference. It said if elected it would clamp down on people who commit gun crime, while developing robust firearms legislation. . . And its policies would ensure responsible people could use firearms for legitimate reasons. This will be popular with the far right, because it does sound like a signal to bring back assault rifles "National Party firearms policy released at conference" https://t.co/ZN3ti87bX1 — Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara (@Te_Taipo) April 29, 2023 Under the plan the Council of Licensed Firearms Owners ...

ℙ𝕆𝕃𝕃: 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌𝕊 𝔹𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕧𝕠𝕥𝕖 ℕ𝕖𝕥𝕗𝕝𝕚𝕩 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕒 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕋𝕍 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕌𝕊 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕓𝕪 𝟛𝟠% 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝟚,𝟘𝟘𝟘 𝔹𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 - 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕄𝕔𝔻𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕕'𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕥𝕙, 𝕒𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕚ℙ𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕣 𝔸𝕡𝕡𝕝𝕖, ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕝 𝕊𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤' 𝕂𝔽ℂ 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕆𝕓𝕒𝕞𝕒 N etflix, Disney and Coca Cola have been voted the best things to ever come out of America - with  Donald Trump  comfortably topping the poll as the worst.  The TV streaming service was named the top US export by 38% of the 2,000 Brits polled. McDonald's came fourth, ahead of iPhone maker Apple, Colonel Sanders' KFC and former president Barack Obama. Hollywood movies came eighth on the list, with Elvis Presley and NASA rounding out the top 10 bes...

𝕄𝕪𝕔𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕞𝕒 𝕓𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕒𝕣𝕞 𝕚𝕟 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 - 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕊𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕕𝕦𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝔸𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕒 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕒𝕣𝕞 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕞𝕪𝕔𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕞𝕒 𝕓𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕚𝕥 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟'𝕥 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕖𝕗𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕥. S ince first being discovered in New Zealand in 2017, over 183,000 cattle have been culled from 278 farms. The Ministry for Primary Industries said there was just one property still to be cleared of the disease. . . The farm on Banks Peninsula was cleared of cattle at the end of February and the cleaning and disinfection process was completed this week. #ThanksJacinda Federated Farmers, Fonterra and ...

𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕒𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕊𝕖𝕒𝕟 ℙ𝕝𝕦𝕟𝕜𝕖𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕥 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕒𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕗 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕨𝕤 𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞, 𝕊𝕖𝕒𝕟 ℙ𝕝𝕦𝕟𝕜𝕖𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕥 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖. P lunket, who   was briefly banned from Twitter  earlier in the month, did not appear in Wellington District Court on Thursday for his first appearance. He has not pleaded to two charges of publishing a report of Family Court proceedings, including identifying information about a person, without leave of the court. Details of the charges cannot be published without also breaching the court’s rules over publishing. . . Plunket’s case was remanded until a date in May. RELATED: Misinformation merchant Sean Plunket apologises over lying about Jacinda A...

𝔻𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕕 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡 𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕖 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕣 𝔼 𝕁𝕖𝕒𝕟 ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔸 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕖𝕣 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕦𝕞𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔻𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕕 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝟛𝟘 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕖 "𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕞𝕪 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜". E   Jean Carroll told the New York civil rape and defamation trial she had been unable to have a romantic life since the alleged assault. Ms Carroll claims Mr Trump accosted her in a Manhattan department store in 1996. He has consistently denied her accusations as "fiction".  "I'm here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he lied and said it didn't happen," Ms Carroll told a Manhattan federal court on Wednesday. "He lied and shattered my reputation, and I'm here to try and get my life back." . . Ms Carroll, a former advice columnist for Elle magazine...