On Wednesday, Ryan Partridge received about $1.5 million of his $2.5 million settlement after a lawsuit against Boulder County Jail for employees’ “excessive force” and “deliberate indifference” against him while he was an inmate facing serious psychiatric needs in 2016. Partridge, 37, settled the lawsuit Aug. 9, almost seven years after he was released from Boulder County Jail. Throughout his […]

UK weather: Dry conditions for most but showers for some A ravaging storm is set to make landfall across the west coast of Florida, USA, this week with gusts of up to 100mph predicted. Storm Idalia, as it is being called, is expected to hit Tampa Bay in around 36 hours, but forecasters say its current trajectory means it could […]

A man on the trip of a lifetime was left with nothing but the shirt on his back after a horror disaster sunk his boat. Mark Cornell, 64, had been navigating the open ocean and had his heart set on life in Indonesia before bad weather burst the dream. His 15-metre yacht was capsized on the Great Barrier Reef in […]

By SAMYA KULLAB (Associated Press) KUPIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — The thunder of mortar fire echoes in the distance as 5-year old David approaches his mother with an innocent request: Can he play with the baseball bat a relative gave him as a gift? Valeria Pototska rolls her eyes and tells her son no for the umpteenth time. It’s a toy […]

Three people were injured in a shooting Sunday evening in Sunnyside, Denver police said. Detectives were investigating the shooting a little after 6 p.m. in the 4000 block of Lipan Street, police said on social media. They did not specify how many people were involved in the incident or the circumstances surrounding the shooting. They also said the extent of […]

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Young people around the world are increasingly taking their governments to court for failing to reduce climate pollution, and on rare occasions, they are winning. This week, their efforts received an endorsement from an independent panel of experts that interprets United Nations human rights law, the Committee on the Rights of the Child. In an expansive 20-page document released Monday, […]

Italy: Migrants rescued from rough seas off Lampedusa With thousands of migrants arriving daily on Italy’s shores, the country’s leaders are appealing to the European Union for assistance in handling the situation. Over the weekend, Adolfo Urso, the Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy, visited a reception centre in Lampedusa, an Italian island near North Africa where many migrants […]

One of the UK's most stunning service stations has rave reviews online and is absolutely loved by dog owners. It is also home to wild geese. Annandale Water services are located next to a loch by the same name in south-west Scotland. According to Roadchef, who run the service station, it is open 24 hours and includes a hotel as […]

A man who allegedly posed as a British plastic surgeon and saw hundreds of patients without any qualifications has gone on the run. Italian national and school dropout Matteo Politi was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison in March for fraud and intellectual forgery but is now feared to have left for Hong Kong. He was sentenced […]