More than 1 million people in Germany have joined a petition for a nationwide ban on fireworks after New Year celebrations again resulted in casualties, injuries and arrests. So far, around 1. The GdP wrote on X on Sunday that this amounted to a political mandate. This massive violence against our female and male colleagues must stop," the petition states. The document calls for a ban on private use of fireworks, which it claims is an important first step towards greater safety for emergency services on New Year's Eve.
The suspected perpetrator also died. A jarring call was played in a Calgary courtroom Monday as jurors heard the voice of a distraught year-old woman who had just been raped in her assisted living apartment.
Duran Ross Buffalo. A missing year-old North Carolina hiker was found dead in Great Smoky Mountains National Park over the weekend, park officials said. For the family and friends of Jonathan Campos -- the captain of American Airlines Flight , which plunged into the Potomac River on Wednesday after colliding with a Black Hawk helicopter -- the feelings of grief that followed the news of his death were quickly replaced by anger.
As President Donald Trump made unfounded claims blaming diversity, equity and inclusion policies for contributing to the midair collision, Campos' former fiancee said her loved one's death quickly became politicized, overshadowing his life story and interrupting the family's grief.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest in an effort to counter what he says is the decadence of modern Western culture. Putin signed a decree on Monday for the Intervision Song Contest to be held in Moscow this year, and told senior Kremlin and government officials to prepare for the event.
