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1 Crime & Safety Police said a man shot his girlfriend to death and then locked himself inside a Westland mobile home trailer for more than eight hours. Dylan Siwicki , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Reply WESTLAND, MI — A man was arrested Wednesday morning after police said he fatally shot his girlfriend and then barricaded himself inside a Westland trailer for more than eight hours , according to Westland Police. Police found 41-year-old Tabitha Cornwall shot to death in a Jeep Grand Cherokee at a mobile home park on Glenwood Road near Wayne Road around 1 a.m., police said. Police believe she was trying to get away from her boyfriend after a domestic dispute, police said. Police then surrounded the mobile home park with a SWAT team, leading to a standoff for more than eight hours before officers arrested the man, police said. This is a developing story. Stay with Patch for updates Get more … [Read more...] about Westland Man Kills Girlfriend, Then Locks Himself In A Trailer: Police

NEW DELHI, India — Tensions were high Wednesday in the western Indian city of Udaipur, a day after police arrested two Muslim men accused of slitting a Hindu tailor’s throat and posting a video of it on social media, in a brutal attack representing a dramatic escalation of communal violence in a country riven by deep religious polarization. The killing comes after months of rising tensions between Hindus and Muslims , and has raised fears of increased violence. Download the NBC News app for breaking news and politics Authorities suspended internet services in the city and surrounding Rajasthan state in an attempt to prevent the gruesome video from being shared, while rushing additional police to Udaipur and banning large gatherings in an attempt to prevent religious unrest from escalating. In New Delhi, a few dozen people associated with right-wing groups demonstrated against the killing and demanded the culprits be hanged. In recent months, there have … [Read more...] about Fears of religious violence in India after video of Hindu tailor’s brutal killing is posted online

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for June 29 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! The three American tourists found dead at an all-inclusive Sandals resort in the Bahamas in early May "died as a result of asphyxiation due to carbon monoxide poisoning," police have confirmed. Michael Phillips, 68, Robbie Phillips, 65, of Tennessee, and Vincent Chiarella, 64, of Florida, were found unresponsive at Sandals Emerald Bay in Great Exuma on May 6. "We can officially confirm that all three of the victims died as a result of asphyxiation due to carbon monoxide poisoning," the Royal Bahamas Police Force said in a statement to the media this week. "This matter remains under active investigation." However, the source of the carbon monoxide leak remains unclear. Robbie and Michael Phillips, two of the victims discovered dead on … [Read more...] about Sandals Bahamas deaths: Police confirm carbon monoxide poisoning killed 3 American tourists

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for June 29 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday ahead of the 25th anniversary of the British handover and after a two-year transformation bringing the city more tightly under Communist Party control. It is Xi’s first trip outside of mainland China in nearly 2 ½ years. Supporters waving Chinese and Hong Kong flags chanted "Welcome, welcome! Warm welcome!" as Xi’s train pulled into the train station. Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, were welcomed by city leader Carrie Lam as they alighted the train. Xi waved at supporters who welcomed him on the platform, and later greeted John Lee, the city’s incoming leader, and Leung Chun-ying, a former chief executive of the city, along with other officials. "I’m very happy to be in Hong Kong," Xi said in a speech … [Read more...] about Xi arrives in Hong Kong for 25th anniversary of handover

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 15 PARIS (AP) — The lawyer for the only surviving attacker from the November 2015 terrorist massacre in Paris criticized her client's murder conviction and life prison sentence without the possibility of parole, saying Thursday the verdict “raises serious questions.” Salah Abdeslam, the chief suspect in the Islamic State attacks on the Bataclan theater, Paris cafes and France’s national stadium that killed 130 people, was found guilty Wednesday of murder and attempted murder in relation with a terrorist enterprise, among other charges. His lawyer, Olivia Ronen, argued throughout a marathon trial of Abdeslam and 19 other men that her client had not detonated his explosives-packed vest and hadn’t killed anyone the night of the deadliest peacetime attacks in French history, Abdeslam, a 32-year-old Belgian, was given … [Read more...] about Lawyer for convicted Paris attacker questions harsh sentence

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 2 KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The remains of Congo’s independence hero and first Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba will be laid to rest in Kinshasa Thursday. The interment in a specially-built mausoleum will be marked by a speech by Congo’s President Felix Tshisikedi. The ceremony is being held on Congo’s Independence Day holiday marking the day in 1960 when the country became independent from Belgium. Lumumba is widely hailed as the nationalist activist who helped to end colonial rule. He became the country’s first prime minister and was assassinated within a year in 1961. The ceremony for the interment of Lumumba's remains — a gold-capped tooth — comes after Belgium returned them to Congo earlier this month. A casket holding the tooth was taken around the country to allow citizens to pay their respects, including at his birthplace in Onalua village in Sankuru province. For many in Congo, … [Read more...] about Remains of Congo’s independence hero interred amid honors