Police in California are hunting for a man suspected of stealing a First World War-era cannon from a veteran's hall and selling it to an unsuspecting buyer.
The artillery artefact was recovered in mid-May after the man who purchased it for $1,200 (£832) saw a local news report about the brazen theft.
On Thursday, Richmond Police identified the primary suspect in the heist as 44-year-old Dezi Adsuara.
Authorities said investigators had "compelling evidence" pointing to Adsuara, who also uses the alias Roland Joseph Garcia.
Police said Adsuara used a pickup truck to tow the one-ton, 105mm cannon from the Veteran's Memorial Hall in Richmond in the early hours of 1 May.
The artefact had been sitting outside the hall since 1947.
An $80,000 warrant has been issued for Adsuara's arrest.
Thursday, June 2, 2016
No Civil Rights Charges In Jamar Clark Case
Two white Minneapolis police officers will not face civil rights charges in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man, Minnesota's US attorney has said.
Andrew Luger said there was "insufficient evidence" to support charges against Officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze.
The closely watched case stems from the death of 24-year-old Jamar Clark, who died a day after he was shot once in the head on 15 November.
The shooting set off weeks of protests in Minneapolis, including an 18-day tent encampment outside the police department's 4th Precinct.
In March, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman declined to file criminal charges against the two officers.
A key issue in the case centred on conflicting accounts from the officers and witnesses as to whether Mr Clark was handcuffed when he was shot.
The shooting occurred after paramedics called police to report that Mr Clark was interfering with efforts to treat an assault victim.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) determined that Mr Clark refused orders to take his hands out of his pockets, prompting the officers to attempt to handcuff him.
Investigators said a struggle ensued and Ofc Ringgenberg felt Mr Clark's hand on his weapon after the two fell on to the ground.
Ofc Schwarze then shot Mr Clark.
The violent encounter lasted barely more than a minute, investigators said.
In his decision not to pursue criminal charges, Mr Freeman cited inconsistent witness statements and forensic evidence that showed no bruising consistent with handcuffs on Mr Clark's wrists.
The BCA investigation also found Mr Clark's DNA on Ofc Ringgenberg's gun.
Taylor Swift And Calvin Harris 'Split Up'
Taylor Swift and Scottish DJ Calvin Harris have reportedly ended their 15-month relationship.
It is thought that Harris, who was involved in a car crash in Los Angeles last month, was the one to call things off.
A source told E! News: "Taylor's heart was more in it then he was. He started to lose interest over the past few months, but really tried to not just break up."
The news will come as a surprise to the music stars' fans after they were photographed hugging and kissing at recent awards ceremonies and the California festival Coachella.
They were seen holding hands in New York at the weekend.
Harris, whose real name is Adam Wiles, was a passenger in a Cadillac when the vehicle collided with a Volkswagen Beetle in Coldwater Canyon, near Beverly Hills on 20 May.
A statement posted on Harris's Facebook page last week said he was "still recovering" as he pulled out of two Las Vegas shows.
He had previously cancelled a performance at the Omnia nightclub in Las Vegas and a headline slot at the Hangout Festival in Alabama following the crash.
It is believed that Harris also blamed touring and travelling for the breakdown of the relationship. No one else is thought to be involved.
His current single with Rihanna, This Is What You Came For, was at number three in the UK singles chart last week.
Swift, who has become one of the world's biggest pop stars with hits including Shake It Off and Bad Blood, has previously been romantically linked with One Direction star Harry Styles.
Livingstone: Hitler Remarks As Factual As 1+1=2
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone has described his comments about Nazi leader Adolf Hitler supporting Zionism as "factual", saying it's the equivalent of "1+1=2".
Speaking at the Oxford Union on Wednesday evening, Mr Livingstone refused to apologise and instead blamed "embittered MPs" for the furore.
"I think this has been largely manufactured by people trying to undermine (Labour leader) Jeremy Corbyn," he said.
"If someone says something anti-Semitic they will be expelled but you can't expel someone for telling the truth."
Mr Livingstone has been suspended from the Labour party and branded a "Nazi apologist" by some MPs within the party after he gave a radio interview in which he said Hitler, who sent millions of Jews to their deaths during the Second World War, had previously supported establishing a Jewish homeland.
When asked by the union's president Robert Harris if he could understand why the comments provoked such outrage, Mr Livingstone replied: "I put all of this in my autobiography five years ago and no one said anything then.
"Embittered MPs (think) here we can start screaming at Ken Livingstone, 'Nazi apologist' and so on, and create all this stuff about anti-Semitism.
"When I have gone through lots of people saying I should apologise to this reporter or apologise for saying Hitler was a supporter of Zionism... I have never apologised."
Labour has been plagued by allegations of anti-Semitism in recent months, prompting officials to suspend several party members pending further investigations.
Mr Corbyn described the suspensions as a "very small number of cases" and denied the party was anti-Semitic.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Harry Hands Over Invictus Medal To Hospital
Prince Harry has presented an Invictus Games gold medal to the UK hospital that saved the life of a US soldier.
Sergeant Elizabeth Marks, 25, asked Harry to give her prize to Papworth Hospital in Cambridge when he placed it around her neck at the Games in Florida last month.
The combat medic, from Arizona, had been treated at the hospital for respiratory distress syndrome in 2014, shortly before the inaugural Games in London.
Her gold for 100m freestyle swimming was one of four she won in the pool in at this year's event.
Handing it over in a ceremony at Kensington Palace, Harry - founder of the Games - told the Papworth team: "A huge, huge thank you to all of you."
He said Sergeant Marks was "over the moon - she's very excited about the process".
Sergeant Marks broke down in tears when she told him about her treatment at Papworth.
Harry added: "Something else that she told me while we were in Florida - I don't know whether you'll agree to it or not - she said that it was a blessing in disguise landing in London and going to Papworth because Papworth is undoubtedly the best place for someone having this condition."
He asked the medical team: "Am I right in saying she was given about a 35% chance of living?"
Lead clinician Dr Alain Vuylsteke replied: "That's generous. We used a machine to support her and keep her alive, while antibiotics and other drugs were helping her to fight it."
Sergeant Marks, who still serves in the military, suffered a serious hip injury in 2010 while on tour in Iraq, leaving her with no sensation in her left leg.
She took up sport as part of her recovery and continues to swim even though it renders her temporarily blind and faint because of her lung condition.
Papworth plans to launch the Elizabeth Marks Fund to raise money for its critical care unit, where the medal will go on display.
Professor John Wallwork, chairman of the hospital, said the medal "means an awful lot for the staff and the people that looked after her".
Mother's 911 Call Before Gorilla Death Released
A mother whose three-year-old son fell into a gorilla enclosure is heard pleading for help in a 911 call released by police.
The woman, identified in US media as Michelle Gregg, repeatedly tells her son to "be calm" during the incident at Cincinnati Zoo.
But her panic is evident when addressing the operator.
She is heard saying: "My son fell in with the gorilla. There's a male gorilla standing over him. I need someone to contact the zoo please."
She goes on: "He's grabbing my son. I can't watch this. I can't watch."
Another witness, Catie Goodrich, says in a call: "There's a baby in the zoo that fell in the gorilla moat. Hurry! Hurry! The gorillas are out. Oh my god."
Within nine minutes of the first call the zoo's dangerous animal response team shot and killed the 200kg gorilla to protect the boy.
The killing of Harambe prompted anger around the world, with the parents reportedly receiving death threats and more than 450,000 people signing a petition calling for them to be investigated.
A source told Cincinnati.com that police have completed their investigation and no charges will be filed.
The family said the toddler was "doing well" after the scare.
Meanwhile, the zoo has collected sperm samples from the 17-year-old gorilla - raising hopes he could have posthumous children.
Experts said it would more likely be used for research.
UCLA shooting: Two dead in murder-suicide
Two people have died after a shooting at the University of California's Los Angeles campus, in what police called a murder-suicide.
Los Angeles police chief Charlie Beck said on Wednesday the two were both males who were found in an office at the engineering school.
"A homicide and a suicide occurred," Beck told reporters near the scene. "It appears to be entirely contained".
Police said there was no longer a threat to the campus, which remained in lockdown for two hours.
Earlier, bioengineering student Bahjat Alirani described how police were directing people to run from the scene.
"I was in Boelter Hall to take a final and I exit the staircase to see SWAT-looking police yelling at everyone to evacuate immediately," Alirani told the Reuters news agency.
"I check my email and BruinAlert had immediately sent an email to all students notifying them of a shooter in the engineering building."
The university has more than 43,000 enrolled students, according to its website.
Los Angeles police chief Charlie Beck said on Wednesday the two were both males who were found in an office at the engineering school.
"A homicide and a suicide occurred," Beck told reporters near the scene. "It appears to be entirely contained".
Police said there was no longer a threat to the campus, which remained in lockdown for two hours.
Earlier, bioengineering student Bahjat Alirani described how police were directing people to run from the scene.
"I was in Boelter Hall to take a final and I exit the staircase to see SWAT-looking police yelling at everyone to evacuate immediately," Alirani told the Reuters news agency.
"I check my email and BruinAlert had immediately sent an email to all students notifying them of a shooter in the engineering building."
The university has more than 43,000 enrolled students, according to its website.
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