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  • Published on May 6, 2025

    3 shot, another injured jumping to escape gunfire at Southwest Michigan bar

    ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI — Three people were shot and another was injured while trying to escape gunfire at a Southwest Michigan bar, police said. At 11:53 p.m. Saturday May 3, officers from Centreville-Constantine Police Department were called to the Harvey …

    Source: MLive - Michigan - Neutral
  • Published on May 6, 2025

    Escaped North Carolina inmate caught after days on the run

    SWANQUARTER, N.C. (WBTV) - An inmate who escaped a North Carolina prison this past week was recaptured Monday night after several days on the run. The inmate, 32-year-old Francisco Cardenas, was being held at the minimum-security Hyde Correctional …

    Source: WBTV - North Carolina - Neutral
  • Published on May 6, 2025

    Russian journalist reaches Paris after perilous escape from Moscow

    Outspoken Russian journalist Ekaterina Barabash has said that “journalism no longer exists in Russia” as she arrived in Paris after making a perilous getaway from Moscow, where she faced a lengthy prison sentence for condemning the country's full-scale …

    Source: Euronews - Neutral
  • Published on May 6, 2025

    Inmate gets three months for escape

    An inmate who escaped from Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) while receiving treatment for a broken jaw was on Monday sentenced to three months in prison. Jamaican national Cyril Soltau told Chief Magistrate Roberto Reckley that he was thinking about his …

    Source: The Nassau Guardian - Neutral
  • Published on May 6, 2025

    Prison break!

    By JULIUS PHIRI – IN a dramatic incident, 41 inmates, who include suspected murderers, robbers and defilers, held at Nakonde Police Station cells have escaped from lawful custody. The suspects staged the brazen escape after ambushing and overpowering an …

    Source: Times of Zambia - Pending
  • Published on May 5, 2025

    Trump orders reopening of Alcatraz prison for ‘most ruthless offenders’

    Donald Trump has said he is directing the administration to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on an island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years. California lawmakers called the idea “absurd on its face” and …

    Source: The Guardian - Center-left
  • Published on May 6, 2025

    Story of the infamous Alcatraz prison, which Trump wants to reopen now

    US President Donald Trump said on Sunday (May 4) that he had directed the government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on an island off San Francisco, closed more than 60 years ago. Considered one of the toughest prisons of its day …

    Source: The Indian Express - Center-left
  • Published on May 5, 2025

    Trump Says He Will Reopen Notorious Alcatraz Prison

    NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years. In a post on his Truth …

    Source: HuffPost - Left-wing
  • Published on May 5, 2025

    Russian reporter facing jail says RSF smuggled her to France

    Ekaterina Barabash, a Russian journalist critical of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, said on Monday that she fled to France after Reporters Without Borders (RSF) smuggled her out of Russia. "I fled — I had no other choice. Journalism no …

    Source: Deutsche Welle - Public Broadcaster
  • Published on May 6, 2025

    Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz. What to know about the famed prison and escape attempts

    Bettmann via Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) — President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement over the weekend that he wanted to reopen and expand the notorious Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay is drawing new attention to the infamous prison. …

    Source: WJBD Radio - Illinois - Neutral
  • Published on May 6, 2025

    Quick Facts About Alcatraz Prison: When Did It Close, Famous Prisoners and Why Trump Wants To Reopen It

    Alcatraz remains one of the most infamous prison sites in history, a symbol of both law and chaos. Now, decades after it was shut, US President Donald Trump's idea of reopening the island's former penitentiary has returned it to the headlines. What …

    Source: International Business Times - United Kingdom - Neutral
  • Published on May 5, 2025

    Convicted killer went missing for 12 hours, sending jail into lockdown — only for officers to remember where they left ...

    A Georgia jail was locked down for 12 hours when a convicted murderer seemingly vanished — just for him to be found the next morning where he’d mistakenly been left in a courtroom holding cell. Julian Brooks Deloach, who was convicted of murder in 1984 and …

    Source: New York Post - Right-wing
  • Published on May 6, 2025

    Trump says he plans to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison

    President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that he has ordered the reopening of Alcatraz as a prison to “house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.” Trump said he’s directing the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, the FBI and …

    Source: The York Dispatch - Pennsylvania - Pending
  • Published on May 6, 2025

    Home and Away spoilers: Will Ziggy and Mackenzie ESCAPE?

    Time is running out for Ziggy Astoni (played by Sophie Dillman) and Mackenzie Booth (Emily Weir) on Home and Away (1:45pm - see our TV Guide for listings) The women realise that escaped prison imate, Roscoe Mulhern (Sam Parsonson), doesn't intend to …

    Source: What to Watch - Pending
  • Published on May 5, 2025

    Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison to lock away the ‘dregs of society’

    President Trump called on his administration to reopen and expand Alcatraz so authorities could send the “dregs of society” to the notorious California prison more than six decades after it closed.   The commander in chief announced Sunday that he was …

    Source: New York Post - Right-wing
  • Published on May 5, 2025

    Trump wants Alcatraz reopened as a prison, not a tourist attraction

    Monday, May 5th 2025 - 10:24 UTC “The reopening of ALCATRAZ will serve as a symbol of Law, Order and JUSTICE,” Trump claimed US President Donald Trump announced this weekend plans to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the former maximum-security prison on an …

    Source: MercoPress - Neutral
  • Published on May 6, 2025

    Alcatraz was America’s most notorious prison. Trump wants to reopen it

    But such a move would likely be an expensive and challenging proposition. The prison was closed in 1963 due to crumbling infrastructure and the high costs of repairing and supplying the island facility – everything from fuel to food had to be brought by …

    Source: The Sydney Morning Herald - Neutral
  • Published on May 6, 2025

    The Grim Legacy behind Alcatraz, the Prison of Prisons

    On Sunday evening, U.S. President Donald Trump announced via his Truth Social account a controversial new initiative to “reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt Alcatraz,” the infamous island prison that ceased operations in 1963 due to deteriorating …

    Source: To Vima - Indeterminate
  • Published on May 5, 2025

    Donald Trump Says He Will Reopen Notorious Alcatraz Prison

    NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island that has been closed for more than 60 years. In a post on his Truth Social site …

    Source: HuffPost - Left-wing

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