As he challenges his murder conviction, Adnan Syed, the star of the ground-breaking crime podcast "Serial," is asking for a sentence reduction, according to a statement released by his legal team on Monday. For killing his high school ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999 when he was just 17 years old, Syed received a life sentence plus 30 years in prison. After a Baltimore municipal judge reversed the verdict, he was released in 2022 after serving almost 24 years in jail. Syed's conviction was upheld last year, but he was basically permitted to stay free when Lee's family challenged the ruling, claiming they weren't given enough notice to present their case in court. His defense team is still working to have his conviction overturned. Under Maryland's Juvenile Restoration Act, which permits a...

The former chief of the Metropolitan Police intelligence unit in Washington, Shane Lamond, was found guilty on Monday after being charged with providing information to a leader of the Proud Boys last year. Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys, is serving a 22-year sentence for seditious conspiracy related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. According to a U.S. Attorney's Office official, Lamond was found guilty on Monday of four charges, including obstruction of justice and three instances of lying to investigators, by U.S. Judge Amy Berman Jackson. The decision came after a bench trial in which Tarrio gave a scathing evidence, claiming that he had been lying to his fellow Proud Boys about getting information from a Metropolitan Police Department source at the same time...

On Saturday, rope rescues rescued 174 people who had been stuck in their gondolas for hours due to a malfunctioning ski lift at a resort in Colorado. Winter Park Resort reports that just after noon, the chairlift system recognized a malfunction and immediately halted. Winter Park Ski Patrol took down riders trapped in the gondolas one at a time. Taylor Scotland, a rider, told KUSA of Denver, an NBC News station, that she and seven other passengers were stranded in their gondola for around four hours. She claimed that the ski patrol staff assisted in teaching her how to rappel down from the lift. Scotland remarked, "You have to push yourself around, so you don't get hit," Consequently, I pivoted. There, I felt somewhat afraid. On his TikTok account, Alexey Dmitriev posted a number of videos...

A California wharf partially collapsed Monday, sending three people plummeting into the water. Following the incident at the Santa Cruz Wharf around 12:45 p.m. PT, officials reported that the individuals received minor injuries. According to a Santa Cruz official on Monday afternoon, two individuals were pulled out of the water, while a third managed to escape the ocean by themselves. The wharf fell because of severe storm seas in the area, according to Santa Cruz Fire Chief Rob Oatey. According to Oatey, the wharf's unaffected areas were evacuated. According to officials, damage from past storms had forced the closure of about 150 feet of the pier to the public. Project managers for the wharf building project were among those who fell into the water, and two contractors also fell into the...

Over the weekend, Burt, the adored crocodile who starred in the Australian movie "Crocodile Dundee," passed away. He was thought to be older than ninety. He passed away, according to a Sunday Instagram post from the Australian crocodile park where he resided in his senior years. "Burt was genuinely unique. Crocosaurus Cove stated, "He was more than just a crocodile; he was a force of nature and a reminder of the majesty and power of these amazing creatures." After starring with Paul Hogan as the intrepid Australian crocodile hunter Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee in Peter Fairmann's 1986 film "Crocodile Dundee," Burt became well-known. The croc's attack on an American reporter (Linda Kozlowski) near a riverbed stands out as the most memorable scene in the film. Two sequels were produced as a...

The generic form of Novo Nordisk's diabetic medication Victoza, which is currently unavailable in the nation, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Monday by Hikma Pharmaceuticals. According to the government, reviewing generic versions of the medications that are in low supply is a top priority. Since 2023, Victoza, also known as liraglutide, has been on the FDA's shortage list. According to Iilun Murphy, head of the FDA's Office of Generic Drugs, generic medications provide patients more treatment alternatives that are typically more economical. In June, Hikma's generic medication was initially given provisional approval. A Reuters request for comment on the drug's price was not immediately answered by the firm. Teva Pharmaceuticals introduced an approved generic version of...

Today's TV viewers may be more inclined to switch to a podcast than a prime-time chat show. Previously limited to earphones, audio chats are increasingly receiving more video views on digital platforms, expanding their reach and generating significant advertising money for the already well-liked format. More than 400 million hours of podcasts were viewed on TVs each month in 2024, according to YouTube, which has emerged as a top destination for podcast listeners in recent years. They have been listening to podcasts in a manner akin to that of late-night talk shows. This month, YouTube's senior director of product management, Kurt Wilms, authored a blog post. The platform has gained traction in TV viewership after initially finding success on computers and cellphones. According to data fro...

With more than $2.8 billion in rewards warbled out by schoolchildren and broadcast live across the globe, Spain's 200-year-old holiday lottery, "The Fat One," provided a substantial jackpot once again this year. The nation's premier opera house, Teatro Real, in the capital, Madrid, hosted the yearly drawing for "El Gordo" on Sunday. It has no single prize, in contrast to many lotteries, and the winnings are dispersed among thousands of participants via a sophisticated algorithm. Families, coworkers, and acquaintances frequently join together throughout the nation by pooling their funds to purchase tickets. Since stores often only sell one or two numbers and multiple tickets with the same number might be sold, the people who win the biggest rewards frequently reside in the same area. With o...

Sydney On Monday, Australia granted the United States' request for extradition of Daniel Duggan, a former U.S. Marine pilot who is accused of violating U.S. weapons control legislation by instructing Chinese military pilots on how to land on aircraft carriers. Shortly after returning from China, where he had resided since 2014, 55-year-old Duggan, a naturalized Australian citizen, was taken into custody by Australian Federal Police in a rural community in the state of New South Wales in October 2022. Duggan was no longer a citizen of the United States at the time of the alleged offenses, and his attorneys have contended in court that there is no proof the Chinese pilots he trained were military. According to a certificate issued by the U.S. embassy in Beijing, he renounced his U.S. citiz...

The director of one of the remaining hospitals in northern Gaza warned Monday that premature newborns are among those who could perish if the facility complies with Israeli evacuation demands. But according to Dr. Husam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, simply remaining there puts 400 people—including patients, medical staff, and civilians providing shelter—at risk. Tanks and bulldozers surrounded the hospital's western gates during the weekend, according to Abu Safiya, and the Beit Latiya facility was the target of constant, intense bombardment. In a statement posted on WhatsApp, he said that bullets had entered the specialist surgery department, the maternity unit, and the acute care unit. Gaza's Health Ministry also reported on Telegram that explosives were being used to...