Dominique Pelicot was handed a 20-year prison sentence on Thursday after being found guilty of the aggravated rape of his ex-wife Gisèle in the French city Avignon in a trial that has shocked France and the world. Dominique Pelicot had repeatedly drugged and abused his then-wife Gisèle for almost 10 years, and had her raped […]
We’re dreaming of a wet Christmas
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – A rain/snow mix will keep it wet in our overnight. Thursday we have a small window to dry out from this latest area of low pressure. However, there is another one that will drag along with it an Arctic cold frontal that will first bring in some rain and eventually a […]
Israelis hit Beit Lahia in Gaza Strip again, health ministry says
At least 10 people have died in attacks mounted by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Residential blocks and the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in the north had come under fire, the health authority said. Hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya told the Palestinian news agency […]
Poland issues European arrest warrant for former deputy minister
Poland has issued a European arrest warrant for a deputy minister in the last Law and Justice (PiS) government, a spokesman for Warsaw prosecutors said on Wednesday. The subject of the warrant, former deputy justice minister Marcin Romanowski, was thought to be in another European Union country, the spokesman said. Romanowski is being investigated
Germany investigates suspected espionage after breach at naval base
Investigators in Germany’s northern state of Schleswig-Holstein are looking into a potential case of espionage after a Chinese national breached a naval base earlier this month. The incident occurred on December 9, a spokeswoman for the State Criminal Police Office (LKA) said in Kiel on Wednesday. The man is said to have gained access to [&he