A man and a woman who had recently moved to northwest Arkansas were apparently killed as they hiked in a state park with their school-age daughters, authorities said Sunday. Arkansas State Police identified the victims as Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41. The agency said in a statement that the couple had recently moved to Prairie Grove …
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Families of Americans slain in West Bank press for justice
BIDDU, West Bank (AP) — When Sayfollah Musallet of Tampa, Florida, was beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the West Bank two weeks ago, he became the fourth Palestinian-American killed in the occupied territory since the war in Gaza began. No one has been arrested or charged in Musallet’s slaying – and if Israel’s track record on the other …
Read More »Bryan Kohberger comes face-to-face with parents of slain Idaho students
What to expect from Bryan Kohberger’s sentencing: Will he have to reveal his motive? As the Idaho murder case against Bryan Kohberger nears its final chapter, one pressing question lingers: will the convicted killer finally reveal his motive? By accepting a plea deal, Kohberger avoided a lengthy trial in exchange for life in prison without the possibility of parole, …
Read More »Trump administration releases files on slain civil rights leader
US President Donald Trump’s administration has released a trove of records on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, including FBI surveillance files on the civil rights leader. A court-imposed order had kept the FBI documents, totalling 230,000 pages, blocked from public view since 1977. Many members of King’s family had opposed the release. A statement from his two living …
Read More »Parents of slain Idaho student Ethan Chapin say they’ve found ‘big-time closure’
Ethan Chapin, one of four University of Idaho students stabbed to death in the fall of 2022, had a lighthearted, sometimes goofy presence his family still feels today. The 6-foot-4-inch student rarely took things too seriously, they said, making their loss staggering and their recovery a daily battle against the weight of darkness. “The days do get better,” Stacy Chapin, …
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