Avery was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide in connection with Halbach’s death in 2007 and was sentenced to life in prison. His nephew, Brendan Dassey, was also convicted for Halbach’s murder. Avery’s legal team has been appealing the jury’s decision through the 14 years that have passed since that conviction. According to an opinion released Wednesday by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, the court wrote Avery’s requests were “insufficient on their face to entitle him to a hearing and that the circuit court did not erroneously exercise its discretion in denying the motions to vacate and for reconsideration....

In the July 2016 incident, Jonathon Aledda saw Arnaldo Rios Soto holding the toy and said he thought it was a firearm and that he was holding another man hostage, the Miami Herald reported. This caused the former North Miami officer to shoot at Soto, but instead he hit and wounded Charles Kinsey, Soto’s behavioral therapist, who was on the ground pleading with police not to shoot at his patient....

Chris Gibbs, who runs 560 acres of farmland in the key swing state of Ohio, said he was “dubious” about the details of the deal that Trump touted as a “tremendous deal for farmers,” hit hard by an ongoing trade spat. Under the plans announced by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin last week, China would resume farm purchases in exchange for the U.S. not increasing tariffs on Chinese imports. He also said there was an agreement on intellectual property rights, financial services and currency rules....

That was the assessment Taiwan provided on Tuesday in publishing its 2021 National Defense Report, a biennial government document that has been tracking the shifting power balance across the Taiwan Strait for the last three decades. In a report that echoed many of the observations and concerns raised in Japan’s own defense white paper in July, Taiwan described the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as having ambitions that reach far beyond the so-called first island chain, the frontline of the American alliance system and its maritime deterrent....

Global Times—a nationalist paper owned by The People’s Daily newspaper which is the Chinese Communist Party’s official publication—claimed Sunday that Australia is “waging an intensifying espionage offensive against China.” The newspaper accused Australia of “sending agents to China to spy, gather intelligence and recruit assets, instigating defection among Chinese nationals, spying on Chinese students and organizations in Australia, feeding fake news to media to hype up the ‘China espionage theory’ and even in early years attempting to install wiretaps in the Chinese Embassy in Canberra....

Wu Peng, the director of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Africa Department, told reporters that “some countries that have said they have to wait for their own people to finish the vaccination before they could supply the vaccines to foreign countries.” This was an apparent reference to the accusations that the United States is hoarding vaccines. “We believe that it is, of course, necessary to ensure that the Chinese people get vaccinated as soon as possible, but for other countries in need, we also try our best to provide vaccine help,” Wu said....

President Donald Trump and Pompeo have both expressed confidence that the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) is the origin point for the novel coronavirus that has spread worldwide, infecting more than 3.5 million people and killing more than 251,000, per Johns Hopkins University. The Global Times newspaper—owned by the People’s Daily, the official publication of the Chinese Communist Party—published an editorial Tuesday branding Pompeo a “liar” and suggesting his conduct does not fit with his Christian faith....

In a critical editorial, the Global Times said the U.S. should pay a price for its mistake and called for the incident to be investigated by the International Criminal Court. “It was a serious act of state terrorism and constituted a war crime. Since the U.S. has almost never seriously held its soldiers accountable for the killing of civilians in Afghanistan and the Middle East, we strongly call on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to investigate this matter,” the Global Times wrote....

The Islamic State militant group ISIS-K—which is opposed to the U.S. and the Taliban—claimed responsibility for the Thursday attacks. The blasts left more than 90 people dead, including 13 American servicemembers. The explosions, reportedly carried out by suicide bombers, came as the U.S. rapidly evacuates tens of thousands of Americans and Afghan refugees following the Taliban’s rapid takeover of the country this month. The Global Times, a daily tabloid published by the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Daily, published a Friday opinion article written by its editorial staff titled, “Biden wants to save face, but Kabul airport attacks prove his incompetence....

The China Daily wrote that “the reunification of the two sides across the Taiwan Straits is more than the reunification of the mainland and the island.” “It is about Taiwan residents identifying with the Chinese nation and Chinese culture,” the piece said. “Based on over 20 years of governing experience in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions after their return to the motherland, the complete national reunification requires social and cultural integration of the two sides of the Straits....

The former Eagles coach, fired last month, met with the 49ers Thursday night, according to CSN Bay Area. MORE: 10 best potential 49ers replacements for Jim Tomsula The 49ers also interviewed Bills running backs coach Anthony Lynn, who is also Buffalo’s assistant head coach. The position became open after the 49ers fired Jim Tomsula, who went 5-11 in his only season as the head coach. Kelly went 26-21 in nearly three seasons with the Eagles before getting fired Dec....

Friday night, this appeared on Jones’ Twitter account (@realcj10): “So the FBI comes out and confirms that Sandy Hook was a hoax! Where is the outrage? What else are we being lied to about? Waco? JFK? Pff … " On Dec. 14, 2012, a 20-year-old named Adam Lanza killed 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. Conspiracy theorists believe the shooting was an elaborate hoax, staged by the U....

The request was the result of a United Nations General Assembly vote on Dec. 30. But it is only the latest efforts to mobilize international law and institutions in a way that carefully conceals the real motive: hostility to Israel’s very existence. The UN’s vulnerability to being exploited by dictators and human rights abusers is no secret. According to think tank Freedom House, only a minority of the UN Human Rights Council are genuinely “free....

People often suspect they have chlamydia when they get genital and urinary tract symptoms like painful urination or vaginal discharge. But those who get it through oral sex don’t always connect the symptoms to the disease because they can be easily attributed to other conditions. This article takes a closer look at the symptoms and causes of oral chlamydia. It also explains how this common STD is diagnosed, treated, and prevented....

It’s not clear how many people become infected with Chlamydia pneumoniae. However, many people who do get it are able to clear a mild infection on their own. Older people and some other groups are at a higher risk for more severe infections. Read on for more information on the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Chlamydia pneumoniae. Causes Chlamydia pneumoniae can spread from one person to another through respiratory droplets....

The zoo said it was “deeply saddened” to announce the passing of the female western lowland gorilla last week. The second-oldest gorilla at Zoo Atlanta, Choomba was also the fourth-oldest gorilla in the world. In a statement, the zoo said that animal care and veterinary teams had been monitoring Choomba closely following a decline in her physical condition—Choomba suffered with advanced arthritis and other age-related complications. Because of concern for her comfort and quality of life, the zoo said it made the “extremely difficult” decision to euthanize her...

Approximately six hours after announcing that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, Christie tweeted that he was checking himself into Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey. “In consultation with my doctors, I checked myself into Morristown Medical Center this afternoon. While I am feeling good and only have mild symptoms, due to my history of asthma we decided this is an important precautionary measure,” Christie wrote. “I am thankful for our hardworking medical professionals and look forward to coming home soon....

Broadcasting from his house on Monday, the Cuomo Prime Time presenter said that the virulence of COVID-19 meant that the normal advice to recover from other illnesses, namely to stay in bed and let it take its course, does not apply. Describing his battle with the illness as being akin to tackling a “beast”, he said his experience of the illness since his diagnosis last Tuesday was that “it doesn’t just pass, it progresses....

“These apparently anonymous allegations are not true,” the spokesperson said, according to The New York Times. “To the extent that they were sent to CNN to negate what Chris Cuomo told his audience, he fully stands by his on-air statements about his connections to these issues, both professionally and in a profound personal way. If the goal in making these false and unvetted accusations was to see Mr. Cuomo punished by CNN, that may explain his unwarranted termination....