Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A 16-year-old boy died after being trampled by an elephant within the Kalama Community Conservancy, Samburu County. The boy was grazing their livestock when the elephant attacked him fatally, police and rangers at the conservancy said. The incident happened Friday afternoon. The animal escaped into the forest soon after the incident. The rangers and police visited the scene and moved the body to the mortuary pending other procedures. Such incidents of human-wildlife conflict have been on the rise amid efforts to address the same. This is the latest incident of human-wildlife conflict amid efforts to solve the growing crisis. In…

A move by a father to discipline his daughter for allegedly spending two nights away from home turned tragic when the girl collapsed and died in Mathare slums, Nairobi. The girl was a form two student at Athlete Senior Secondary School in Mathare North area. She died on Friday night hours after she had been assaulted by her father on claims she spent two nights away without the knowledge of the parents. Neighbours said the father and his two sons were upset by the girl’s move and joined in the disciplining mission. She escaped to a house belonging to her…

Peter Greene, a character actor best known for his role as the iconic villain Zed in “Pulp Fiction,” has died. He was 60. He died in his home in New York City, his manager Gregg Edwards confirmed on Friday. His cause of death was not immediately released. “He was just a terrific guy,” said Edwards. “Arguably one of the greatest character actors on the planet; Has worked with everybody.” Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Greene landed some of his first leading roles in “Laws of Gravity” in 1992 and “Clean, Shaven” in 1993, according to IMDb. In 1994, he played…

The US special forces veteran whose rescue team spirited Nobel laureate María Corina Machado out of Venezuela has begged her not to return to the country, after a perilous extraction mission that lasted nearly 16 hours and was carried out largely in the middle of the night through rough waters. “Overwhelmingly, this is the hardest, most high profile, most delicate operation we’ve conducted,” Grey Bull Rescue Foundation founder Bryan Stern told CNN on Friday. Stern told a virtual press conference earlier that Machado had boarded a boat that set sail from the Venezuelan coast to a rendezvous point at sea.…

President Donald Trump said Saturday that there will be “very serious retaliation” after two US soldiers and one civilian interpreter were killed in an ambush in Syria on Saturday. Three others were wounded in the attack, which was carried out by a single ISIS gunman, US Central Command and the Department of Defense said in statements Saturday. “We will retaliate,” Trump told reporters at the White House. He said the country is mourning “the loss of the three great American patriots” and praying for the three wounded, who “seem to be doing pretty well.” The president noted the US’ cooperation…

A gunman killed two people and injured nine others after opening fire at Brown University’s engineering and physics building in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday, officials said. The unidentified gunman left after the shooting at the Barus & Holley building, on the eastern edge of the campus, Commander Timothy O’Hara, deputy chief of Providence police, said Saturday night. People in the area were advised to shelter in place amid an active manhunt. A spokesperson Brown University Health, which operates Rhode Island Hospital, where the injured were being treated, said seven people remained in critical condition and one had been stabilized.…

Prosecutors must return evidence seized from a key figure in the dismissed criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, but the U.S. Department of Justice can seek a new warrant for the information, a federal judge has ruled. The ruling is at least a temporary setback for prosecutors mulling another attempt to charge Comey, one of President Donald Trump’s critics whom the DOJ has sought to prosecute. A lawyer for Richman declined to comment on Saturday. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington ruled that while prosecutors must return files seized from Daniel Richman, a law professor and former…

Detectives from the homicide unit arrested prime suspect Ken Kimanthi Gichunuku, alias “Sultan,” who had been on the run over the brutal murder of Seth Nyakio Njeri. Nyakio, 23 was a daughter of Kirinyaga nominated Member of County Assembly (MCA). The suspect was her former boyfriend and police had circulated his image and details as a wanted man. Nyakio’s lifeless body was discovered on October 14, 2024, inside Blessings Building in Biafra Estate, Thika town, setting off an intensive manhunt. Nyakio, a graduate of Zetech University, was found murdered at her home in the area. Preliminary police investigations suggested that…

The former University of Michigan football coach, who was fired and arrested earlier this week, faces three criminal charges, including home invasion and stalking in a domestic relationship, according to court documents. The university terminated Sherrone Moore, alleging they had “credible evidence” that he engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. Authorities said that on the same day he was dismissed, Mr Moore was detained by police in a nearby suburb in connection with an alleged assault. The 39-year-old was formally charged on Friday afternoon, two days after his abrupt firing and arrest. The magistrate on Friday granted…

Aubrey and her wife are preparing to leave the United States for Costa Rica in January – a decision they haven’t taken lightly, after building a life as homeowners in upstate New York. She says months of unease about the political climate in the United States – from debates over LGBT rights to concerns about basic safety – finally tipped them into making a plan to leave. Her story could be far from unique, according to a recent survey by US analytics firm Gallup, which suggests 40% of American women aged 15 to 44 would move abroad if they had…

The Metropolitan Police has said it will “take no further action” over claims Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked his police protection officer for information on accuser Virginia Giuffre. The allegations, first reported in the Mail on Sunday in October, said the then-prince gave the officer Ms Giuffre’s date of birth and social security number, just before the paper published a photo of the pair meeting in February 2011. On Saturday, the Met said a further assessment “has not revealed any additional evidence of criminal acts or misconduct”. Mr Mountbatten-Windsor has not commented on the reports, but has consistently denied all allegations against…

Angry fans attending Lionel Messi’s tour of India ripped up seats and threw items towards the pitch after his appearance at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium. Thousands of adoring supporters had paid up to 12,000 rupees (£100; $133) to catch a glimpse of the football star, but were left disappointed when he emerged to walk around the pitch, and was obscured by a large group of officials and celebrities. When the Argentina and Inter Miami forward was whisked away early by security after around 20 minutes, elements of the crowd turned hostile. West Bengal’s chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, said she was…

The UK Friday imposed sanctions on senior commanders of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) suspected of “heinous violence” in the Darfur hub of El-Fasher, which the paramilitary group captured in October. The Foreign Office in London said those targeted include RSF second-in-command Abdelrahim Hamdan Daglo, whose brother Mohammad Hamdan Daglo is the group’s leader, as well as three other commanders. They are accused of “mass killings, systematic sexual violence and deliberate attacks on civilians” when the RSF dislodged the Sudanese army from El-Fasher, its last stronghold in the western Darfur region. They now face UK asset freezes and travel bans.…

Back-to-back batches of photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate have been released, revealing private details from the convicted peadophile’s life and his ties to the rich and powerful. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released 19 photos on Friday morning and then later published nearly 80 more, which they said are part of more than 95,000 images the US congressional committee has received from Epstein’s estate after a subpoena. The photos include never-before-seen images of Epstein on his private island and pictures of him with high-profile figures like US President Donald Trump. The US justice department is approaching a deadline next…

The US has lifted sanctions on a Brazilian judge who led investigations into Jair Bolsonaro, days after a bill which would cut the former president’s jail sentence passed a major hurdle. Bolsonaro is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after he lost the 2022 election, but would see his term cut to less than three years under a move pushed by conservative lawmakers. President Donald Trump has previously described the investigation into Bolsonaro as a “witch hunt”, and Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes was placed on a US sanctions list in July. Those sanctions were lifted…