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A YOUNG woman from Tingwall has lost her licence after admitting driving in Lerwick last month with more than three times the legal limit for alcohol in her blood. Erica Lines was stopped by police at North Lochside in Lerwick due to the manner of her driving. Lerwick Sheriff...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When America's top diplomat called with condolences over the killing of John Flickinger's son in the Israeli airstrikes on a World Central Kitchen aid convoy in Gaza, Flickinger knew what he wanted to say.The grieving father told Secretary of State Antony Blinken the killings by Israel in the Hamas-run territory must end, and that the United States

A FISHERMAN who fell overboard from a local whitefish trawler is unlikely to have survived even if he had worn his personal flotation device (PFD) correctly, an inquiry into his death heard on Tuesday. Edison Lacaste died after falling into the water while carrying out repairs...

THE SKIPPER of a local whitefish trawler told an inquiry at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Monday how he was unable to hold on to a fellow crewman who fell overboard while carrying out repairs. The body of Edison Lacaste was recovered from the waters by the Sumburgh based search and...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Almost 25 years after suing the firearms industry for failing to prevent illegal gun sales, the northwestern Indiana city of Gary won a critical victory last fall when a judge ordered gun manufacturers to hand over years of production and sales records.But in March, Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a new law retroactively banning cities from bringing such lawsuits,

CAIRO (AP) — Israel's military said Saturday it had recovered the body of a 47-year-old farmer who was held hostage in Gaza, while negotiators prepared for another round of talks Sunday on brokering a cease-fire and securing the release of the remaining hostages, six months into the war.Israel's army said it found the body of Elad Katzir and believed he was killed in January

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 3-year-old girl was critically wounded in a shooting in northwest Philadelphia over the weekend, authorities said.Officers responding to Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital shortly before 1:30 p.m. Saturday found that the child had a single gunshot wound to the right eye, police said.The child was taken to the hospital by private vehicle after the

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden issued a stark warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that future U.S. support for Israel's Gaza war depends on the swift implementation of new steps to protect civilians and aid workers.Biden and Netanyahu's roughly 30-minute call just days after Israeli airstrikes killed seven food aid workers in Gaza added a

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. came through unlicensed dealers who aren’t required to perform background checks over a five-year period, according to new data released Thursday by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives.That represents 54% of the illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. between 2017 and 2021,

THE FATAL Accident Inquiry (FAI) into the death of a fisherman who fell overboard from a local whitefish trawler more than three years ago is set to get underway at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Monday. Edison Lacaste, known as Joseph, died in the early hours of 18 February 2021...