A photo of Stephen Paddock in 2002, provided by his brother Eric Paddock. (Family photo) Before he opened fire late Sunday, killing at least 58 people at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, gunman Stephen Paddock was living out his retirement as a high-stakes gambler in a quiet town outside Las Vegas.…
Who is the perpetrator of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history? As the identities of the victims started coming in Monday morning and authorities said that the death toll stands at 58 with more than 500 injured, more information has come out on the 64-year-old killer, a man by the name of Stephen Craig…
Without providing any evidence to support the claim, the Islamic State group on Monday said the gunman in the mass shooting in Las Vegas was “a soldier” from its ranks who had converted to Islam months ago. Authorities have yet to identify a motive for the shooting, and said initially there was no evidence of…
The Australian National University Za Kabuki Club has performed Japanese theatre in Canberra, around Australia and internationally for more than 40 years. It has described itself as the longest-running Kabuki group outside Japan and has been supported by the Embassy of Japan for more than two decades. About 30 of the 40 current members of…
Police in Laguna rescued a Chinese call center executive who was allegedly kidnapped in Makati City last Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. The victim was intercepted at a checkpoint in Calamba City (map) late Saturday night. WIKIPEDIA MAP SAN PEDRO CITY A Chinese call center executive was rescued by the police from his alleged abductors in…
These days volunteering to teach art classes at Bethlehem House keeps Robert Kreshl busy. But for 13 years Mr Kreshl was ruled by an addiction to poker machines. “It was a place for me to hide and hope to win enough money to get me out of trouble this vain, delusional hope,” he said.…
Ladbrokes is being investigated by the Gambling Commission over an allegation that staff watched a gambling addict take out payday loans to fund hundreds of pounds of bets on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). The claim, which comes as the government considers whether to slash the £100 maximum stake on the machines, drew fire from Labour…
Thailand. Roberto Trombetta/Flickr. CC (by-nc) A Thai woman sits alone behind the blinds in a brothel in a forest in Northern Denmark. Shes waiting for customers. Shes been selling sex in Denmark for two years now. She has no legal papers. Its hard and lonely work, but she earns well. When a car drives up…
A man convicted of murdering his friend in 2008 will spend at least two decades behind bars for the money-motivated Melbourne crime described as cold-blooded. Christopher John Lavery, 31, set up a meeting with 24-year-old cannabis dealer James Russouw. He knew Mr Russouw would be carrying about $13,000 in cash to buy drugs after the…
A man convicted of murdering his friend in 2008 will spend at least two decades behind bars for the money-motivated Melbourne crime described as cold-blooded. Christopher John Lavery, 31, set up a meeting with 24-year-old cannabis dealer James Russouw. He knew Mr Russouw would be carrying about $13,000 in cash to buy drugs after the…
