WARNING — GRAPHIC CONTENT: Jon-Luc McLoughlin, 26, of Poole, Dorset, killed 11-month-old Alsatian Lexi an was sentenced at a hearing attended by around 25 animal rights campaigners.

Downing Street and Channel 4 are at war this morning after Boris Johnson snubbed an election debate and the broadcaster decided to replace him with an ice sculpture.

HENRY DEEDES: The knife attack at London Bridge forced him back into emergency discussions at Downing Street. The scone-scoffing photo ops were rightly brought to a dramatic halt.

Adham Amin Hassoun, who is in his late 50s, has spent the near-majority of the war on terror behind bars, having first been arrested on a parole violation in back in June 2002.

The Democratic Republic of Congo town of Oicha on Friday buried 27 victims of the latest massacre in the country’s volatile east, with hundreds paying homage while lashing out at security forces for failing to stop attacks. The vast majority of the killings have been carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a militia […]

A Chicago police officer is under investigation after body-slamming a man during an arrest on the South Side, an incident captured in a viral video.

(Bloomberg) — Utility giant PG&E Corp. fell after its attempt at escaping a California policy that saddled it with billions of dollars in liabilities and pushed it into bankruptcy failed.U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali on Wednesday sided with wildfire victims, who said PG&E is subject to a legal doctrine known as inverse condemnation that holds […]

(Bloomberg) — Oil headed for its steepest weekly loss in almost two months amid signals OPEC and allied crude producers are averse to deepening output cuts when they convene next week.Futures dropped as much as 3% in New York on Friday, bringing the weekly decline to the worst since early October. Saudi Arabia probably will […]

Raymond James recently upgraded Under Armour to a “buy” rating, noting it is an “underrated underdog,” which has a sustainable growth cycle. Yahoo Finance’s Adam Shapiro and Dan Roberts discuss on The Ticker.

Jason Colavito counters Graham Hancock’s unfavorable reaction to criticisms in the latest issue of the Society for American Archaeology’s SAA Archaeological Record. Jason’s blog post references his own SAA Archaeological Record contribution “Whitewashing American History,” which may be the best thing this reader has read from him. Jason also mentions his upcoming book The Mound […]