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A New York City father has been charged with murder for allegedly beating up a man and throwing him down a flight of stairs, resulting in his death, after the victim was said to have directed sexual comments at the suspect's teenage daughter. Luis Ortiz, 39, was arrested on August 11 on counts of second-degree murder and assault stemming from the fatal attack on Ariel Alvarado in the East Harlem section of Manhattan on August 3.  According to the police, Alvarado, 46, was found unresponsive and suffering from cuts to his knees in front of 20 East 109th Street at around 9.15pm on August 3. Ariel Alvarado, 46, was found suffering from fatal head trauma and internal injuries outside 20 East 109th Street in Manhattan following a beating   The victim was taken to Mt Sinai Hospital, where doctors discovered that Alvarado had sustained head trauma and severe internal injuries, which ultimately led to his death. Anonymous sources told PIX11 that in the course of the homicide investigation

Foreign Affairs chairman Rep. Greg Meeks told the Democratic caucus Wednesday that 'early next week' his committee would hold a hearing to demand answers of top Biden administration officials on the US' chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed. 'That is Congress' role the role of oversight and that will take place early next week at least it will begin then,' Pelosi said Tuesday night. The speaker lauded President Biden's decision to withdraw, but conceded Afghanistan has been left in 'disarray.'  'We should have been out of Afghanistan a while back, but now, we are — unfortunately, one of the possibilities was that it would be in disarray, as it is. But that has to be corrected,' she told KPIX 5. Meeks on Tuesday invited Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken 'as early as possible.'  'The situation in Afghanistan is rapidly changing and it is imperative that the admini

Trevor Bauer accuser 'Ms. Hill' appeared to suggest she was seeking tens of millions of dollars from the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher in a text message conversation after her first rough sexual encounter with him, the defense claimed.   Dressed in a green jacket, black blouse, and black pants, the 27-year-old took the witness stand again at LA Superior Court Wednesday as a court hearing to extend a temporary restraining order against the athlete to five years entered its third day.  Bauer's attorney Shawn Holley quizzed Hill, a recovering alcoholic, about her texts with her AA sponsor, Lisa Decker, that apparently gave the impression she was after Bauer for money.  In one conversation, Hill was allegedly referring to Bauer when she texted Decker saying: 'Give me $50 million and just slap my cl*t...' Trevor Bauer accuser 'Ms. Hill' (pictured arriving at court Wednesday) appeared to suggest she was seeking $50million from the baseball star after their first rou

Keuana Weaver, 38, travelled to Tijuana with her friend Kanisha Davis for cosmetic surgery The FBI has joined the investigation into the death of an American woman, who died after having liposuction in Tijuana at the hands of a doctor who was not qualified as a plastic surgeon.  Keuana Weaver, a 38-year-old mother of two from Long Beach, died on the operating table when her liposuction and tummy tuck went wrong.  Two other women also became seriously ill after traveling to the clinic for liposuction and other procedures on the same day, and all were operated on by Dr Jesus Manuel Baez Lopez.  Now, her family members say they have been contacted and interviewed by an FBI agent, as the agency looks into the facts behind Weaver's untimely death, the San Diego Union-Tribune report. 'I’m glad that they’re looking into it. I hope they do find a case. This is ridiculous that a woman died and he just doing surgeries,' said Renee Weaver, Keuana's mother. The group, lured by the

A triathlete lucky to be alive after a horror bike crash has celebrated her 20th birthday in hospital as she painfully learns to walk again.      Alexa Leary was training in Pomona, near Noosa on the Sunshine Coast, when she was thrown off her bike at more than 65km/h after clipping the wheel of the bike in front of her on July 17. The crash left her with traumatic brain injury, blood clots, and broken bones and she was not expected to survive. Alexa Leary (pictured with her parents Russell and Belinda) was left fighting for life after a bike crash left her with serious brain damage and multiple fractures  Her family and friends have been overwhelmed with the support pouring from all around the globe. They launched a campaign in her honour called Move for Lex, urging those who are able to get out and get moving to do so on behalf of those who can't.  'This movement we want to create for her is to inspire people to get out and get moving for those who can't,' its websit

Staycationers flocking to the Lake District have caused unprecedented damage to its paths and hillsides, a charity has warned. A ‘huge increase in footfall’ has scarred the area beloved of Wordsworth and other Romantic poets, said Fix The Fells. It has spent £10million on repairing paths and erosion in the Cumbrian national park since being set up 20 years ago.  Works include routes on England’s highest mountain, 3,208ft Scafell Pike, which is scaled by 250,000 hikers a year. Staycationers flocking to the Lake District have caused damage to its paths and hillsides Ranger Pete Entwistle said more holidaymakers were ‘a good thing because people get to see what they have in this country, they see what needs protecting. ‘But if this was to continue with the numbers we’re getting now, I can see us having an awful lot more work in the future.’ Fix The Fells’s Joanne Backshall said climate change is also causing erosion. She said: ‘It was always wet but it is now even more so.  'When we h

The Pope has sent a message of 'spiritual closeness and blessing' to the families of the victims of the Plymouth shooting. A letter sent to the Catholic Bishop of Plymouth, Mark O'Toole, on Tuesday, sent via Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said the Pope hopes people can 'overcome every evil with good'.  Gunman Jake Davison, 22, killed his 51-year-old mother Maxine and four others before turning the gun on himself on August 12 in one of the worst mass shootings in the UK in more than a decade.  The letter said: 'Saddened to learn of last Thursday's shooting in Plymouth, his Holiness Pope Francis asks you kindly to convey to those affected the assurance of his spiritual closeness. 'He joins you in commending the souls of those who died to Almighty God's loving mercy and he implores the divine gifts of healing and consolation upon the injured and bereaved.' The letter continued: 'With prayers that Christ the Redeemer will grant to all the strength to r