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Ex-officers face sentencing in girl's shooting death at game

Three fired police officers who pleaded to misdemeanor charges in the death of an 8-year-old girl killed when they opened fire outside a high school football game near Philadelphia are set to be sentenced Friday PHILADELPHIA -- Three fired police officers who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in the death of an 8-year-old girl killed when they opened fire outside a high school football game near Philadelphia are set to be sentenced Friday. Former Sharon Hill officers Brian Devaney, Devon Smith and Sean Dolan have pleaded guilty to 10 counts each of reckless endangerment. Investigators say they could not determine which officer fired the shot that killed Fanta Bility on Aug. 27, 2021. The charge carries a maximum term of up to two years in prison in Pennsylvania. Prosecutors contend the officer s negligently fired 25 shots at a car they mistakenly thought was involved in gunfire that broke out as spectators left the Football Game in 2021. Devaney was not wearing a body camera, and...

Qantas names chief financial officer Vanessa Hudson next CEO

Qantas says Chief Financial Officer Vanessa Hudson will become its next chief executive SYDNEY -- Australian airline Qantas Group said Tuesday Chief Financial Officer Vanessa Hudson will become its next chief executive and managing director, replacing Alan Joyce in November. Hudson has been with the airline in various roles for 28 years. Joyce was appointed Qantas CEO in 2008 and agreed in 2020 to remain at the helm through the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. “There’s not many female CEOs in the worldwide aviation industry and it’s a credit to this country that a gay Irishman was appointed 15 years ago to be CEO of the company and now we have the first female, and it’s a credit to the board,” Joyce said. Hudson said her focus would be “delivering for our customers.” After three years of statutory losses due to the pandemic, Qantas in February returned to profit, posting an underlying pre-tax half-year result of 1.43 billion Australian dollars ($978 million) for the six months thr...

Pakistan militants kill 4 police officers, hurt 6 in attacks

Taliban militants have killed four police officers and wounded six in a pair of attacks in northwest Pakistan PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Taliban militants in a pair of attacks killed four police officers by targeting a police vehicle with a roadside bomb and wounded six in an attack on a police station in northwest Pakistan early Thursday, police and the insurgents said. The bomb killed four officers in a police vehicle carrying reinforcements sent to respond to the attack on a police station in Lakki Marwat, a town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. Six officers were wounded in the attack at the police station. Local police officer Ashfaq Khan said a search was underway for the militant suspects who attacked the police station in Lakki Marwat and later targeted the police vehicle with a bomb. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif condemned the attack , saying he was saddened by the "martyrdom" of the targeted officers . “The sacrifices of our police officers in the w...