The jury in the "Kyle Rittenhouse" case is already on its second day of deliberations. The jury in the "Kyle Rittenhouse" case is already on its second day of deliberations On Wednesday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, jurors began their second day of deliberations in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. The jury deliberated all day Tuesday without reaching a decision, and they notified the court that they would return in the morning to complete their investigation. In the August 2020 shootings in Kenosha that killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and injured Gaige Grosskreutz after a tumultuous night of protests following the police death of Jacob Blake, Rittenhouse faces five felony counts. Rittenhouse, then 17 years old, maintains he was acting in self-defense. He stated that he traveled to Kenosha equipped with an AR-15 like weapon to assist with the protection of local businesses and to offer first aid. Last week, he testified in his own defense, breaking down in tears when...
A distressing photograph of a Syrian father in one leg holding his newborn baby without upper or lower limbs has won the picture of the year at the 2021 Siena International Photo Awards. And the Beta Pixel website reported that the photo was taken by Turkish photographer Mehmet Aslan in Reyhanli, in the Turkish province of Hatay, on the border with Syria. The photo, titled "The Hardship of Life", depicts an emotional moment between a father and his son who was born without limbs due to a congenital disorder caused by the medications his mother had to take after she became sick with a nerve agent released during the war in Syria. The SIPA competition is open to photographers from all over the world, and the competition received thousands of photos submitted by photographers from 163 countries, and the winning photos will be shown in Italy starting October 23, 2021 as part of the Siena Visual Arts Awards. The winner of the "Photographer of the Year" award will be awar...