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| Historic Jewel Heist in Germany |
In what is being considered one of the greatest jewel heists in history, thieves made off with hundreds of prized jewels from a museum in Germany yesterday. According to police, the burglars started a fire that disarmed the security system at Dresden's Grünes Gewölbe museum, sneaked into the building's renowned Green Vault (see photos) through a small corner window, and disappeared with armfuls of 18th-century treasure. Museum officials called the loss "priceless" owing to the historical value of the pieces; experts estimated the dollar value of the theft to be more than $1.1B. The haul consisted of three sets of ornate jewelry with dozens of separate pieces commissioned by the Saxon ruler Augustus the Strong, who created the vault to flaunt his kingdom's wealth in 1723. A manhunt has yielded no suspects as of this morning.
See the best of the rest of the historic jewel heists in recent history. |
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| US Returns to Northern Syria |
American troops have rejoined Kurdish fighters to conduct targeted counterterrorism missions in northern Syria, according to reports yesterday. The groups were said to have carried out a raid against remaining ISIS fighters more than 100 miles south of the Turkish border in Syria's Deir al-Zour province. The strategically important region contains the crossing of the Euphrates River into Iraq and has also seen attempts by Iran to exert influence via proxy groups. The news comes roughly two months after President Trump ordered an abrupt withdrawal from Syria's northern border with Turkey (see maps) to make way for a Turkish operation to remove the Kurdish fighters from the region. As the threat of ISIS recedes, complex dynamics in the multisided conflict have emerged - Kurdish forces partnered with the US to fight ISIS, but Turkey (a NATO ally) considers the group a terrorist threat (deep dive here).
Back in the US, Conan - a special operations canine injured in the al-Baghdadi raid - was honored at the White House (w/video). |
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| Court Rules in Adnan Syed Case |
The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from convicted murderer Adnan Syed, likely leaving him to finish out his life sentence in prison. The 38-year-old was found guilty in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee, who was found strangled in a Baltimore park. Syed's case was reopened in 2016 after being detailed in the popular podcast "Serial," where investigative journalist Sarah Koenig presented new evidence - including new witness testimony - that cast doubt on the original conviction. A Maryland court decided to reopen the case, a move upheld by a state appeals court, but the state's top court struck down the decision. The podcast won a Peabody Award and was downloaded more than 175 million times, and is widely credited with sparking the now popular true-crime genre of podcasts. A follow-up HBO documentary revealed that Syed rejected a 2018 plea deal that would have required him to serve just four more years before release.
If you've never heard the original podcast, it's worth a listen - find it here. |
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