U.S. ATTORNEY MOVES TO DISMISS VANDALISM CHARGE AGAINST FORMER OLYMPIAN DAVID HEARN. (PHOTO).

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 U.S. Attorney moves to dismiss vandalism charge against former Olympian David Hearn U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro has filed a motion to dismiss the vandalism case against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, citing new findings about damage at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Court documents filed on Friday, July 31, state that the damage was caused by flaws in the pool's installation rather than Hearn's actions. Hearn, 67, was arrested on June 19 after reaching into the recently renovated Reflecting Pool during a 52-mile bike ride. He later said he had stopped to examine a detached piece of liner before he was arrested. According to the filing, the Department of the Interior initially provided incomplete information, and further review showed the damage resulted from a faulty installation, not vandalism. The motion states that the pool's sealant began peeling soon after construction was completed and attributes the issue to problems during install...
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S.AFRICA PUSHES AFRICA MIGRATION TALKS AFTER XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE. (PHOTO).

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 S.Africa pushes Africa migration talks after xenophobic violence


South Africa has called for an Africa-wide conference to address migration on the continent after weeks of deadly anti-migrant violence and tensions over undocumented foreign workers in South Africa.


The meeting would revisit a decade-old African Union (AU) decision to tackle migration as an issue of economic development, regional integration, peace and governance, the foreign ministry said.


It would also address the root causes of anti-migrant sentiment and develop a continent-wide response to xenophobia, discrimination and violence.

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