Tourist accused of blasphemy

A tourist has been dragged from a police station and killed by a mob in north-west Pakistan after being accused of blasphemy. The police had been attempting to protect the man from the large group in the town of Madyan, a town in Swat district. The mob had gathered after the man was accused of desecrating the Quran, Islam's holy book, on Thursday. Lynchings are not uncommon after an accusation of blasphemy, which is punishable by death in Pakistan. A Christian man was attacked last month after being accused of burning pages of the Quran, dying shortly afterwards. Video of this latest incident has prompted outrage on social media in Pakistan. Footage shows the man's body being paraded through the streets and then set alight. Police confirmed that the tourist had been "torched" and some 11 people were injured in the incident. Malankand division's regional police chief Mohammad Ali Gandapur accused the local mosque of encouraging people to gather after police first rescued the man, who was reportedly visiting the Swat Valley - a popular destination in summer.

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Man drowned in Ocmulgee

A 33-year-old man is believed to have drowned in the Ocmulgee River Friday afternoon while trying to save a group of children, according to a news release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. The man came with the children to the river to swim, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. When he saw the children struggling in the water, he jumped in to help them. Witnesses lost sight of him after he went into the water, the release said. The children are accounted for and unharmed, the sheriff’s office said. Emergency responders arrived on scene around 1:30 p.m., about an hour later. Firefighters found the man, and Deputy Coroner Luanne Stone pronounced him dead on scene. The victim was later identified as Billy Scott Carter. The sheriff’s office said next of kin had been notified about his death. The sheriff’s office urged anyone with information about this incident to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500.
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Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive

Five men were convicted by a federal jury in Las Vegas this week for their part in operating Jetflicks, which officials say was one of the largest illegal streaming services in the U.S. Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month for the streaming service, generated millions of dollars in subscription revenue and caused “substantial harm to television program copyright owners,” the Justice Department said Thursday. At one point, Jetflicks claimed to host more than 183,200 TV episodes — a lineup larger than the combined catalogs of Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Amazon Prime Video, according to prosecutors. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, beginning as early as 2007, the five men — Kristopher Dallmann, Douglas Courson, Felipe Garcia, Jared Jaurequi and Peter Huber — operated the Jetflicks streaming service. The group used “sophisticated computer scripts” and software to scour piracy services (including the Pirate Bay and Torrentz) for illegal copies of TV episodes,...
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