John Hume, who worked to end violence in Ireland, dies at 83

Politician John Hume, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for work to end violence in his native Northern Ireland, has died, his family said. The former lawmaker was 83 and had suffered dementia and ill health for a number of years.

The Catholic leader of the moderate Social Democratic and Labour Party, Hume was seen as the principal architect behind the peace agreement. He shared the prize with the leader of the Protestant Ulster Unionist Party, David Trimble, for their efforts to end the sectarian violence that plagued the region for three decades.

A civil rights leader who joined the Northern Irish civil rights movement in the 1960s, Hume saw nationalism as a declining force. He sought the notion of extending self-government to Northern Ireland with power divided among the groups forming it.

Wisconsin Supreme Court justice sworn in during ultramarathon

New Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jill Karofsky has finished her 100mile ultramarathon after being sworn in mid-run.

Karofsky, who finished the run Sunday, was sworn in around 1 p.m. Saturday at the 35-mile marker of her route through south-central Wisconsin. State Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Dallet administered the oath of office in Basco.

Karofsky began running Saturday at 6 a.m. WMTV-TV reports the run took her about 34 hours to complete. Karofsky defeated incumbent Daniel Kelly in April to narrow the court’s conservative majority to 4-3.

Biden, Dwyane Wade among speakers at Parkland victim’s virtual birthday

The parents of Joaquin Oliver, a 17-year-old boy killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., in 2018, are holding a 20-hour online event this week to raise awareness against gun violence, marking what would have been Joaquin’s

20th birthday.

On Tuesday, Patricia and Manuel Oliver will host Guacathon 2020, inspired by Joaquin’s nickname, Guac. The marathon will feature musical performances, an auction and Democratic speakers like former Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Also among the announced guests are rapper will.i.am, former Miami Heat player Dwayne Wade and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, who survived a near-fatal shooting during a constituent event in 2011.

The event will be streamed on Facebook Live on the page for the Olivers’ organization, Change the Ref.

Ukrainian police detain man threatening to blow up Kyiv bank

Police detained a man Monday who allegedly threatened to set off an explosive device at a bank in Ukraine’s capital and demanded to speak with journalists.

The man, identified as Sukhrob Karimov, a 32-year-old citizen of the central Asian nation of Uzbekistan, entered a bank office in Kyiv and said he had explosives in his backpack, police said. He let all but one bank clerk go and told authorities to invite journalists to listen to him make a statement.

Officers burst into a room in the bank while the man was talking to a journalist. Officials initially said after the suspect was detained that police found elements of an explosive device but later said the suspect had been bluffing and no actual explosives were found.

Marines ID all 9 people killed in sea-tank sinking

The Marine Corps has identified all nine people killed when a Marine landing craft sank in hundreds of feet of water off the Southern California coast.

Only one of their bodies was found, despite an intense days-long search involving helicopters and boats ranging from inflatables to a Navy destroyer.

Found at the scene was Lance Cpl. Guillermo S. Perez, 20, of New Braunfels Texas. The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit announced on Sunday that the others, from California, Texas, Wisconsin and Oregon, are “presumed dead.”

They include: Pfc. Bryan J. Baltierra, 19, of Corona, California; Lance Cpl. Marco A. Barranco, 21, of Montebello, California; Pfc. Evan A. Bath, 19, of Oak Creek, Wisconsin; U.S. Navy Hospitalman Christopher Gnem, 22, of Stockton, California; Pfc. Jack Ryan Ostrovsky, 21, of Bend, Oregon; Cpl. Wesley A. Rodd, 23, of Harris, Texas; Lance Cpl. Chase D. Sweetwood, 19, of Portland, Oregon; and Cpl. Cesar A. Villanueva, 21, of Riverside, California.

They were aboard an amphibious assault vehicle that was heading back to a Navy ship Thursday evening after a routine training exercise when it began taking on water about a half-mile from Navy-owned San Clemente Island off San Diego.

Seven other Marines were rescued from the water; two were in stable condition at a hospital, authorities said.

Navy is investigating video attack of ’Kaepernick stand-in’ by Navy K-9s

The Navy is investigating an incident in which dogs attacked a “Colin Kaepernick stand-in” during a K-9 demonstration during a 2019 fundraiser at the Navy SEAL Museum in Florida. The Navy said officials became aware of the video on Sunday.

Kaepernick is a former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who began kneeling during the playing of “The Star Spangled Banner” before games to protest social injustice and police brutality. He played his final NFL game in January 2017.

One video shows four dogs attacking a man who is wearing a red Kaepernick football jersey over heavy padding as people stand nearby watching.

The videos were apparently posted on Instagram last year and resurfaced over the weekend.