A Hawaii man who painted his face black with a marker for his sentencing hearing has been ordered to serve life in prison.
A judge sentenced Mark Char Monday to a mandatory life prison term with possible parole for attempted murder, news organizations reported.

Many can fondly remember the candy cigarettes that used to be available, some chewing gum and they even had a powdery substance at the tip mimicking smoke from a real cigarette.
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At least 15 people have been killed and thousands more remain homeless after torrential rains caused severe flooding in the Irkutsk district of Siberia, Russia, near the border with Mongolia.
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Sova Smachot (שובע שמחות) bakery informs consumers that there is a suspicion of the presence of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria in a cream cake.
The bakery informs consumers that a sampling conducted by the Food Service of the Tel Aviv District found suspicion of the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in cream cake with the addition of Dulce de leche, product code 200044.

The Old West desert town of Needles, California, is where the beleaguered Joad family crossed the Colorado River into California in John Steinbeck’s classic novel “The Grapes of Wrath” and was a boyhood home to “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz.
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Police are looking for the United States Postal Worker seen in this video, after he swiped a wallet laying on the floor.
A resident tells YWN that on Thursday morning, a Jewish man parked his car in front of him home on 62 Street between 17 and 18 Avenues, and his wallet slipped out of his pocket.
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The case of whether hackers may have tampered with elections in Georgia has taken another strange turn.
Nearly two years ago, state lawyers in a closely watched election integrity lawsuit told the judge they intended to subpoena the FBI for the forensic image, or digital snapshot, the agency made of a crucial server before state election officials quietly wiped it clean.

Yisrael Beitenu party chairman, MK Avigdor Lieberman has chosen a new chareidi target, this time, the Gerrer Rebbe Shlita. Lieberman has reiterated that following the next election, he will not sit in a coalition with the chareidim.

The state comptroller said in an interview published Thursday morning that “since the publication of the report on the PM’s residence, the prime minister has stopped talking to me, does not say hello to me, and does not even speak with me on the phone, but I do not hold a grudge against anyone,” he said.

In just 12 hours, volunteers from Boro Park Shomrim successfully assisted in apprehending four criminals off the streets of Boro Park.
The arrest rally began at around midnight (Thursday morning), when Shomrim witnessed a man shoplifting on 59 Street and 16 Avenue.