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  A retired Texas judge and his wife have been found dead inside their home from shotgun wounds, leading to the arrest of their adult son.   Seth Carnes, 45, was arrested Monday night, Jan. 8,  and charged with capital murder in the slayings of former Williamson County Judge Alfred “Burt” Carnes and Susan Carnes, both 74.   Police say Carnes admitted to the double murders of his parents just before midnight on Monday, Jan. 8, because he did not want to take a sleeping pill.     Seth Carnes allegedly told detectives he did not really know what happened, but was aware that he had shot his parents with a Remington 870 shotgun he kept on the nightstand in his parents’ converted garage, where he lived, according to an arrest affidavit cited by Fox 7 Austin.   The son allegedly said he believed his mother was trying to put a sleeping pill into his mouth that he didn’t want to take. He indicated there was no reason for him to shoot his mother oth...

  Former England and Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has announced that he has terminal cancer.  The 75-year-old, who coached the English national team from 2001 to 2006 and spent the 2007-08 season with Manchester City, shared the devastating news on Swedish radio.   He also revealed that doctors had told him he has a year left to live 'at best'. Eriksson won the hearts of England fans when his side defeated rivals Germany 5-1 in Munich in September 2001.   He went on to lead the team at the World Cup in 2002 and 2006 and Euro 2004, reaching the quarter finals in all three tournaments. Eriksson told Sweden's P1 radio station that his cancer diagnosis was made last year after he collapsed while out on a run.   He said: "Everyone understands that I have an illness that is not good. Everyone guesses it's cancer and it is. But I have to fight as long as I can." When asked what the prognosis is, he replied: "Maybe at best a year, at wor...

The head of the WHO, the U.N. health agency has said that holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said nearly 10,000 deaths were reported in December, while hospital admissions during the month jumped 42% in nearly 50 countries mostly in Europe and the Americas — that shared such trend information. “Although 10,000 deaths a month is far less than the peak of the pandemic, this level of preventable deaths is not acceptable,” the World Health Organization director-general told reporters from its headquarters in Geneva.   He said it was “certain” that cases were on the rise in other places that haven’t been reporting, calling on governments to keep up surveillance and provide continued access to treatments and vaccines.   Tedros said the JN.1 variant was now the most prominent in the world. It is an omicron variant, so current vaccines should still provide...

Judges at the International Court of Justice, at the Hague in Netherlands on Thursday opened two days of legal arguments in a case filed by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in its Gaza war. Israel rejects the allegation.   Lawyers for South Africa asked judges at Thursday’s hearings to impose binding preliminary orders on Israel, including an immediate halt to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. ICJ President Joan E. Donoghue said that South Africa argues that Israeli actions after the October 7 attacks by Hamas “are genocidal in character” and that Israel ”failed to prevent genocide and is committing genocide.” She said South Africa also claims Israel violates “other fundamental obligations under the (U.N.) Genocide Convention.” Ahead of the proceedings, hundreds of pro-Israeli protesters marched close to the courthouse with banners saying “Bring them home,” referring to the hostages still held by Hamas. Among the crowds, people were holding Israeli and Dutch f...