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Hong Kong building fire kills at least 4 people and injures 12
By The Associated Press on April 9th, 2024
HONG KONG (AP) – At least four people were killed and another 12 injured in a fire in a building in Hong Kong. The fire started at a building called New Lucky House in Hong Kong’s Jordan neighborhood. Three males and one female were killed, police said. Police also said that they were still receiving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Missouri man executed for killing his cousin and her husband in 2006
By Jim Salter, The Associated Press on April 9th, 2024
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago in an attack that left the couple’s 4-year-old daughter home alone and unharmed. Brian Dorsey, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:11 p.m. after a single-dose injection of the sedative pentobarbital at the state ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the “God particle” has died at 94
By Danica Kirka, Jill Lawless And Jamey Keaten, The Associated Press on April 9th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called “God particle” that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, has died at age 94, the University of Edinburgh said Tuesday. The university, where Higgs was emeritus professor, said he died Monday following a short illness. Higgs predicted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How effective are California’s homelessness programs? Audit finds state hasn’t kept track well
By Trân Nguyễn, The Associated Press on April 9th, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over the past five years but didn’t consistently track whether the spending actually helped alleviate the problem, according to state audit released Tuesday. With makeshift tents lining the streets and disrupting businesses in cities and towns throughout the state, homelessness has become one of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How effective are California’s homelessness programs? State hasn’t been tracking
By Trân Nguyễn, The Associated Press on April 9th, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over a five-year period but didn’t consistently track the outcomes or effectiveness of its programs, according to state audit released Tuesday. The report attempts to assess how effective the state and local cities have been spending billions of dollars to address the ongoing homelessness ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least 3 dead and 4 missing in an explosion at hydroelectric plant near Bologna
By The Associated Press on April 9th, 2024
MILAN (AP) – An explosion Tuesday at a hydroelectric plant in northern Italy killed at least three workers and seriously injured five others, a regional fire chief said. At least four other people were missing. The blast occurred between 30 and 60 meters (between 100 and 200 feet) below the water level at the Bergi ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Venezuelan oil minister is arrested in connection with corruption probe, authorities say
By The Associated Press on April 9th, 2024
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuela’s once powerful oil minister who quit last year has been arrested on allegations of corruption, the government announced Tuesday. The Ministry of Communications released images of Tareck El Aissami being handcuffed and walking down a hallway flanked by officers. The oil minister resigned a few days before senior officials in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How effective is California’s homelessness programs? State hasn’t been tracking
By Trân Nguyễn, The Associated Press on April 9th, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over a five year period but didn’t consistently track the outcomes or effectiveness of its programs, according to state audit released Tuesday. The report attempts to assess how effective the state and local cities have been spending billions of dollars to address the ongoing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says
By The Associated Press on April 9th, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) – The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state can enforce its long-dormant law criminalizing all abortions except when a mother’s life is at stake. The case examined whether the state is still subject to a law that predates Arizona’s statehood. The 1864 law provides no exceptions for rape or incest, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Michigan school shooter’s parents sentenced to at least 10 years in prison
By Ed White, The Associated Press on April 9th, 2024
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) – The parents of a Michigan school shooter were each sentenced to at least 10 years in prison Tuesday for failing to take steps that could have prevented the killing of four students in 2021. Jennifer and James Crumbley are the first parents convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting. They were ... Read More »
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