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Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden
By Todd Richmond, The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Someone’s plans to harvest dozens of apparent marijuana plants grown on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds have gone up in smoke. The plants sprouted in a tulip garden outside the Capitol, WMTV-TV reported Thursday. Tatyana Warrick, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Administration, told The Associated Press in an email ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man who sought revenge for a stolen phone pleads guilty to fire that killed a Senegalese family of 5
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
DENVER (AP) – A Colorado man pleaded guilty Friday to a house fire that killed five members of a Senegalese family in 2020 in a case of misplaced revenge caused by mistakenly tracking his stolen iPhone to the home. Kevin Bui, now 20, was a teenager at the time of the fire but prosecuted as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man convicted of attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer sentenced to 30 years
By Olga R. Rodriguez, The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley handed down the sentence for David DePape, 44, whom jurors found guilty last November of attempted kidnapping of a federal official ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli army finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza killed at Oct. 7 music festival
By The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – The Israeli military said Friday its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages killed by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack, including German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of 22-year-old Shani’s twisted body in the back of a pickup truck ricocheted around the world and brought to light the scale ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A college puts the ‘cat’ into ‘education’ by giving Max an honorary ‘doctor of litter-ature’ degree
By The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
CASTLETON, Vt. (AP) – A Vermont university has bestowed the honorary degree of “doctor of litter-ature” on Max the cat, a beloved member of its community, ahead of students’ graduation on Saturday. Vermont State University’s Castleton campus is honoring the feline not for his mousing or napping, but for his friendliness. “Max the Cat has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli military finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza, including Shani Louk, killed at music festival
By The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli military said Friday its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages taken by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack, including German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of the 22-year-old Shani’s twisted body in the back of a pickup truck ricocheted around the world and brought to light the scale ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli military finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza, including Shani Louk
By The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – The Israeli military says it found the bodies of three Israeli hostages in Gaza, including German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of Shani’s twisted body in the back of a pickup truck ricocheted around the world and brought to light the scale of the Oct. 7 attack... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Severe storms kill at least 4 in Houston, knock out power in Texas and Louisiana
By David J. Phillip, Lisa Baumann And Christopher Weber, The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) – Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city and knocked out electricity to nearly 1 million homes and businesses. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said Friday there have been casualties but “we don’t know the latest numbers.” However, earlier, Houston Mayor John ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!French police fatally shoot a man suspected of setting fire to a synagogue
By Jeffrey Schaeffer And John Leicester, The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
ROUEN, France (AP) – France’s Interior Minister said Friday that a man who was shot and killed by police after a suspected arson attack on a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen was an Algerian national who’d sought medical treatment in France and wasn’t flagged as a suspected extremist. The minister, Gerald Darmanin, praised ... Read More »
1 responseSlovak prime minister underwent another operation, remains in serious condition
By Petr David Josek, The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico underwent another operation after being shot in an assassination attempt earlier this week and and remains in serious condition, the country’s deputy prime minister and defense minister Robert Kalinak said. Fico, 59, was shot multiple times on Wednesday while greeting supporters after a government meeting in ... Read More »
1 responsePutin says Russia wants a buffer zone in Ukraine’s Kharkiv but has no plans to capture the city
By Illia Novikov, The Associated Press on May 17th, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region aims to create a buffer zone but has no plans to capture the city. Putin’s comments on a trip to China were his first on the offensive launched on May 10, which opened a new front in ... Read More »
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