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Russia fires 31 missiles at Kyiv in the first attack in 44 days, and 13 people are hurt
By Hanna Arhirova, The Associated Press on March 21st, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia fired 31 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv before dawn Thursday in the first attack on the Ukrainian capital in 44 days, officials said. Air defenses shot down all the incoming missiles, though 13 people including a child were injured by falling wreckage, they said. Residents of Kyiv were woken ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ukraine’s capital Kyiv attacked by Russia for first time in 44 days with 13 people hurt
By The Associated Press on March 21st, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s capital was attacked by Russia for the first time in 44 days Thursday as Kyiv residents woke early to loud explosions. Ukraine’s Emergency Service said 13 people were wounded, including one child, and that dozens of people were evacuated from their homes. Around 30 cruise and ballistic missiles were shot ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Weeping, weak and soaked, dozens of Rohingya refugees rescued after night on hull of capsized boat
By Reza Saifullah And Edna Tarigan, The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024
MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) – An Indonesian search and rescue ship on Thursday located a capsized wooden boat that had been carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees, and began pulling survivors who had been standing on its hull to safety. An AP photographer aboard the rescue ship said 10 people had been taken aboard local fishing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man put to death for 1993 killing of ex-girlfriend, Georgia’s first execution in years
By Jeff Martin, The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) – A Georgia man convicted of the killing of his former girlfriend three decades ago was put to death Wednesday evening in the state’s first execution in more than four years. Willie James Pye, 59, received an injection of the sedative pentobarbital and was pronounced dead at 11:03 p.m. at the state ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Korea says it will suspend the licenses of striking junior doctors starting next week
By The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea’s government said Thursday it will start suspending the licenses of striking junior doctors next week. Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo made the comments during a briefing as he repeated demands for the doctors to return to work immediately. More than 90% of the country’s 13,000 medical interns and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Korea says it will suspend the licenses of striking doctors starting next week
By The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea’s government says it will start suspending the licenses of striking junior doctors next week. Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo made the comments during a briefing Thursday as he repeated demands for the doctors to return to work immediately. More than 90% of the country’s 13,000 doctors-in-training have been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!California voters pass proposition requiring counties to spend on programs to tackle homelessness
By Trân Nguyễn, The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California voters have passed a measure that will impose strict requirements on counties to spend on housing and drug treatment programs to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis. Proposition 1 marks the first update to the state’s mental health system in 20 years and a win for Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Idaho police search for escaped inmate and accomplice after ambush at Boise hospital
By Gene Johnson And Mark Thiessen, The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024
BOISE, Idaho – Boise Police detectives have identified a man suspected of shooting corrections officers at a Boise hospital in an overnight attack Wednesday to free an inmate. Police identified the suspected shooter as Nicholas Umphenour. A warrant with a $2 million bond has been issued for his arrest on two charges of aggravated battery ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mississippi ex-deputy gets 40-year sentence as judge decries brutal attack on 2 Black men
By Michael Goldberg And Emily Wagster Pettus, The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A fourth former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Wednesday for his part in the racist torture of two Black men by a group of white officers who called themselves the “Goon Squad,” receiving 40 years in federal prison. Christian Dedmon, 29, did not look at the victims as he apologized and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!1 of 6 former officers in Mississippi gets 40 years for racist torture of 2 Black men
By Michael Goldberg And Emily Wagster Pettus, The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A fourth former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced for his part in torturing two Black men. Christian Dedmon was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years in federal prison, hours after Daniel Opdyke was sentenced to 17.5 years. Dedmon, who did not look at the victims as he spoke, apologized and said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toddler gets behind wheel of truck idling at a gas pump, killing a 2-year-old
By The Associated Press on March 20th, 2024
WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) – A toddler climbed out of a car seat and got behind the wheel of a truck idling at a gas pump in Northern California, rolling toward a taco stand and killing a 2-year-old child, police said. The owner of the truck was inside the gas station store at the time of ... Read More »
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