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Bahrain says attack by Yemen rebels kills one Bahraini officer and one soldier on the Saudi border
By The Associated Press on September 25th, 2023
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Bahrain’s military command says one of its officers and a soldier were killed in a drone attack by Yemeni rebels while patrolling the Yemeni-Saudi border. The statement says “a number” of soldiers were wounded in the attack early Monday. Bahrain is a close ally of Saudi Arabia, which has ... Read More »
1 responseLahaina residents begin returning to sites of homes destroyed by deadly wildfire
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press on September 25th, 2023
HONOLULU (AP) – Some Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks ago. Authorities allowed residents into the first area to be cleared for reentry – a zone of about two dozen parcels in the northern part of Lahaina – ... Read More »
1 responseTexas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack
By Paul J. Weber, The Associated Press on September 25th, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in 2019 agreed Monday to pay more than $5 million to families of the victims. Patrick Crusius was sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in July after pleading guilty to federal hate crime ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Democratic Sen. Menendez says cash found in home was from his personal savings, not bribe proceeds
By Deepti Hajela And Mike Catalini, The Associated Press on September 25th, 2023
UNION CITY, N.J. (AP) – Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey defiantly pushed back against federal corruption charges and the erosion of Democratic support in his home state Monday, saying cash authorities found in his home was from his savings account and on hand for emergencies. He said that he believed he’d be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!President Macron says France will end its military presence in Niger, pull its ambassador after coup
By Angela Charlton, The Associated Press on September 24th, 2023
PARIS (AP) – President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country after its democratically elected president was deposed in a coup. The announcement is a significant, if predicted, blow to France’s policy in Africa, after French troops pulled out of neighboring ... Read More »
1 responsePresident Macron says France will end its military presence in Niger and pull ambassador after coup
By The Associated Press on September 24th, 2023
PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country after its democratically elected president was deposed in a coup... Read More »
1 responseNASA’s first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft
By Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press on September 24th, 2023
NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 63,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) out. The small capsule landed four hours later on a remote expanse of military land, as the mothership set ... Read More »
1 responseToddler and 2 adults fatally shot in Florida during argument over dog sale, authorities say
By The Associated Press on September 24th, 2023
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – A 3-year-old child and two adults were fatally shot late Saturday at a Florida apartment complex during an apparent dispute over the sale of a dog, authorities said. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Assistant Chief J.D. Stronko told reporters that five people, including the child, had gone to a luxury apartment complex at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flamingos in Wisconsin? Tropical birds visit Lake Michigan beach in a first for the northern state
By The Associated Press on September 23rd, 2023
PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) – Five flamingos that showed up in Wisconsin to wade along a Lake Michigan beach attracted a big crowd of onlookers eager to see the unusual visitors venturing far from their usual tropical setting. The American flamingos spotted Friday in Port Washington, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Milwaukee, marked ... Read More »
1 responseRussian foreign minister lambastes the West but barely mentions Ukraine in UN speech
By Edith M. Lederer And Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press on September 23rd, 2023
United Nations (AP) – Russia’s top diplomat lashed out at the U.S. and the West on Saturday as self-interested defenders of a fading international order, but he didn’t discuss his country’s war in Ukraine in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly. “The U.S. and its subordinate Western collective are continuing to fuel conflicts which ... Read More »
1 responseA black student’s family sues Texas officials over his suspension for his hairstyle
By Juan A. Lozano, The Associated Press on September 23rd, 2023
HOUSTON (AP) – The family of a Black high school student in Texas on Saturday filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state’s governor and attorney general over his ongoing suspension by his school district for his hairstyle. Darryl George, 17, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, has been serving ... Read More »
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