Month: August 2022

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A truck drove off a Dutch dike and slammed into a neighborhood barbecue in a village Saturday evening, and police said two people were confirmed killed and multiple people were injured. Police were trying to determine why the truck left the road in the village of Nieuw-Beijerland just south of

LONDON (AP) — The Prince of Wales has edited an edition of British African-Caribbean newspaper “The Voice” to mark its 40-year anniversary. Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, said he “was so touched” to be asked to edit the edition, which will feature interviews with movie star Idris Elba and Baroness Doreen Lawrence,

LONDON (AP) — The Prince of Wales has edited an edition of British African-Caribbean newspaper “The Voice” to mark its 40-year anniversary. The heir to the British throne said he “was so touched” to be asked to edit the edition, which features interviews with movie star Idris Elba and Baroness Doreen Lawrence, the campaigning mother

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — California officials say three people have been killed in a confrontation in Oakland and the dead include the suspect who initially opened fire and a bicyclist who was run over as the suspect tried to get away. The East Bay Times reports that a man was shot and killed Friday night

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Delta Airlines says three passengers on a flight from Orlando to Salt Lake City suffered injuries when the jet encountered turbulence. Delta spokesman Anthony Black says Flight 394 had 143 passengers and six crew members aboard when it experienced what he described as mild turbulence Friday afternoon. The Airbus A321

PROVO, Utah (AP) — BYU has banned a fan who yelled a racial slur at a Black player on the Duke volleyball team during a game on Friday night. The university says the fan was sitting in the BYU student section but was not a student, and has been banned from all athletic venues on

BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Deadly clashes broke out Saturday in Libya’s capital between militias backed by its two rival administrations, portending a return to violence amid a long political stalemate. At least 23 people were killed and 140 more wounded, the Health Ministry said. It added that 64 families were evacuated

CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano, three years before retiring from the U.S. Army, posed in a Confederate uniform for a faculty photo at the Army War College. The photo, which Reuters said Friday it obtained after a request under the Freedom of Information Act, shows Mastriano in the uniform in

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America WASHINGTON (AP) — Medical providers at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., have become the latest targets of social media campaigns harassing U.S. hospitals for the treatments they offer transgender youths. The conservative Twitter account Libs of TikTok posted an audio recording Thursday in which a Children’s National

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Roland Mesnier, who created often-magical desserts for five presidents and their guests as White House executive pastry chef, has died at age 78. His death was confirmed Saturday by the White House Historical Association, which said he died Friday following a short illness. One of the longest-serving