Month: October 2023

ATLANTA (AP) — A police report says a woman with a knife stabbed a taxi driver as he drove down an interstate and then slashed an airline employee and a police lieutenant at the Atlanta airport before she was tackled by another officer. The 44-year-old woman was arrested and charged with four counts of aggravated

By JAN M. OLSEN AND KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — An official says a ban on gasoline and diesel-fueled cars from a commercial district of Stockholm’s downtown in 2025 will be the first for a European capital. Lars Strömgren, the city council member for the Greens who’s in charge of the Swedish capital’s

LONDON (AP) — Environmentalists and London’s mayor have helped bring beavers back to the city for the first time in some 400 years in an effort to improve the British capital’s biodiversity. Mayor Sadiq Khan participated in releasing a family of beavers into a wetland area in Ealing, a residential area of west London, on

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities say they have conducted raids across five provinces to break up a coal-smuggling syndicate blamed for stealing more than $26 million in coal, degrading state-owned power plants and contributing to an electricity crisis. The country’s tax agency says that the criminal

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian government representative says Indian and Canadian officials have been in contact “at various levels” following a confrontation over Canadian accusations that India may have been involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in suburban Vancouver. The spokesperson for India’s External Affairs

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Lions linebacker Alex Anzalone’s parents have safely arrived home from Israel. They were among about 50 people affiliated with a Naples, Florida-based church who were in the country. Anzalone posted on social media on Thursday morning that his parents are headed home. His mother later posted on Instagram that

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hornets forward Miles Bridges’ latest legal issues have clouded his future on and off the basketball court. A criminal summons that was issued Wednesday for Bridges accuses him of violating a protection order stemming from a domestic violence case that derailed his career last year.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities say a youth football coach in St. Louis was shot in front of his players during practice. The 30-year-old coach was shot multiple times Tuesday evening at Sherman Park. Forty-three-year-old Daryl Clemmons later turned himself in. He was charged Wednesday with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Alderwoman Sharon Tyus