At least 31 people have died and hundreds of children were feared missing or separated from their families Monday after Mount Nyiragongo erupted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the weekend. Government spokesman Patrick Muyaya confirmed the updated death toll in a statement Monday, adding it would probably rise as first responders
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Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi attended a court hearing Monday, her first appearance in person since the military seized power on February 1, her defense team said. Suu Kyi, who has been detained since the coup, held a face-to-face meeting with her legal team for about 30 minutes before the hearing in
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Faced with a return to in-person learning in the fall — and with no option for remote schooling — New York parents are hopeful — but also anxious about what the city will do to safeguard the health of their children. With vaccinations increasing and cases decreasing, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced
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A 29-year-old Jewish man, who was attacked in a New York City gang assault said Friday that he could not understand why there was so much hate directed at him. Joseph Borgen told CNN’s Don Lemon he doesn’t want revenge on the crowd that punched, kicked and pepper-sprayed him while shouting anti-Semitic slurs on Thursday
Continue Reading A second person has been arrested in connection with the attack on a Jewish man near Times Square during protests in New York City last week, the New York Police Department said Monday. The NYPD arrested Faisal Elezzi, 25, and is recommending charges of assault as a hate crime, menacing as a hate crime and
Continue Reading A federal judge has ruled that a 15-year-old soccer player should be able to be signed by the National Women’s Soccer League despite the league’s existing age restriction. In a ruling issued Monday, Judge Karin Immergut approved a temporary restraining order that would require the NWSL to lift its age restrictions, allowing Olivia Moultrie to
Continue Reading A 21-year-old University of Cincinnati soccer player drowned in a state park in Ohio over the weekend, authorities said. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) said witnesses reported Allyson Sidloski, of Strongsville, Ohio was hanging from the platform of a boat before disappearing into the water in East Fork State Park just before 5
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At least 31 people have died and hundreds of children were feared missing or separated from their families Monday after Mount Nyiragongo erupted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the weekend. Government spokesman Patrick Muyaya confirmed the updated death toll in a statement Monday, adding it would probably rise as first responders
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The pilot whose fighter jet crashed after it took off from Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas has died, according to a release from the base’s public affairs unit. The pilot, who was not identified, was a contractor and the aircraft was owned and operated by Draken US, a Florida-based company that provides “adversary
Continue Reading Previously overlooked Chinese data on extensive screening of animals for coronavirus around the time the pandemic erupted is among several areas identified for further study by World Health Organization (WHO) scientists investigating the origins of Covid-19, a source close to the team told CNN. The source said the records are contained in a nearly 200-page
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With nine children and one grandchild, life was hard for Mona Liza Vito and her family even before the pandemic. Vito used to work long hours peeling sacks of garlic, making about $2 a day, while her husband worked as a day laborer in construction. But now their work has dried up, a casualty of
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More than 200 people were injured in Malaysia on Monday when two trains collided in the capital Kuala Lumpur, the state-run Bernama news agency reported. The accident occurred at 8:45 p.m. local time when one of the trains, which was going on a test run and had only one driver, collided with a train carrying
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The NFL is reviewing claims made by a former player and coach in the league, who said he was told he was “not the right minority” while interviewing for a job this offseason, according to the Boston Globe. Eugene Chung, who worked as an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs,
Continue Reading Mali’s transitional president and prime minister were arrested Monday and are now in the custody of military officers, according to a joint statement by several international groups. The arrests continue a cycle of political turmoil that has plagued the country for more than a decade. Interim President Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were
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Samoa swore in its first female Prime Minister in a makeshift ceremony in a tent Monday after she was locked out of Parliament amid a power struggle with the country’s longstanding leader. Fiame Naomi Mata’afa’s Faith in the One True God (FAST) Party said the dramatic turn of events amounted to a “bloodless coup” following
Continue Reading An aircraft operated by a contractor crashed after it took off from Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, according to tweets from the military base’s verified account. The aircraft crashed about 2:30 p.m. PT Monday near the southern edge of Nellis. “Multiple federal and local first responders are on scene,” one tweet says. No
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The Rev. Michael Pfleger, the senior pastor of the St. Sabina parish in Chicago, will be reinstated to active ministry, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich announced Monday. Pfleger, a longtime activist on Chicago’s South Side, has gained a national reputation for speaking out on policing, gun violence, community inequality and other issues. Three men have alleged
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We lost civil rights icons. They lost friends. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Xernona Clayton and Andrew Young are some of the last remaining members of a generation of civil rights activists who reshaped the US and challenged their country to become a genuine multiracial democracy. But they are also survivors who have witnessed some of
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The nation’s two largest public school districts will be open for in-person learning five days a week when the next academic year begins, officials said Monday. While schools in Los Angeles will also offer an online option, New York City schools won’t have a remote option. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told MSNBC
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The New York Police Department and state police are stepping up their presence in New York’s Jewish communities following two hate-related incidents in Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood over the weekend, officials said. At around 7:45 p.m. Saturday, two teens, ages 18 and 17, were approached by two men who “demanded that the victims repeat anti-Jewish
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