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It had all the hallmarks of a Hollywood premiere: Excited crowds, a giant screen, even a red carpet. But the high-octane, big budget film making its debut at the Barthélemy Boganda stadium in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), recently wasn’t the latest episode in a star-studded action movie franchise. Instead, the

An Iowa jury resumed deliberations Friday in the murder trial of a farm worker accused of abducting and fatally stabbing 20-year-old college student Mollie Tibbetts in July 2018. Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a 26-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico, admitted in an August 2018 interview with police that he followed Tibbetts while she was out for an

An Iowa jury began deliberating Thursday in the murder trial of a farm worker accused of abducting and fatally stabbing 20-year-old college student Mollie Tibbetts in July 2018. Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a 26-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico, admitted in an August 2018 interview with police that he followed Tibbetts while she was out for an

More than 100 years after the crimes committed by the German colonial power in what is now Namibia, Germany has formally recognized the atrocities committed against the Herero and Nama ethnic groups as genocide. Germany will support Namibia and the descendants of the victims with €1.1 billion ($1.3 billion) for reconstruction and development and ask

Click here for updates on this story     LIBERTY, Missouri (KCTV KSMO) — More than a year into the pandemic, people are not surprised by shortages. But if you thought you could escape to the great outdoors, think again. The travel restrictions of the past year made camping a good option, but even as travel restrictions

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The Homeless Coalition teamed up with Housing First Inc. for the eighth annual Project Homeless Connect at The Grounds in West Mobile on Thursday. Project Homeless Connect is a one-day event that connects people who are experiencing homelessness with valuable services and resources all

Click here for updates on this story     WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Thursday’s rain didn’t stop a special ceremony in Waukesha. It was the opening ceremony for the Moving Wall at Frame Park. The Moving Wall travels all around the country. It’s a half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It includes the names of more

Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — The Bucks held a watch party at Fiserv Forum Thursday night, May 27. You needed an invite, and those invitations were only for small business owners who were hit hard by the pandemic. Thursday was a night for them to kick back, celebrate and say

The gunman who killed nine colleagues at a light rail yard in Northern California before taking his own life appeared to target his victims, a sheriff told CNN on Thursday. During Wednesday morning’s rampage at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) property in San Jose, the shooter — identified as Sam Cassidy — told

Thousands of shoppers in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen fled the vicinity of a 957-foot (291-meter) skyscraper Tuesday, after it inexplicably began swaying. Videos circulating on Chinese social media showed crowds running from the wobbling building, with some screaming and looking back over their shoulders. The weather was fine at the time and there

Bill Cosby has been denied parole by the Pennsylvania Parole Board, which cited a number of reasons for its decision, according to a letter from the board obtained by CNN. Cosby, 83, is currently serving a 3-to-10-year sentence at a prison outside Philadelphia for drugging and sexually assaulting a former Temple University employee at his

If you’re traveling for Memorial Day, you’re gonna break the bank filling up the tank. Gas is at a 7-year-high, just in time for your road trip. And by the way, there’s no newsletter Monday, so we’ll see you again Tuesday! Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with

The gunman who authorities say killed nine coworkers in San Jose, California, had a hatred for his workplace that he expressed in notes discovered when he was searched almost five years ago, a Department of Homeland Security official told CNN on Thursday. Samuel James Cassidy was taken into secondary inspection after returning from a trip