The US State Department said Monday it was looking into reports of extrajudicial executions committed by the Ethiopian army following a CNN investigation. A CNN report published on Thursday found that Ethiopian soldiers had executed unarmed men in the country’s war-torn Tigray region. The investigation, carried out with Amnesty International, verified footage of soldiers killing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn (WABC) — A 9-year-old called police after her mother and two sisters were fatally shot in what appeared to be a triple murder-suicide in Brooklyn late Monday. The alleged shooter was later found dead on the street, police said. The victims were shot inside a fourth
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A wrecker was called in to pull a school bus out of a ditch Tuesday morning on Clark Lane.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PALMER, Massachusetts (WGGB, WSHM-LD) — A Palmer town employee claims he was wrongfully fired for raising concerns publicly about conditions at the municipal dog pound. John Rivers said it was this picture he took of a Great Dane named Bill that resulted in him losing his job with
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Jefferson City police officers are looking for a 17-year-old who was last seen on Saturday.
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A Minneapolis Police use-of-force training instructor testified Tuesday that Derek Chauvin’s kneeling on George Floyd’s neck is not a trained use-of-force tactic. “We don’t train leg-neck restraints with officers in service, and as far as I know, we never have,” Lt. Johnny Mercil said. While neck restraints may be allowed on suspects actively resisting, they
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The highly contagious Covid-19 variant first identified in the UK has now been reported in every state in the US, and experts are concerned spreading variants could send cases surging. “America appears to be done with the pandemic,” Dr. Michael Osterholm, director for the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — While many middle and high schoolers are going back to school at CCSD on Tuesday, far more parents are choosing to keep their kids home in distance learning. The Clark County School District said 109,748 students are remaining in full-time distance education, compared to
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FRANKLIN, Tennessee (WSMV) — The community is remembering a Franklin couple who died in a car crash on Sunday afternoon. People knew Ed House as a volunteer firefighter with Franklin Fire Department for 20 years. His wife, Charlotte House, worked for the City of Franklin’s finance department. “They
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Police say shots were fired late Monday in an east Columbia neighborhood.
Continue Reading Clashes between rival groups have claimed more than 50 lives in the city of El Geneina in the volatile west Darfur region of Sudan, according to Sudanese medical groups. The Western Darfur State Doctors Committee reported Tuesday that at least 130 people were injured. Videos posted from El Geneina on Monday and Tuesday showed fires
Continue Reading Here’s a look at Google, Inc. Facts The name Google is a play on the word “googol,” a mathematical term referring to a 1 followed by 100 zeros (represented as 1 x 10100). Alphabet, Inc., Google’s parent company, employed almost 127,500 people as of June 30, 2020. Statistics from October 2020 show that Google owns
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As informal as today’s parents are compared with previous generations, there remains a handful of uncomfortable subjects. Alcohol and drug use is one of them. It’s certainly easier, and often more appealing, to turn a blind eye for some parents. Everyone is drinking beer and smoking pot. It’s all part of growing up, especially for
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Janet Yellen, the first female Treasury secretary. Personal Birth date: August 13, 1946 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Janet Louise Yellen Father: Julius Yellen, doctor Mother: Anna (Blumenthal) Yellen Marriage: George Akerlof (1978-present) Children: Robert Education: Brown University, B.A. in Economics, 1967; Yale University, Ph.D. in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Climate change is causing more snow to melt in the mountains, which could impact agriculture and increase the risk of flooding and wildfires, according to a study published Monday in Nature Climate Change. Researchers based at the University of Colorado Boulder examined 40
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Advocates are calling for systemic changes to be implemented to Canada’s vaccine rollout to make the process more inclusive and safe for migrants and undocumented workers. Syed Hassan of Migrant Workers Alliance for Change said many fear that getting vaccinated could lead to
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A man shot and injured two people at a business in the Maryland city of Frederick on Tuesday morning before driving to the US military’s nearby Fort Detrick, where personnel there shot and killed him, police said. The suspected gunman — a 38-year-old man — entered a business at Riverside Tech Park in the northeast
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Click here for updates on this story BAYTOWN, Texas (KTRK) — A Baytown woman who was wanted after her daughter was found dead inside a duffle bag full of ice last year is now in custody, according to police. Nikki Reardon, 32, had been on the run since the incident occurred in September 2020. Her
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Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The grandmother of a pregnant woman murdered Sunday afternoon says she feels as though the Houston Police Department has failed her family. “I feel that the city of Houston failed my granddaughter and my great grandbaby and myself from these criminals that are running
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SMYRNA, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Middle Tennessee woman said she’s been dealing with a tax nightmare as she’s been waiting for over a year to get her tax issues resolved. Because of that delay, she can’t get her return or her stimulus payments. “Where’s my money. Just give
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