Ahead of Sunday’s national parliamentary vote, a new band of influencers is bringing a more youthful edge to the party known for provocations and controversy. Ahead of Sunday’s national parliamentary vote, a new band of influencers is bringing a more youthful edge to the party known for provocations and controversy. Ahead of Sunday’s national parliamentary vote, a new band of influencers is bringing a more youthful edge to the party known for provocations and controversy.
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Charges were pending Saturday against a young man after he disarmed a security guard and fired a shot near Fosco Park in the city’s Little Italy neighborhood, according to Chicago police. The incident that spurred a response from the police SWAT team began just after 9 a.m. when a security guard working in the 1300 block of South Racine Avenue tried to escort a 23-year-old man off the property, police said. Police did not say exactly where the incident occurred, but the block is the location of the Fosco Park fieldhouse and indoor pool. After the 23-year-old refused to leave…
LIMA, Peru — The collapse of a food court roof at a shopping mall in northwestern Peru killed six people and left at least 78 others injured, the defense minister said Saturday. The heavy iron roof at the Real Plaza Trujillo shopping mall, a city in the La Libertad region, fell Friday night on dozens of people who were at the site. Defense Minister Walter Astudillo said at a news conference that according to the information provided by local firefighters in La Libertad, five people died on site and a sixth at a hospital after the collapse. Astudillo also said…
A technology director at a charter school in unincorporated Miami-Dade County has been arrested on multiple charges related to child exploitation, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office confirmed in an arrest report on Saturday. Leer en español Jail records show Michael Rodriguez, 32, is facing six counts of possession of sexual performance by a child and one count of promoting or attempting to promote sexual performance by a child. As of Saturday afternoon, Rodriguez is listed as a technology director on Pinecrest Cove Preparatory Academy’s website. The school is located at 4301 SW 107th Ave., in the county’s Westwood Lakes neighborhood. MDSO…
Friday night incident occurred on Willow Pass Road CONCORD — An armed robbery suspect was shot and killed by a Concord liquor store employee Friday night, police say. The shooting happened just before 11:30 p.m. at 3200 Willow Pass Road when a suspect armed with a shotgun entered the store and attempted to force an employee to open the store’s safe, according to the Concord Police Department. Another store employee intervened and fired his own weapon, striking the suspect. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies find 2-year-old near fentanyl while serving warrants Crime and Public…
CAIRO — A cholera outbreak in a southern Sudanese city killed nearly 60 people and sickened about 1,300 others over the last three days, health authorities said Saturday. The outbreak in the southern city of Kosti was blamed mainly on contaminated drinking water after the city’s water supply facility was knocked out during an attack by a notorious paramilitary group, the health ministry said. The group has been fighting the country’s military for about two years. The ministry said in a statement the disease killed 58 people and sickened 1,293 others between Thursday and Saturday in Kosti, 261 miles south…
A man armed with a pistol and carrying zip ties entered a Pennsylvania hospital’s intensive care unit Saturday and took staff members hostage before he was killed by police in a shootout that also left an officer dead, authorities said. Three workers at UPMC Memorial Hospital, including a doctor, a nurse and a custodian, and two other officers were shot and wounded in the attack, York County District Attorney Tim Barker said. A fourth staffer was injured in a fall. Gunfire erupted after officers went to engage the shooter, whom Barker identified as Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, 49. He said Archangel-Ortiz was…
Preparations are underway for a face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said Saturday. It marked a clear departure from Western efforts to isolate Moscow over its war in Ukraine. Speaking to Russian state media, Sergei Ryabkov said a possible Putin-Trump summit could involve broad talks on global issues, not just the war in Ukraine. “The question is about starting to move toward normalizing relations between our countries, finding ways to resolve the most acute and potentially very, very dangerous situations, of which there are many, Ukraine among them,” he said.…
A deportee from the United States detained in a camp in rural Panama, among a hundred who refused to return to their countries, described on Saturday waiting in limbo under “harsh conditions” and cut off from access to legal council and other rights. The Chinese deportee, who asked not to be identified out of fear of retaliation by Panamanian authorities, spoke to the Associated Press with a hidden cellphone after being connected through a concerned relative. The woman said authorities were seizing the phones of migrants in the camp and effectively cutting them off. Migrants were from Asian nations, Russia,…
The quakes ranged in magnitudes between 2.2 and 3.9. By Bay City News A series of several small earthquakes struck inland of the Central Coast over the course of several hours starting Friday night and continuing into Saturday morning. Related Articles California News | California lawmakers want tougher penalties for looting and first responder shams California News | State Farm seeks 22% rate hike for California homeowners to cover Los Angeles wildfire losses California News | Who gets more disaster aid? Republican states. Experts explain that and more about FEMA California News | Multiple tremors near Greek island of Santorini…
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Juan Soto wasted little time in showing off his power for his new team. Again. Soto homered in his first spring training at-bat for the New York Mets, hitting a solo shot to left-center field in the first inning against the Houston Astros on Saturday. The Mets went on to win 6-2. “I feel like everybody was really happy,” Soto said. “I would say the worst reaction was (teammate) Jesse Winker, that I stepped on him. He was really (in) pain, but he was happy at the same time.” Soto also homered last year in…
The crash landing of a Delta Air Lines flight in Toronto this week highlighted the potential dangers of flying with a young child sitting on an adult’s lap. The plane flipped over, which would make holding onto a baby extremely difficult. Authorities haven’t said whether the 18-month-old child who was injured in the crash was riding on a parent’s lap. All 21 people who were hurt were released from the hospital, but young children have died in previous crashes. Despite the recent rash of aviation disasters, airline crashes remain rare, but children could easily get hurt if they are on…
The crash landing of a Delta Air Lines flight in Toronto this week highlighted the potential dangers of flying with a young child sitting on an adult’s lap. The plane flipped over, which would make holding onto a baby extremely difficult. Authorities haven’t said whether the 18-month-old child who was injured in the crash was riding on a parent’s lap. All 21 people who were hurt were released from the hospital, but young children have died in previous crashes. Despite the recent rash of aviation disasters, airline crashes remain rare, but children could easily get hurt if they are on…
The one-day operation called Operation Broken Heart aimed to catch offenders using online chat platforms. By Bay City News Four men were arrested during an undercover sting targeting sexual predators attempting to meet minors for lewd acts, the Marin County District Attorney’s Office announced. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Bay Area man sues Kaiser, accuses medical assistant of sexual assault during surgery Crime and Public Safety | Kevin Spacey’s aggressive, ‘grow up’ response seems to prove one of Guy Pearce’s claims Crime and Public Safety | Bay Area lawyer avoids sentence after conviction for planting camera in a…
A federal scholarship aimed at boosting students from underserved and rural areas attending historically Black colleges and universities has been put on hold. The U.S. Department of Agriculture suspended the 1890 Scholars Program, which provided recipients with full tuition and fees for students studying agriculture, food or natural resource sciences at one of 19 universities, known as the 1890 land grant institutions. It’s not clear exactly when the program was suspended, but some members of Congress first issued statements criticizing the suspension of the program on Thursday. “The 1890 Scholars Program has been suspended pending further review,” the Department of…
Deputies served warrants Wednesday night and Thursday morning at two homes allegedly connected to fentanyl distribution. By Tony Hicks | Bay City News While serving a search warrant Wednesday in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies said they found 7 grams of fentanyl in a room with a 2-year-old child inside. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Tyler Skaggs’ wrongful death trial against Los Angeles Angels delayed until September Crime and Public Safety | Family of MLB pitcher Tyler Skaggs, Angels battle over cell phones as wrongful death trial looms Crime and Public Safety | San Jose: Street bust…
Israel says the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners is delayed “until the release of the next hostages has been assured, and without the humiliating ceremonies” at handovers of Israeli captives in Gaza. The statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office came early Sunday as military vehicles that normally move in advance of the buses carrying prisoners left the open gates of Ofer prison, only to turn around and go back in. The release of 620 Palestinian prisoners had been delayed for several hours and was meant to occur just after six Israeli hostages were released on Saturday. It was…
Hunter Schafer says “it’s important to just keep track of where things are in our country,” a day after the “Euphoria” star posted a video in which she revealed her new passport had been issued with a male gender marker. Speaking to The Associated Press on the red carpet at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, the 26-year-old actor, who is trans, said she felt “it was a good, necessary point” to share. Schafer, also a presenter at the award show, was nominated for best lead performance for “Cuckoo. ” President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first…
San Francisco State University, which owns the 53-acre bayfront property, plans to move the lab to the main campus. A tank for eelgrass restoration research is shown at the Estuary and Ocean Science Center at the Romberg Tiburon Center of San Francisco State University in Tiburon on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal) The Estuary and Ocean Science Center at the Romberg Tiburon Center of San Francisco State University in Tiburon, Calif., on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal) San Francisco State University is planning to shut down its Romberg Tiburon Campus for marine research. The…
Sean Baker’s “Anora” won best film, best director and best actor for Mikey Madison at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday in what could be a preview of next Sunday’s Oscars: The film about a Brooklyn sex worker and her whirlwind affair with a Russian oligarch’s son has emerged in recent weeks as an awards season front-runner. The Spirit Awards, held in a beachside tent in Santa Monica, California, is the shaggier, more irreverent sister to the Academy Awards, celebrating the best in independent film and television. Host Aidy Bryant called it “Hollywood’s third or fourth biggest night.” In accepting…