By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s top prosecutor has ordered all suspects detained in the investigation into the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast released and filed charges against the judge leading the probe. The move Wednesday by chief prosecutor Ghassan Oweidat is another blow to the investigation, which has
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Nick Sands, the brother of Julian Sands, has told a UK publication he knows “in my heart that he has gone” as California authorities continue to search for the actor. Julian Sands was first reported missing from the Mt. Baldy area in California on January 13. Authorities announced late Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press HAMMANSKRAAL, South Africa (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has used a tour of a wildlife park in South Africa to announce a joint initiative to combat wildlife trafficking and related criminal activities in both countries. Yellen began her visit to South Africa by touring the Dinokeng Game Reserve
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu has arrived home after five years in exile, three weeks after the country’s president lifted a ban on opposition rallies. He arrived at the main Julius Nyerere International Airport on Wednesday afternoon and was received by opposition party officials and greeted
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — A museum in northwest Spain has returned two 15th-century paintings to Polish officials after it was determined that they were looted by the forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The paintings “Mater Dolorosa” (Mother of Sorrows) and “Ecce Homo” were handed over by the Museum of Pontevedra to a delegation
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Top state prosecutors are urging Congress to pass legislation allowing state prisons to jam signals of cellphones smuggled to inmates. The 22 attorneys general say in a letter Wednesday to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that the devices allow prisoners to
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story MINDEN, Louisiana (KTBS) — Lakeside Jr./Sr. High School English Teacher Josh Beavers and Minden High School English Teacher John Dillon were selected to be part of a new statewide initiative to help new teachers with issues they may face in the classroom. The New Teacher
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Socialite and reality TV star Paris Hilton has welcomed her first child with her husband, venture capitalist Carter Reum. Hilton took to Instagram on Tuesday and posted a photo that seems to show the 41-year-old new mom holding her baby boy’s tiny hand. “You are already loved beyond words,” she wrote,
Continue ReadingBy Emily Smith, CNN California has some of the strictest gun laws in the country, according to advocacy groups. And still the state has been rocked by three mass shootings in 44 hours. At least two of the suspected gunmen carried out the attacks using semi-automatic weapons and at least one of the guns was
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Amazon workers at a warehouse in central England went on strike Wednesday, the first time employees of the US tech giant have walked out in the country. About 300 of 1,000 workers at the Coventry fulfillment center are protesting Amazon’s 5% pay increase last year, which is well below the rise
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By Chloe Abbott Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Louisiana State University Shreveport’s $1.2 million investment in a new state-of-the-art Human Performance Lab will provide pathways for increased research potential, new teaching opportunities and revenue generating community engagement. The HPL, will offer the only environmental chamber for human data collection
Continue ReadingSAN VIGILIO DI MAREBBE, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t wait long to add to her record total of World Cup wins. Shiffrin added her 84th win in another giant slalom on the same course a day after securing record victory No. 83. Shiffrin again led from start to finish by dominating the first run
Continue ReadingBy Kristy Kepley-Steward Click here for updates on this story MACON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Macon County Sheriff’s Office says, following an investigation, no charges will be filed against a teacher who reportedly taped an elementary student to a chair. On Jan. 12, Macon County Schools Superintendent Dr. Chris Baldwin confirmed with News
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By Kristy Kepley-Steward and Samiar Nefzi Click here for updates on this story FOREST CITY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Officials are advising travelers to be on the lookout after razor blades were found on gas pump handles in multiple locations. “Why would someone want to do this sort of thing?” Forest City Police Lt. Brandon
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN The Zambian student who died in battle in Ukraine was buried Wednesday in a private ceremony in his home country, a family spokesman told CNN. Lemekani Nathan Nyirenda died on the frontlines of the Ukraine war while fighting for Russian mercenary group Wagner in September last year. His family representative Dr.
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman, CNN Just over a decade ago, the Palestinian flag hung alongside Israeli and American flags at the Israeli prime minister’s residence, when Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas shared a historic handshake. Today, Netanyahu is back in power and Abbas never left, but many other things have changed, including Israel’s
Continue ReadingCNN, WMC By Christina Zdanowicz and Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN Tyre Nichols was a father, a man who loved his mama and a free-spirited soul who was looking for a new life in Memphis, Tennessee. That life was tragically cut short earlier this month after a violent arrest by five officers with the Memphis Police. Now,
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan and Phil Mattingly, CNN The White House is considering a number of senior officials in the federal government to replace top economist Brian Deese, including Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard and deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Wednesday. The process to replace Deese
Continue ReadingBy Athena Jones, Kirsten Appleton and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent denied any “division-wide effort to withhold recognition,” as multiple schools in her district in Virginia are under investigation for allegedly failing to give students their National Merit Scholarship recognition in a timely manner, before many students submitted college applications. Dr.
Continue ReadingBy Hayatullah Amanat, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Five Canadian cities are among the most overrated cities for tourists to visit in the world, according to a new report. Toronto ranked as Canada’s most overrated city, followed by Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa and Quebec City, according to U.K.-based
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