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Month: October 2023

Judges Targeted Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at notable cases in which US judges have been targets of lethal violence. Three federal judges were targeted and murdered from 1979 to present, Judge John Wood, Judge Richard Daronco and Judge Robert Vance, as well as several judges from lower courts. US Marshals Service The US

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Dutch king and queen are confronted by angry protesters on visit to a slavery museum in South Africa

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Angry protesters in Cape Town have confronted the king and queen of the Netherlands as they visited a museum that traces part of their country’s 150-year involvement in slavery in South Africa. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima were leaving the Slave Lodge building when

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CVS Health pulls some cough-and-cold treatments with ingredient deemed ineffective by doctors

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer CVS Health is pulling from its drugstore shelves some cough-and-cold treatments that contain an ingredient that has been deemed ineffective by doctors and researchers. The company said it will remove a small number of products that contain phenylephrine as the only active ingredient. CVS also said it will still

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Russia extends detention of a US journalist detained for failing to register as a foreign agent

By The Associated Press A Russian-American journalist was ordered Friday to be detained for another three days on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent, Russian media reported. Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, appeared in court in the central Russian city of Kazan, according to the

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Biden administration seeks $105 billion in national security package that includes aid to Ukraine and Israel

By Donald Judd, Phil Mattingly and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is requesting more than $105 billion from Congress as part of a package it says will provide security assistance for conflicts in Ukraine and Israel while addressing “the global humanitarian impacts of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine and of Hamas’ horrific

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‘There are bombs everywhere’: 11-year-old Canadian in Gaza sends video to father asking for help

By Jill Macyshon/CTV National News Manitoba Bureau Chief, and Joey Chini/CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     Winnipeg, Manitoba (CTV Network) — With humanitarian aid finally set to be allowed in to Gaza, Canadian families trapped in the region hope their loved ones can move out. For nearly two weeks now, Canadians in

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Can the new film ‘Uncharitable’ change people’s minds about overhead at nonprofits?

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new documentary “Uncharitable,” from “Paris Trout” and “Losing Isaiah” director Stephen Gyllenhaal, puts the long-running debate in the nonprofit sector over the role of overhead back in the spotlight. It tells the story of longtime advocate Dan Pallotta, who pioneered the idea of fundraising through

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La situación en Gaza empeora cada hora y se espera una nueva oleada de protestas en Medio Oriente

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Se esperan nuevas protestas contra el asedio israelí a Gaza en gran parte de Medio Oriente este viernes, mientras las organizaciones humanitarias advierten que los hospitales del enclave se están quedando sin combustible y temen que la ayuda vital siga bloqueada en Egipto un día más. Con la crisis humanitaria

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