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Month: December 2023

Sierra Leone ex-president is called in for questioning over attacks officials say was a failed coup

By KEMO CHAM Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A Sierra Leone government spokesman says that a former president has been called in for questioning by police over recent attacks that officials say was a failed coup. The information minister said Thursday that police summoned ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma to its headquarters “for questioning

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Parents worried after Modesto autism therapy center employee accused of sexually abusing child

By Carolina Estrada Click here for updates on this story     MODESTO, California (KCRA) — After a now-former employee at a Modesto center that helps children with autism was accused of sexually abusing a child at the workplace, parents Yesenia and Nick Garza are worried about their son. The Kendall Center offers behavioral and language therapy

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Major donor calls on UPenn president to resign for disastrous testimony on antisemitism, threatening $100 million gift

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The walls appear to be caving in on the University of Pennsylvania’s president, Liz Magill, who faces scathing criticism over her performance at a House hearing earlier this week. Prominent donor Ross Stevens threatened to claw back a $100 million donation. The university’s board of trustees held

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‘I’m so broken’: Grieving family speaks out after B.C. cancer patient awaiting treatment chooses MAID

By Robert Buffam Click here for updates on this story     VANCOUVER, B.C. (CTV Network) — Kathleen Carmichael says B.C.’s health-care system let her family down. Her partner, Dan Quayle, opted for a medically assisted death 13 days ago. It was a choice he made after waiting for chemotherapy and treatment that didn’t come fast enough.

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‘Oppenheimer’ to be released in Japan after delay following ‘Barbenheimer’ controversy

By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Cinemagoers in Japan will soon be able to see box office hit “Oppenheimer,” months after much of the rest of the world. The blockbuster’s release was postponed amid controversy over an unofficial marketing campaign that critics said trivialized the 1945 nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Film distributor

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