By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London’s police force has been forced to issue two apologies after officers threatened to arrest an “openly Jewish” man if he refused to leave the area around a pro-Palestinian march because his presence risked provoking the demonstrators. Gideon Falter, chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, was
Continue ReadingBy MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah killed at least nine people, six of them children, hospital authorities said Saturday, as Israel pursued its nearly seven-month offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. Israel’s war against the Islamic
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — It’s 420 or “weed day,” and people around the world will be paying homage to their favorite guilty pleasure: marijuana. Currently, 24 states, two territories and the District of Columbia in the United States have legalized marijuana for recreational use, making it that much easier for people to take
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has launched a barrage of drones across Russia overnight in attacks that appeared to target the country’s energy infrastructure. Russian officials said Saturday that 50 drones were shot down by air defences over eight Russian regions. They included 26 drones over the country’s western Belgorod region close to the Ukrainian
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — In December 2021, the principal at Eagle Point Elementary School in Broward County, Florida, received an anonymous bomb threat. Using a silent panic alarm app on her phone, she alerted police and within seconds her image appeared on multiple screens in the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — About 1,300 people have fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand, officials said Saturday, as fresh fighting erupted at a border town that has recently been captured by ethnic guerillas. Fighters from the Karen ethnic minority last week captured the last of the Myanmar army’s outposts in and
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The man who doused himself in an accelerant and set himself on fire outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial has died, police said. The New York City Police Department told The Associated Press early Saturday that the man was declared dead by staff at an area
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Deserted streets, shuttered shops and silent restaurants. Damaged buildings and craters from missile strikes pockmarking the asphalt. Arrows on house facades signposting the nearest bomb shelters and stock of emergency supplies. The once-tranquil city of Belgorod, some 25 miles north of Russia’s border with Ukraine, has been transformed into
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Everyone knows the familiar shapes that make up New York’s skyline. There’s the Art Deco curved crown of the Chrysler Building, the sweeping isosceles triangles that twist around One World Trade Center, the stepped limestone and granite rectangles of the Empire State Building and the triangular prism of the
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Culver woman was arraigned Wednesday on 26 misdemeanor charges, including DUII, assault and reckless driving, accused of running a Redmond stop sign last month and crashing into the side of a small school bus carrying 14 Baker County Future Farmers of America students, in town for a state convention. Three
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City police say they are investigating a murder suspect as a possible serial killer after bones, a saw, blood and the ID cards of missing women were found at a room he rented. Mexico City prosecutors did not identify the suspect by name but said late Friday that he was
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BEAVERTON, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — Nike plans to lay off 740 employees at its world headquarters in Beaverton by June 28, according to a notice the footwear and apparel giant sent to state officials, KGW reported. The company has about 83,000 employees worldwide, including more than 11,000 at its Beaverton headquarters as of last spring, The Oregonian/OregonLive
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — This year’s musical performer at the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, is so big, Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is offering to buy “early bird” tickets back from buyers and pay ticket holders an extra $50. Similar to a music festival, the Grand
Continue ReadingBy Manveena Suri, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Elon Musk has postponed his planned trip to India, citing “very heavy” obligations at Tesla. The Tesla CEO was due to arrive in India next week for a visit that was expected to include a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and confirmation that Tesla will build
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Dry and mild pattern continues one more day, but changing to a cooler pattern tomorrow. Today we start out on the sunny side and stay that way most of the day. Winds will pick up in the afternoon as a cold front approaches. Late in the afternoon we begin to notice a decent amount of
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Los cuatro primeros clasificados del medio maratón de Beijing han sido despojados de sus medallas después de que una investigación descubriera que tres corredores africanos deliberadamente disminuyeron la velocidad cerca de la línea de meta para dejar ganar a un competidor chino, según los organizadores. He Jie cruzó la línea
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift released “The Tortured Poets Department” on Friday, a 31-track surprise double album, and she’s clearly in an emotionally evolved era. On its surface, the album offers a pretty mellow listening experience, sounding like a marriage of the haunting depths of 2020’s “Folklore” and the synthy riffs of
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — A 79-year-old woman makes the sign of the cross and, gripping her cane, leaves her home in a quaint village in northeast Ukraine. Torn screens, shattered glass and scorched trees litter the yard of Olha Faichuk’s apartment building in Lukiantsi, north of the city of Kharkiv.
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — Outsider, queer and Indigenous artists are getting an overdue platform at the 60th Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition. Titled “Foreigners Everywhere,” the exhibition opening Saturday was curated for the first time by a Latin American, Brazilian Adriano Pedrosa. Pedrosa’s main show, which accompanies 88 national pavilions
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COCC’s annual Earth Day Fashion Show on Friday featured students and faculty hitting the runway in outfits made from donations to the Clothing Connection. Our Bola Gbadebo served as emcee for the event.
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