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Month: June 2024

Howard University revokes Sean Combs’ honorary degree and terminates $2 million gift and pledge agreement

By Rob Frehse, Lisa Respers France, Josh Campbell and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Howard University’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously Friday to revoke the honorary degree given to Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2014, saying he is “no longer worthy to hold the institution’s highest honor.” The university will also return Combs’ $1 million contribution

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Police arrest 91-year-old Canadian auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach on sexual assault charges

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Austrian-Canadian auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach has been arrested on sexual assault charges involving accusations from the 1980s to last year. Police said there is more than one accuser but declined to say how many. The 91-year-old founder of Magna auto parts and horse racing investor has

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Meloni joins cultural elite celebrating Italian opera’s recognition as a world treasure

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VERONA, Italy (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has joined top political and cultural figures at Verona’s ancient Arena amphitheater for an open-air celebration of Italian lyric opera’s recognition by UNESCO as a global cultural treasure. Conductor Riccardo Muti presided over an orchestra of 170 musicians from Italy’s 14 opera

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Oregon closes more coastal shellfish harvesting due to ‘historic high levels’ of toxins

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon authorities have expanded shellfish harvesting closures along the state’s entire coastline to include razor clams and bay clams, as already high levels of toxins that have contributed to a shellfish poisoning outbreak continue to rise. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said the new closures were due to “historic

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Oregon closes more coastal shellfish harvesting due to ‘historic high levels’ of toxins

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon authorities have expanded shellfish harvesting closures along the state’s entire coastline to include razor clams and bay clams, as already high levels of toxins that have contributed to a shellfish poisoning outbreak continue to rise. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said the new closures were due to “historic

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Bend-area man charged with attempted murder, shooting Redmond-area man in the face, but refuses court appearance

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend-area man charged with attempted murder, accused of shooting a Redmond-area man in the face last Monday, surrendered to police in Prineville Thursday and was taken to the Deschutes County Jail in Bend, but he refused to make his first court appearance Friday. Shooting victim Lowell Edward Templeton, 56, drove

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