Category Archives: World
NIH cancer chief to serve as acting FDA commissioner
by MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the National Cancer Institute will temporarily take charge of the Food and Drug Administration next month after the departure of its current chief. The appointment Tuesday of Dr. Ned Sharpless comes a week after Scott Gottlieb unexpectedly announced his resignation. Read more » »
House Judiciary Committee holds hearing on T-Mobile/Sprint merger
House Judiciary Committee holds hearing on T-Mobile/Sprint merger KATUWASHINGTON (SBG) — The House Judiciary Committee will hold the hearing „Examining the Impact of the Proposed Merger of T-Mobile and Sprint,” with … Read more » »
Male officer shot, hospitalized in Michigan; suspect shot, killed
by BENDAN BUFFA, WWMT Staff KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WWMT) – Local law enforcement officials confirmed that a male officer was shot with non-life threatening injuries Tuesday at a downtown Kalamazoo business, while the suspect was shot and killed by police. Read more » »
First jurors chosen to hear shooting death of black teenager
by MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Lawyers and prosecutors began picking jurors Tuesday to hear the case of a white western Pennsylvania police officer accused of shooting to death a black teenager as he ran from a vehicle last year. Read more » »
Mom charged after two children left in SUV drown
LELAND, Miss. (WZTV) — A Mississippi mother has been arrested for the death of her two little boys who drowned after being left in a car while she went shopping according to police. The incident took place on March 9 according to the Leland Police Department. Read more » »
Entergy Stockholders give back to Louisiana Non-Profits
Entergy Stockholders give back to Louisiana Non-Profits www.brproud.comEntergy has found ways to give back to the community. Shareholders provided $9.7 million in grants in 2018 to support more than 700 nonprofit organizations … Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Delegation Advocates for Israel in Meetings with UNESCO Director-General and Ambassadors to UNESCO
(Washington, D.C., March 12, 2019)–A high-level B’nai B’rith International delegation visited the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, where top lay leaders and staff challenged the body’s exploitation as a political tool against Israel. Read more » »
Deputies: New York woman tried to kill bed bug, set fire in apartment
LYONS, N.Y. (WHAM) — A New York woman was arrested Sunday after she tried to kill a bed bug and set off her apartment building’s sprinkler system. Wayne County Sheriff’s deputies said Jacquline Lynch, 39, was in her apartment Sunday morning when she tried to kill a bed bug using a lighter. Read more » »
Cash from NY, feds tests 100K rape kits, leads to 1K arrests
by JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press Cropped Photo: 85th Support Command / Flickr via MGN Online NEW YORK (AP) — Languishing evidence in over 100,000 sexual assault cases around the country has been sent for DNA testing with money from a New York Read more » »
Arrests in Marielle Franco killing, Rio police in spotlight
by PETER PRENGAMAN and ANNA JEAN KAISER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested two former police officers in the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver, a brazen assassination that shocked Brazilians and sparked protests in several countries. Read more » »
