Category Archives: World
Rare sea creature washes ashore in Southern California
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A 7-foot (215-centimeter) sea creature that washed ashore in Southern California has been identified as a hoodwinker sunfish, a recently identified rare species thought to live in the Southern Hemisphere. Read more » »
A trilateral diaspora partnership
“Cyprus is not only a good neighbor, but your ambassador in the European Union,” Photis Photiou, Presidential Commissioner for the Cypriot diaspora, told President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday. Read more »
Cat shot and paralyzed is getting a second chance at life
by Grace Gagnon, WBNG / CNN Newsource MAINE, NY (WBNG) – A cat who was shot and paralyzed is now getting a second chance at life. An animal sanctuary in Maine, NY, recently rescued a cat that was found just miles from the shelter. Willow Sullivan takes in injured animals full-time. Read more » »
Space Force would be by far the smallest military service
by ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s proposed Space Force, which faces an uncertain fate in Congress, would be the smallest military service — by far. Read more » »
After ‘botch,’ Walmart moves to keep disabled greeters
Walmart endured more than a week’s worth of bad publicity before announcing publicly that it was making „every effort” to find a role for disabled workers who had been threatened with job loss as the retailer gets rid of greeters at 1,000 stores. Amid a fierce backlash, Greg Foran, president and CEO of Walmart’s U.S. Read more » »
Bakersfield police: Woman killed teen daughter’s newborn to prevent family shame
Beant Kaur Dhillon appears Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Kern County court in Bakersfield, Calif., for allegedly murdering her newborn grandson after her teenage daughter gave birth to „prevent family shame,” according to police. (KBAK/KBFX photo) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. Read more » »
Death row inmate’s son, grandson arrested amid outburst at execution
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Prison officials say emotions boiled over during a Texas execution, resulting in the arrests of the inmate’s son and grandson after they swung and kicked at others witnessing the lethal injection. Billie Wayne Coble was executed Thursday night for the 1989 deaths of his estranged wife’s parents and brother near Waco. Read more » »
Body of man missing for months found inside Ohio apartment
by Christina Schaefer, WKEF/WRGT Staff WEST CARROLLTON, Ohio (WKEF/WRGT) – Two people have been arrested after the body of a Dayton man who’d been missing since December was found in a West Carrollton apartment. Read more » »
Sen. Cory Booker hosts a town hall event in South Carolina
Sen. Cory Booker hosts a town hall event in South Carolina KATUWASHINGTON (SBG) – Sen. Cory Booker, D- N. J. , begins a two-day swing to South Carolina; hosts a town hall event in Simpsonville. Note: This event is … Read more » »
Police: Alabama man tried to blow up mom with propane
Roger Dale Johnson | Jackson County Sheriff Office. SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man is jailed on charges of trying to blow up his mother using a propane tank in a booby-trapped storage shed. Read more » »
