Category Archives: World
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 » »
What is Jexodus, the Right-Wing Jewish Group Trump Tweeted About This Morning?
President Trump on Tuesday name-checked an all-but-unknown conservative Jewish group calling itself “JEXODUS” in a morning tweet, quoting its spokeswoman’s claims that “Jewish people are leaving the Democratic Party.” “Jewish people are leaving the Democratic Party. Read more » »
UK prime minister implores lawmakers to back her EU deal
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May has implored lawmakers to back her EU divorce agreement, telling them that „if this deal is not passed then Brexit could be lost.” May — her voice reduced to a raw whisper after days of frantic Brexit diplomacy — spoke as the House of Commons began debating the deal before a vote later Tuesday. Read more » »
