A leading female Palestinian DJ has been remanded in custody for 15 days after she was arrested by Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces for performing at a party at a Muslim holy site, leading to claims of official over-reaction to an event that sparked furious scenes over the weekend. PA security forces detained DJ Sama
Continue Reading Ten Hong Kongers who attempted to flee the city by speedboat to Taiwan have been jailed in China for up to three years for organizing and taking part in an illegal border crossing. The activists — most of whom were on bail or facing charges in Hong Kong related to last year’s anti-government protests —
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“Schitt’s Creek” emerged from 2020 as one of the year’s most beloved and critically acclaimed sitcoms. But one character, a South Asian man, gave viewers pause. Fans of the show have taken issue with “Schitt’s Creek” resident Ray Butani, an eccentric businessman who runs a real estate-travel-photography enterprise. Butani, one of the few non-White characters
Continue ReadingVybe Together, an app that allowed people to arrange and attend parties that might violate Covid-19 safety protocols, has been taken down from Apple’s App Store, and its TikTok account has been shut down. The app used its Instagram account, which remains online, to explain why it disappeared from iPhones and iPads. “App Store took
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A big rig overturned on I-10 going east, near Cook St in Palm Desert at 11:17 p.m. Tuesday. RIV: EB I-10 in Palm Desert near Cook St. Incident. Lanes #2 and #3 closed. Use caution. Unknown duration. #Caltrans8— Caltrans District 8 (@Caltrans8) December 30, 2020 The truck was hauling 25,000 pounds of paper towels. CHP
Continue Reading Here’s a look at Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday that falls on the third Monday in January. Facts:January 18, 2021 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day. King’s actual birthday was on January 15. Timeline:April 8, 1968 – Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) introduces legislation for a federal holiday to commemorate King, just four
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Personal Birth date: 1935 Birth place: Safed, Palestine Marriage: Amina Abbas Children: Three sons Mazen (died in 2002), Yasser and Tareq Education: Damascus University, B.A.; Oriental College (in Moscow), Ph.D. Other Facts His family left the British Mandate area Safed, Palestine, to live in
Continue Reading Sarah Hyland took part in the “post a pic of” challenge on Instagram and ended up revealing her “moment where you felt your worst but had to fake being okay for a pic.” The request, sent in by a fan, made Hyland open up about a particularly difficult time in her life. The “Modern Family”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MULDROW, Oklahoma (KFSM) — Police in the River Valley are searching for a robbery suspect who sent officers on a chase Tuesday (Dec. 29) morning after stealing a cash register from a convenience store in Muldrow. Around 5:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, a Black male, now identified as 48-year-old
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In the weirdest of twists at the end of his presidency, President Donald Trump is now in league with Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders over $2,000 Covid-19 relief checks, doing battle with Republican leaders over Pentagon policy and warning the political party he overtook and remade in his own image could soon be
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Black bunting hangs outside Scranton Fire Headquarters on Mulberry Street in downtown Scranton. The mayor has ordered that the American flags flying on all city property are to be lowered to half staff for the next month. Honors only observed when someone who dedicated
Continue Reading Prosecutors in New York City are investigating an incident in which a jazz musician said his 14-year-old son was attacked by a woman who falsely accused him of taking her iPhone. Trumpeter Keyon Harrold posted a video taken with his phone that shows the woman making claims against his son on Saturday at the Arlo
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEBANON COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A 12-year-old boy in Lebanon County who died after years of alleged abuse and neglect, causing a community to be outraged, is not being forgotten. Police say Maxwell Schollenberger was starved, abused, and neglected when he was found dead in his Annville Township
Continue ReadingThe United Kingdom on Wednesday become the first country to approve the coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca. The shot is cheaper and easier to distribute than alternatives, and is expected to play a crucial role in boosting the global economy next year. AstraZeneca said the first doses were being released Wednesday, and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A teenager is charged with attempted homice after a shooting that left a 17-year-old seriously injured on Christmas afternoon in Lancaster, according to the county’s district attorney’s office Shane McCracken Jr.,17 was identified as the suspect who shot the victim McCracken is charged
Continue ReadingThe US set two more devastating Covid-19 records as it counted down the hours to the end of what has been a calamitous year for the nation. On Tuesday, it recorded more than 3,700 new deaths linked to the virus, a chilling new high. The US also reported the most Covid-19 hospitalizations, with more than
Continue Reading Actor and singer Tyrese Gibson has announced that he and his wife Samantha have split after four years. Gibson shared the news on his verified Instagram account Tuesday. In a caption on a photo showing Gibson kissing his wife on the cheek he wrote that the couple had “decided to make a statement of a
Continue Reading(CNN) — Estados Unidos estableció dos nuevos devastadores récords de covid-19 mientras corren las últimas horas de lo que ha sido un año calamitoso para la nación. El martes, el país registró más de 3.700 muertes más relacionadas con el virus, un escalofriante nuevo récord. EE.UU. también reportó la mayor cantidad de hospitalizaciones por covid-19,
Continue ReadingLondres (CNN) — Reino Unido aprobó el uso de la vacuna Oxford/AstraZeneca, que es más barata y más fácil de distribuir que algunas alternativas y podría, con el tiempo, ofrecer una ruta para salir de la pandemia en grandes partes del mundo. El gobierno del Reino Unido dijo que seguiría una nueva estrategia de inmunización
Continue ReadingEurope has finalized an investment agreement with China that is designed to rebalance trade with the world’s second largest economy, despite US concerns that the deal could be counterproductive. Brussels and Beijing have been negotiating the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment for seven years, but talks gathered pace in recent months ahead of a joint deadline
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