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Month: October 2022

Deputies confiscate firearm from student at Erwin Middle; juvenile taken into custody

By Brittany Whitehead Click here for updates on this story     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office deputies confiscated a firearm from an Erwin Middle School student Friday afternoon, Oct.14. A spokesperson with the sheriff’s office said the student was taken into custody, and the sheriff’s office is pursuing criminal charges. The confiscation

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Independent report shows unsafe levels of lead inside North County school

By Deion Broxton Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — According to an independent report, an unsafe level of radioactive waste is present inside a north St. Louis County elementary school. The Hazelwood School District allowed independent testing of hazardous materials inside and directly outside the school stemming from radioactive runoff

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Why Meloni’s win in Italy not sitting well with Berlusconi

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The honeymoon is finished even before any marriage of political convenience in Italy could be formalized. The resounding victory by far-right leader Giorgia Meloni in the Sept. 25 general election isn’t sitting well with 86-year-old Silvio Berlusconi, the former three-time conservative premier who, four decades her senior,

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Why Meloni’s win in Italy not sitting well with Berlusconi

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The honeymoon is finished even before any marriage of political convenience in Italy could be formalized. The resounding victory by far-right leader Giorgia Meloni in the Sept. 25 general election isn’t sitting well with 86-year-old Silvio Berlusconi, the former three-time conservative premier who, four decades her senior,

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Rights group: 233 killed in Iran, protests enter fifth week

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Protesters intensified anti-government demonstrations along main streets and at universities in some cities across Iran on Saturday. Human rights monitors reported hundreds dead, including children, as the movement entered its fifth week. Demonstrators chanted “Down with the Dictator” on the streets of Ardabil in the country’s northwest.

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