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JERUSALEM (AP) — The office of Israel’s prime minister says a dual Israeli-Russian citizen who has been missing in Iraq for months is being held by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Wednesday that Elizabeth Tsurkov, who disappeared in late March, is still alive “and we hold Iraq responsible for
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A member of the “Central Park Five” has won a Democratic primary for a seat on the New York City Council representing Central Harlem. Winning Tuesday’s primary all but assures Yusef Salaam of eventual victory. The Associated Press refrained from calling the race on election
Continue Reading CORDELE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia has been shot and killed and the suspect tried to flee in the deputy’s patrol car. The Crisp County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that the deputy encountered a vehicle in the middle of a road in Cordele around 3:40 a.m. Wednesday.
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The United Nations food agency says millions of hungry people in West Africa are left without aid because it is struggling with limited funding to respond to the region’s worst hunger crisis in 10 years. In a statement issued Wednesday by the U.N. World Food Program,
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Three environmental activists have been arrested at Wimbledon after running onto one of the courts and disrupting two matches by throwing orange confetti and puzzle pieces onto the grass. A pair of protesters from an organization that wants the British government to stop new oil,
Continue ReadingBy MALAK HARB Associated Press JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian residents of the Jenin refugee camp encountered scenes of widespread destruction as they emerged from their homes and returned from nearby shelters following the most intense Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank in nearly two decades. The two-day offensive destroyed
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and Russia accused each other Wednesday of planning to attack one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants, but neither side provided evidence to support their claims of an imminent threat to the facility in southeastern Ukraine that is occupied by Russian troops. The Zaporizhzhia
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER and HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed off on a two-year spending plan after dramatically scaling back the size of a Republican income tax cut that would have moved the state closer to a flat rate. Evers, a Democrat, called the Republican-authored budget “imperfect
Continue Reading SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Mass shootings broke out at festivals, block parties and other gatherings in a handful of cities this week as the U.S. celebrated the Fourth of July. Gun violence that flared in Washington, D.C, Louisiana, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Texas and Florida left more than a dozen dead and about 60 wounded — including
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Russian troops have placed “objects resembling explosives” on roofs at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address Tuesday that instantly sparked concerns around the world. “Perhaps to simulate an attack on the plant. Perhaps they have some other scenario,” Zelensky speculated.
Continue ReadingCNN By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Russian troops have placed “objects resembling explosives” on roofs at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address Tuesday that instantly sparked concerns around the world. “Perhaps to simulate an attack on the plant. Perhaps they have some other scenario,” Zelensky
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CNN By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Russian troops have placed “objects resembling explosives” on roofs at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address Tuesday that instantly sparked concerns around the world. “Perhaps to simulate an attack on the plant. Perhaps they have some other scenario,” Zelensky
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Los bomberos estuvieron muy ocupados sofocando dos incendios, el primero ocurrió en el área del Expressway 86 y la Avenida 66 en Mecca donde las llamas devoraron casi dos acres de maleza. El otro incendio destruyó una casa rodante ayer martes cerca de la vieja carretera 86 y la Avenida 68 en Thermal donde las
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La policía dio a conocer mas detalles de una balacera ocurrida la semana pasada cerca de la calle Cesar Chávez y de la Avenida 52 en Coachella, informaron que el tiroteo fue de carro a carro, el conductor de uno de los vehículos es un menor de edad quien recibió varios impactos y fue transportado
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Los bomberos reportaron un incendio en una casa ubicada cerca de las calles Sunrise y Racquet Club en Palm Springs, el fuego fue provocado por una explosión en un transformador. Mientras los bomberos sofocaban las llamas cortaron el servicio de la luz a las casas y apartamentos de 10 cuadras cerca del aeropuerto de Palm
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El juez sentenció a 33 años y 8 meses en prisión a Christian Pacheco quien fue declarado culpable de asesinar a puñaladas a su entonces novia en marzo de 2017 cuando el sujeto llegó a la casa de Elilia García ubicada por la Avenida 60 y la calle Van Buren en Thermal de donde se
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Los bomberos de Indio estuvieron muy atareados sofocando un incendio que devoró varios árboles por lo que cerraron un tramo de la calle Jackson entre las Avenidas 48 y 50 mientras las llamas eran sofocadas. Mientras que también en Indio cerca de la Avenida 42 y la calle Jackson el fuego destruyó una casa en
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Ya fue sentenciado a 20 años en prisión un sujeto que conducía arriba del límite sobre la Dillon Road en Indio Hills en febrero de 2018 cuando atropelló a un grupo de ciclistas uno de los cuales murió. Además, el acusado Ronnie Huerta conducía fumando marihuana y tenía la licencia suspendida. Ese día el individuo
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Russian troops have placed “objects resembling explosives” on roofs at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address Tuesday that instantly sparked concerns around the world. “Perhaps to simulate an attack on the plant. Perhaps they have some other scenario,” Zelensky speculated.
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Just Stop Oil activists disrupted two matches at Wimbledon on Wednesday after running onto Court 18 and sprinkling orange confetti and jigsaw puzzle pieces on the playing surface. In the first incident, security was able to quickly usher one activist away while another, wearing a Just Stop Oil T-shirt,
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