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Month: September 2023

London police call for backup as armed officers lay down guns after colleague charged with murder

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London police have been forced to call on neighboring departments and the military for backup after scores of specially trained firearms officers refused to carry guns after the murder charge filed against one of their colleagues. The action deepened the sense of crisis in Britain’s largest police

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Grants awarded to colleges to increase completion rates

By Emily Brown Click here for updates on this story     MID-MICHIGAN (WNEM) — Two mid-Michigan community colleges have been awarded grant funding in support of their efforts to increase college completion for adult learners, international, immigrant, refugee, or first-generation students. The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s (LEO) Office of Sixty by 30, Global

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Washington National Cathedral reveals new racial justice stained glass windows to replace those that honored Confederate generals

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Washington National Cathedral on Saturday revealed four new “racial-justice themed” stained-glass windows to replace others honoring Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. The new windows are titled “Now and Forever” and show demonstrators during a march or protest. Some demonstrators carry signs that say “Fairness” and

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Interest rates will stay high ‘as long as necessary,’ the European Central Bank’s leader says

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank says interest rates will stay high long enough to restrict business activity for “as long as necessary” to beat back inflation because upward pressure on prices “remains strong.” Christine Lagarde said Monday that “strong spending on holidays and

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Fresh fighting reported in Ethiopia’s Amhara region between military and local militiamen

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Fresh fighting has erupted in the second-biggest town of Ethiopia’s turbulent Amhara region as militiamen clashed with the military over government plans to disarm local forces. Residents say fighters from a militia called Fano fought against military units Sunday in the town of Gondar, an important

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