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Vermont’s Goddard College to close after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles
By The Associated Press on April 10th, 2024
PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) – Vermont’s Goddard College, a small school known for its progressive education, is closing after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles, the board of trustees announced. The decision to close at the end of the semester was heart-wrenching but unavoidable as the school, created in 1938, faces financial insolvency, the board ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh says 3 of his sons have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza
By Tia Goldenberg, Jack Jeffery And Wafaa Shurafa, The Associated Press on April 10th, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, relatives and official Hamas media said, with Haniyeh accusing Israel of acting in “the spirit of revenge and murder.” Haniyeh confirmed the deaths Wednesday in an interview with the Al Jazeera satellite ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!6 former Mississippi law officers sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men
By Michael Goldberg, The Associated Press on April 10th, 2024
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Already sentenced to federal prison, six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men were sentenced Wednesday in state court. The six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who attacked Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!3 sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Israeli airstrike, relatives, Hamas media say
By Tia Goldenberg, Jack Jeffery And Wafaa Shurafa, The Associated Press on April 10th, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – Relatives and official Hamas media said Wednesday that three sons of the Islamic militant group’s supreme leader, Ismail Haniyeh, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. The reports say Hazem, Ameer, and Mohammed Haniyeh were killed with family members in the strike near the Shati refugee ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!6 former Mississippi law officers to be sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men
By Michael Goldberg, The Associated Press on April 10th, 2024
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Already sentenced to federal prison, the first of six former Mississippi law enforcement officers has been sentenced on state charges for his part in torturing two Black men. Brett McAlpin, who was the fourth highest-ranking officer in the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office, was sentenced in state court Wednesday to 20 years ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Switzerland will host a Ukraine peace conference in June and hopes Russia can join one day
By Jamey Keaten, The Associated Press on April 10th, 2024
GENEVA (AP) – Switzerland’s government said Wednesday it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, in hopes that Russia might join in the peace process one day. The lakeside Bürgenstock resort is expected to host the June 15-16 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Swiss will hold a Ukraine peace conference in June and hopes Russia can join one day
By Jamey Keaten, The Associated Press on April 10th, 2024
GENEVA (AP) – Switzerland’s government said Wednesday it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, in hopes that Russia might join in the peace process one day. The lakeside Bürgenstock resort is expected to host the June 15-16 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Exit polls suggest a big win by South Korea’s liberal opposition parties in parliamentary election
By Hyung-jin Kim, The Associated Press on April 10th, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Initial exit polls suggested South Korea’s liberal opposition parties are expected to win a landslide victory in Wednesday’s parliamentary election. The joint exit polls by South Korea’s three major TV stations ““ KBS, MBC and SBS ““ show the main opposition Democratic Party and its satellite party were forecast to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire in large Hong Kong residential building kills at least 5 people and injures 34
By The Associated Press on April 9th, 2024
HONG KONG (AP) – A fire in a large, mostly residential building in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning killed at least five people and left another 34 injured. The blaze in the New Lucky House in the Jordan neighborhood was extinguished later in the morning, but police said people inside the building still were calling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire in large Hong Kong residential building kills at least 5 people and injures 27
By The Associated Press on April 9th, 2024
HONG KONG (AP) – A fire in a large, mostly residential building in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning killed at least five people and left another 27 injured. The blaze in the New Lucky House in the Jordan neighborhood was extinguished later in the morning, but police said people inside the building still were calling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hong Kong building fire kills at least 5 people and injures 11
By The Associated Press on April 9th, 2024
HONG KONG (AP) – A fire at a building in Hong Kong on Tuesday morning killed at least five people and left another 11 injured. Police said they were still receiving calls from people inside the building asking for help. Firefighters had rushed to the scene after receiving a call about the fire at 7:53 ... Read More »
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