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Ship loaded with aid heads for US-built Gaza pier, but it’s unclear when or how it will be delivered
By Joseph Krauss, Sam Mednick And Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Associated Press on May 9th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – The first aid ship bound for an American-built floating pier to be installed in Gaza departed early Thursday. But it’s unclear when the corridor will be up and running, and humanitarian groups say there are still major obstacles to getting food to starving Palestinians in the war-ravaged enclave. Cyprus announced the ship’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boeing 737 catches fire and skids off the runway at a Senegal airport, injuring 10 people
By The Associated Press on May 9th, 2024
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – A Boeing 737 plane carrying 85 people skidded off a runway at the airport in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, injuring 10 people, according to the transport minister and footage from a passenger that showed the aircraft on fire. “Our plane just caught fire,” wrote Malian musician Cheick Siriman Sissoko in a post ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First shipment of aid to the US-built floating pier in Gaza departs from Cyprus
By The Associated Press on May 9th, 2024
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – A shipment of humanitarian aid has left a port in Cyprus and is on its way to the U.S-built pier in Gaza, the first delivery to the newly built ramp, Cyprus’ foreign minister said Thursday. The U.S. vessel, loaded with much needed humanitarian assistance, departed from the Larnaca port with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boeing 737 skids off runway in Senegal airport, injuring 10 people
By The Associated Press on May 9th, 2024
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – A Boeing 737 plane carrying 85 people skidded off a runway at the airport in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, injuring 10 people, the transport minister said Thursday. Transport Minister El Malick Ndiaye said the Air Sénégal flight operated by TransAir was headed to Bamako late Wednesday with 79 passengers, two pilots and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boeing 737 skidded off runway in Senegal airport, injuring 10 people
By The Associated Press on May 9th, 2024
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – A Boeing 737 plane carrying 85 people skidded off the runway at the airport in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, injuring 10 people, a statement from the country’s transport minister said in a statement on Thursday. El Malick Ndiaye, the transport minister, said the Air Sénégal flight operated by TransAir was headed to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Florida deputies who fatally shot US airman burst into wrong apartment, attorney says
By David Fischer, The Associated Press on May 8th, 2024
MIAMI (AP) – Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for the man’s family said Wednesday. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden says US won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally
By Zeke Miller And Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press on May 8th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah – the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza – over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there. Biden, in an interview with CNN, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House quickly rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to remove Speaker Johnson from office
By Lisa Mascaro And Kevin Freking, The Associated Press on May 8th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in sudden action Wednesday to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, her long-shot effort swiftly and resoundingly rejected by Democrats and Republicans tired of the political chaos. One of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress, Greene stood on the House floor and read a long list ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene triggers effort to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson from office
By Lisa Mascaro And Kevin Freking, The Associated Press on May 8th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called Wednesday for a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, pressing ahead with her long-shot effort despite pushback from Republicans at the highest levels tired of the political chaos. Greene, who is one of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress, stood on the House floor and read ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police clear pro-Palestinian protest camp and arrest 33 at DC campus as mayor’s hearing is canceled
By Ashraf Khalil, The Associated Press on May 8th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University early Wednesday and arrested demonstrators, hours after dozens marched to the home of the school’s president as city officials prepared to appear before Congress on the protest’s handling. District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith were called ... Read More »
1 response33 are arrested at George Washington University as DC mayor’s congressional hearing is canceled
By Ashraf Khalil, The Associated Press on May 8th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University early Wednesday and arrested demonstrators, hours after dozens marched to the home of the school’s president as city officials prepared to appear before Congress on the protest’s handling. District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith were called ... Read More »
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