ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Shawn Steik and his wife were forced from a long-term motel room onto the streets of Anchorage after their rent shot up to $800 a month. Now they live in a tent encampment by a train depot, and as an Alaska winter looms they are growing desperate […]
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Family of Black mom fatally shot by neighbor asks DOJ to consider hate crime charges
The family of Ajike “AJ” Owens, the Black mother of four who was fatally shot through a closed door by her white neighbor on June 2 in Ocala, Florida, is calling on the Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and the U.S. Department of Justice to review the case and consider […]
High winds stall efforts to tow burning cargo ship packed with cars off Dutch coast
Salvage crews have started towing a burning cargo ship loaded with thousands of new cars to a temporary anchorage location off the northern Dutch coast after smoke from the stricken vessel eased ByThe Associated Press July 30, 2023, 5:45 AM The freight ship, the Fremantle Highway, in the North Sea, […]
Russian anti-war activists hold protest after activists face entry, residence problems in Serbia
Dozens of Russian antiwar supporters in Serbia have held a protest after two prominent activists and critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin had problems with entry and residence permits in the Balkan country ByThe Associated Press July 30, 2023, 1:09 PM Peter Nikitin, a Russian pro-democracy activist residing in Serbia, […]
Thousands take to streets in Gaza in rare public display of discontent with Hamas
Several thousand people briefly took to the streets across the Gaza Strip to protest the territory’s chronic power outages and difficult living conditions ByThe Associated Press July 30, 2023, 11:55 AM Palestinian demonstrators chant slogans during a protest against the territory’s chronic power outages and difficult living conditions along the […]
French embassy in Niger attacked as protesters march through capital
NIAMEY, Niger — Thousands of supporters of the junta that took over Niger in a coup this week marched through the streets of the capital on Sunday denouncing the country’s former colonial power and lighting a door at the French Embassy ablaze before the army broke up the crowd. Black […]
Bomb at political rally in Pakistan kills at least 40 people, wounds more than 150
KHAR, Pakistan — A powerful bomb ripped through a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country’s northwestern Bajur district that borders Afghanistan on Sunday, police and health officials said. At least 40 people were killed and more than 100 wounded. Senior police officer Nazir […]
Helicopter crashes near I-70 in Ohio, killing pilot and causing accidents, police say
Authorities say a helicopter hit power lines and crashed near an interstate in Ohio over the weekend, killing the pilot and causing a series of crashes ByThe Associated Press July 30, 2023, 10:31 AM SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A helicopter hit power lines and crashed near an interstate in Ohio over […]
1 dead, ‘multiple’ people shot at party in Muncie, Indiana
One 30-year-old man has died. July 30, 2023, 8:43 AM One person has died, and multiple others were injured following a shooting at a large gathering in Muncie, Indiana, overnight, according to the city of Muncie. Delaware County dispatchers received a call at 1:14 a.m. Sunday morning for multiple gunshot […]
An overnight drone attack on Moscow injures 1 and temporarily closes an airport
Three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow in the early hours on Sunday, Russian authorities said, injuring one person and prompting a temporary closure of traffic in and out of one of four airports around the Russian capital. It was the fourth such attempt at a strike on the capital region this […]