by Administration | Aug 25, 2019 | Monthly Topics
6 Hurt in Lightning Strike at PGA Tour Championship ATLANTA – Six people were injured Saturday when lightning struck a 60-foot pine at the Tour Championship where they were taking cover from rain and showered them with debris, Atlanta police said. The third...
by Administration | Aug 23, 2019 | Monthly Topics
Yeshiva University Hit With Sexual Abuse LawsuitNEW YORK – Thirty-eight former students of an Orthodox Jewish school in New York City operated by Yeshiva University sued Thursday over claims they were molested by two prominent rabbis in the 1960s, ’70s and...
by Administration | Aug 22, 2019 | Monthly Topics
Doubts Hang Over Fresh Rohingya Repatriation Attempt to Myanmar TEKNAF, BANGLADESH – Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh said Wednesday that they did not want to return to their homes in Myanmar, raising doubts about a fresh attempt to repatriate the...
by Administration | Aug 19, 2019 | Monthly Topics
UN Bans Sending Baby Elephants from Wild to Zoos and CircusesDelegates at a U.N. wildlife conference in Geneva voted Sunday to ban the practice of taking baby elephants from their natural habitat and placing them in zoos and circuses. Forty-six countries at the UN...
by Administration | Aug 17, 2019 | Monthly Topics
North Korea’s Kim Oversaw Test-firing of New Weapon AgainSEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of a new weapon again on Friday morning, state media KCNA said on Saturday. North Korea launched at least two short-range ballistic...
by Administration | Aug 16, 2019 | Monthly Topics
Drugs, Weapons Convictions in Philadelphia Shooting Suspect’s PastPHILADELPHIA – The criminal history of a man suspected of barricading himself inside a Philadelphia rowhome should have prevented him from legally owning the firepower he used Wednesday to...
