Israel’s military launched land, sea and air strikes on a designated safe zone in southern Gaza on Thursday, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, as a US-backed ceasefire and hostage deal appeared to be stuck in limbo. Al-Mawasi, a coastal region west of Rafah previously designated by Israel as a safe zone for […]
SACRAMENTO, California — The board of the agency that delivers water to nearly half of Californians will consider firing its top leader over claims of retaliation, harassment and cultivating a toxic work environment at a special meeting Thursday morning, according to an agenda and three people with knowledge. What happened: The Metropolitan Water District of […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck a small fisheries county in South Korea’s southwest region on Wednesday, but local officials said there were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage. The earthquake, which had an estimated depth of 8 kilometers (5 miles), was the strongest […]
Nacala McDaniels, a 2023 graduate who took AP African American Studies, speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette) COLUMBIA — Nacala McDaniels was excited when her high school in Richland County started offering Advanced Placement African American Studies in her senior year. “It seemed as […]
CAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, leaving at least 49 dead and 140 missing, the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration said Tuesday. The boat was carrying some 260 Somalis and Ethiopians from the northern coast of Somalia on the 320-kilometer (200-mile) journey across the Gulf of Aden when […]
(Reuters) – A new agreement between Moscow and Tehran on comprehensive cooperation has been temporarily suspended due to problems that Iranian partners are facing, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported on Tuesday citing a Russian foreign ministry official. “This is a strategic decision of the leadership of the two countries,” RIA cited Zamir Kabulov, the […]
A man arrested last month, alleges that Lovejoy Police Chief Rick Webster placed him in a chokehold in the parking lot of the police station. “If I can’t breathe, his arm around me. I’m getting choked. I know that.” said Rashawn Banks. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Banks was meeting […]
GENEVA (AP) — The number of internally displaced people in Sudan has reached more than 10 million, the U.N. migration agency told The Associated Press on Monday. The International Organization for Migration said the tally includes 2.83 million driven from their homes before the current war began by multiple local conflicts that have been happening […]
Already the subject of a federal civil-rights investigation, Kentucky’s Department of Juvenile Justice is bracing for an influx of hundreds of additional youths when several tough-on-crime laws take effect July 1. The state’s new juvenile justice commissioner, Randy White, testified last week to a legislative panel in Frankfort about the “challenge” posed by several bills […]
South Korea is aiming to expand its presence in space. The nation is targeting landing on Mars by 2045, the country’s president announced at the launch of its national space agency. President Yoon Suk Yeol inaugurated the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) on Thursday, May 30, Reuters reported. The agency will oversee space policy and seek […]
The unemployment rate in the Gaza Strip has soared to nearly 80 percent amid the Israel-Hamas war that has been raging since October, according to a United Nations labor agency report released Friday. The war has caused a massive amount of job loss, bringing the unemployment rate in Gaza to 79.1 percent, according to the […]
A former state children’s advocate who angered her bosses with her forceful style on behalf of abused children and foster parents is facing the loss of custody of her own adopted son after a Tallahassee judge said her refusal to allow him back into her home without adequate support amounted to abandonment. At the conclusion […]