By Dmitry Antonov and Nelson Acosta MOSCOW/HAVANA (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday that the United States should not be nervous about Russian warships in Cuba but that the West appeared deaf to any diplomatic signals from Moscow and only took notice when the army or navy took action. A Russian navy frigate and a […]
A Missouri mayor has resigned after a police officer fatally shot a man’s deaf and blind Shih Tzu when the dog escaped his backyard. The departure was announced Saturday by the city of Sturgeon after disturbing body camera footage captured the officer repeatedly shooting the dog, who was named Teddy, as he stumbled around in a […]
The dog, who had gotten loose and strayed from his owner Nicholas Hunter, was shot on Sunday, May 19 City of Sturgeon Missouri/Facebook Teddy the Shih Tzu A Sturgeon, Mo., officer shot and killed a blind and deaf dog after it wandered into a neighbor’s yard, according to body-camera footage published by ABC affiliate 17 […]
The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind is adding an automotive manufacturing program. The institute is partnering with East AlabamaWorks to offer the program, according to a news release. The program is for K-12 and adult students, ages 16 and older, within Alabama School for the Blind, Alabama School for the Deaf, the Helen Keller […]
Ryan Hawkins died after he was allegedly shot on the highway and ejected from his car, which landed in a pond, say police Ryan Hawkins/Facebook Ryan Hawkins A deaf man from Indiana was killed in what his family members allege was a violent road rage incident, and now two people are charged with murder, say […]
The Hampton government plans to invest $1.5 million into the community surrounding the site of the former Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled, and residents are weighing in on what they’d like to see. When Hampton City Council voted in 2022 to allow NorthPoint Development, a Kansas City, Missouri-based developer, to transform the […]
Apr. 20—When Theo walks into any classroom at the New Mexico School for the Deaf, he gets the best reception any visitor could hope for. Smiles. Hugs. Claps. And lots of love. In fact, when Theo, a blue heeler mix, enters the room wearing a red bandana around his neck as if he is Superdog, […]
The German parliament has welcomed its first deaf legislator, who took her place in a moment that the house’s speaker described as historic. Heike Heubach, 44, narrowly missed out on a seat in parliament’s lower house, or Bundestag, in Germany’s 2021 election. But she joined the house this week as the replacement for Uli Grotsch, […]
CRANSTON – The father of the 25-year-old man who died Wednesday after being found unresponsive in the medium-security unit at the Adult Correctional Institutions accuses correctional officers and medical staff of failing to take his son’s complaints seriously. “What happened is they didn’t do their job,” Willie Washington Sr. said of the sudden death of […]
A company called a job applicant after her resume caught the employer’s attention. Then the company refused to interview and hire her after learning she was deaf — even though she was qualified for the job, according to a federal lawsuit filed in New York. Now, a seven-person jury has awarded the woman $1.675 million […]
The son of an older couple who are hard of hearing has said they have been left feeling isolated since being unable to access the subtitles of their favourite RTÉ shows in the last few months. Theresa (83) and Eamonn (78) Collins have been trying to lip-read newscasters and presenters on TV since they say […]