For two years in a row, gun violence has erupted at Cinco de Mayo gatherings on Milwaukee’s near south side and authorities, elected officials and the wider community are expressing growing concerns about large gatherings turning violent. A 29-year-old Milwaukee police officer was shot and injured at a gathering Sunday near West Scott Street and […]
The United States is gearing up for Cinco de Mayo. Music, all-day happy hours and deals on tacos are planned at venues across the country on Sunday — May 5 — in a celebration with widely misunderstood origins that is barely recognized south of the border. In the U.S., the date is largely seen as […]
It’s water festival time in Thailand where many are marking the country’s traditional New Year, splashing each other with colorful water guns and buckets in an often raucous celebration that draws thousands of people, even as this year the Southeast Asian nation marks record-high temperatures causing concern. The festival, known as Songkran in Thailand, is […]
Apr. 4—Expect a lot of blooming going on Saturday at the Muskogee Azalea Festival Parade. The parade, with the theme Flower Tunes, will be 11 a.m. Saturday along Broadway, from Second to Sixth Streets. This year’s parade grand marshals are Casey Hentges, host of the OETA Saturday morning program “Oklahoma Gardening” and the show’s video […]
A team of city officials are coming together to celebrate Ravenna’s 225th anniversary this year. Ravenna is looking for a logo for its 225th anniversary celebration, which will take place this summer. Councilwoman Amy Michael said Chelsea Gregor, clerk of council, is working with the city’s administration to plan the celebration. She encouraged all council […]
Millions of people will see the sun go dark in the middle of the day when a total solar eclipse happens across a wide swath of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico on April 8. The stunning astronomical phenomenon will last just four minutes and 28 seconds, though that’s twice as long as the last total […]
Punxsutawney Phil has predicted an early spring in Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania, the scene of the largest and best known Groundhog Day celebration in the United States. The annual event is a tongue-in-cheek ritual in which Phil’s handlers, members of a club with roots in the late 19th century, reveal whether the groundhog has seen his […]
Jan 2 (Reuters) – Russia’s police have detained thousands of migrants across the country in New Year’s Eve raids with scores of them facing deportation, Russian media reported on Monday. About 3,000 migrants were detained in Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg during checks “to prevent crime,” Russia’s RIA state news agency reported. “As it […]
(Reuters) – Russia’s police have detained thousands of migrants across the country in New Year’s Eve raids with scores of them facing deportation, Russian media reported on Monday. About 3,000 migrants were detained in Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg during checks “to prevent crime,” Russia’s RIA state news agency reported. “As it turned out, […]
Around 390 people were detained during festivities on Berlin streets on New Year’s Eve, many due to dangerous use of fireworks that also caused harm to several police officers, according to the Berlin police on Monday. A total of 54 police officers were injured, 30 of them by pyrotechnics. Eight of the injured police officers […]
If you’ve got plans to head to the bars on New Year’s Eve or perhaps to check out the 10th annual Potato Drop outside of the Idaho Capitol Building, you’re in luck. There’s a more-likely-than-not chance that the skies above Boise will remain dry Sunday evening heading into Monday morning, and temperatures will even be […]