Only a handful of migrant families remain at Logan Airport’s Terminal E Saturday – roughly 24 hours since Governor Maura Healy announced no one would be allowed to stay overnight starting July 9. The Healey-Driscoll administration said that the decision comes as a result of recent efforts to open a new safety-net site at the […]
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A defunct Russian satellite has broken up into more than 100 pieces of debris in orbit, forcing astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter for about an hour and adding to the mass of space junk already in orbit, U.S. space agencies said. There were no immediate details […]
Despite the promised withdrawal of Kenya’s controversial tax bill, protests continued against the government of President William Ruto on Thursday, with gunfire reported in Nairobi. The situation was tense in the capital, where demonstrators announced a march to State House, Ruto’s official residence. Access roads were cordoned off over a wide area and numerous police […]
The rising St. Croix River is dousing Stillwater’s plans for its Fourth of July fireworks. City officials decided Tuesday evening to postpone the popular fireworks show because of the water in and around Lowell Park, said Mayor Ted Kozlowski. “It was a really tough call to make,” Kozlowski said. “The reality is the river is […]
By Anna Voitenko DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops trying to hold their ground on the eastern front in Donetsk region may still be outnumbered by Russian forces, but the “shell hunger” that plagued them for months as ammunitions started to run out is now behind them. One unit in Donetsk region, the focus […]
The Oak Ridge Fire is now at 213 acres, growing from its June 22 ignition. The fire is burning in a remote area of the Southern Rockies inside the San Isabel National Forest. A mandatory evacuation was issued for residents in the area. Officials were scheduled to share more details of the fire at 5:30 […]
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Flooding in the Midwestern U.S. collapsed a railroad bridge and tested a dam Monday after days of heavy rains that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate or be rescued from rising waters. The flooding brought additional misery to parts of Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota during a vast […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department (APD) kicked off a series of events on Saturday geared toward preventing crime in the metro this summer. These pop-ups are happening in partnership with the Metro Crime Stoppers to make crime prevention information more accessible to the public. “Anybody who has a car that has never had their […]
The Israeli military is investigating some its own soldiers after footage showed that an injured Palestinian man had been strapped to the front of a military jeep as it moved through the West Bank on Saturday. The man, Mujahed Azmi, was later treated by a medic. In a statement, the Israeli military said the “conduct […]
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Israeli forces pounded Rafah and other areas across the Gaza Strip and engaged in close-quarter combat with fighters led by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, residents and Israel’s military said. Residents said the Israelis appeared to by trying to complete their capture of Rafah, the city on the enclave’s southern […]
The U.S. has told Ukraine it can use American-supplied weapons to hit any Russian forces attacking from across the border — not just those in the region near Kharkiv, according to U.S. officials. The subtle shift in messaging — which officials insist is not a change in policy — comes just weeks after the U.S. […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities in Ukraine have created a national registry to document cases of sexual violence allegedly committed by Russian forces, a senior prosecutor told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Viktoriia Litvinova, the country’s deputy prosecutor general, said that the registry was created out of a pilot project that had already resulted in […]