Jun. 30—GOSHEN — Many have heard of pet blessings and bicycle blessings, but truck blessings may not be quite as familiar. Such an event took place Saturday at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds, with numerous 18-wheel semitractor-trailers parked on the grounds. After lunch was served at Commercial Building A, a service, or blessing, type event […]
Spain set up a Euro 2024 quarter-final against hosts Germany but only after overcoming an early scare to beat Georgia 4-1. The tournament debutants took a shock lead when Robin Le Normand turned the ball into his own net in the 18th minute but Rodri levelled six minutes before the break and Fabian Ruiz put […]
MIAMI (AP) — As Florida’s ban on “lab-grown” meat is set to go into effect next week, one manufacturer hosted a last hurrah — at least for now — with a cultivated meat-tasting party in Miami. California-based Upside Foods hosted dozens of guests Thursday evening at a rooftop reception in the city’s Wynwood neighborhood, known […]
In celebration of the Fourth of July holiday, the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority will host a Liberty Weekend concert featuring the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS This year’s concert will be held at Terminal C on level 2, departures, at the Orlando International Airport. The annual performance by the Orlando Philharmonic […]
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Norfolk police hosted its latest effort to take back the community, as a community block talk was geared toward police hearing the most common concerns of residents in five of the city’s neighborhoods. Wednesday’s block talk was the first of its kind and targeted senior citizens, as police sought to hear […]
Jun. 25—In 1992, Ana Romero came to Pennsylvania from Spain as a foreign exchange student, where she was hosted by Debbie Roland. The two “grew very close” according to Roland, and now consider themselves to be family. After nearly 32 years of friendship, Roland is now hosting Romero’s daughter, Ane Murillo, at her current home […]
BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — There’s only one LGBTQ+ center in the Bronx, and that center hosted a joyous festival for Pride Month in true Bronx style. It’s the 10th annual de Bronx Pride Festival. More Local News Hundreds of members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies are celebrating with a performance of Masterz At […]
Here’s the latest from the day’s sporting action… Gaelic Games The GAA season has reached the knock-out stages, with Semple Stadium hosting two do-or-die encounters in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Kilkenny and Limerick await the victors of today’s quarter-final double-header in Thurles. Up first, Dublin face Cork from 1.15pm, before Clare and Wexford at […]
Refugee children from Honduras, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Russia, Venezuela and Fiji were welcomed at this year’s Camp Nefesh. The free summer day camp, hosted by Congregation B’nai Israel in Sacramento was started by founder Lucy Beckett when she was 16. The camp has been providing free, fun, summer activities for refugee children since 2018. Jason Weiner, […]
Wynton Butler, standing in the shade of a grove of trees Wednesday afternoon, posed a question. He asked the few dozen people sitting at picnic tables or standing in the grass in front of them to imagine that they were slaves who just learned that slavery had been abolished. But instead of leaving the slave […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A local nonprofit is serving four-legged friends in the community by making sure they remain healthy. “Pawsitive Life Rescue” held a low-cost vaccine clinic for both dogs and cats Sunday at Boofys Best for Pets in northeast Albuquerque. Story continues below The first vaccines, such as the parvo and booster shots were […]
About 500 demonstrators protested on Sunday in the Ukrainian capital Kiev under heavy security for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people. It was the first Pride march since the Russian invasion of Ukraine over two years ago. Due to the martial law in place, permits for demonstrations are difficult to obtain. The […]