Kenyan police have fired tear gas in the capital, Nairobi, to disperse anti-government protests. In the city centre many businesses have remained closed. Demonstrators have also taken to the streets of other cities including Mombasa and Kisumu. Human rights groups say since the protests against a controversial finance bill began two weeks ago 39 people […]
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Dirt bikes take over Cleveland streets, tear up park
CLEVELAND (WJW) – Video released to the FOX 8 I-Team shows more dirt bike riders taking over the street, trying to terrorize police and tearing up a city park. So, we went back to police with a question many of you ask every time packs of dirt bikes cause trouble. Sunday evening, security cameras captured […]
Obama sister tear gassed during Nairobi protest
Former President Obama’s sister said she was tear gassed during a protest in Nairobi, where she was demonstrating against controversial finance legislation. Auma Obama, a Kenyan activist and half-sister of the former president, was tear gassed before speaking to CNN during a protest in the country on Monday. Widespread protests have gripped Kenya ovder legislation […]
Warren Buffett has been on a 9-day buying tear with oil stock Occidental, and it could shed insight into Berkshire Hathaway’s bigger strategy, analyst says
The Oracle of Omaha has set his sights on the oil industry. Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company helmed by investing titan Warren Buffett, has upped its stake in Houston-based Occidental Petroleum, buying up shares over the past nine trading days to bring its holdings to almost 29% of the firm, according to SEC filings. The […]
Penn State takes one-month pause on plan to tear down historic barn. The future is still unclear
Penn State has agreed to hold off on plans to demolish a historic barn in Centre County for a month, but what happens next is unclear as advocates for saving the barn fear the loss of a local landmark. Siblings Richard Kepler and Vicky Kepler Didato’s family previously owned the farm, located along state Route […]
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Death toll rises to 15, including 2 children, after severe storms tear across US
At least 15 people have died, including two children, in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky after violent storms ripped through the region, spawning tornados and leaving hundreds of thousands of residents without power during potentially record-breaking heat. In Texas, multiple tornados were reported throughout the state with one plowing through Cooke County – approximately 50 […]
Tornado kills multiple people in Iowa as powerful storms again tear through Midwest
GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — An undisclosed number of people were killed when a tornado tore through a small town in Iowa, leaving a wide swath of obliterated homes and crumpled cars and also twisting and toppling wind turbines outside of the town. After devastating Greenfield, a town of 2,000, on Tuesday the storms moved eastward […]
Jan. 6 rioter who pushed through tear gas inside Capitol advances to House GOP runoff in Georgia
WASHINGTON — A Capitol riot defendant who waded through tear gas behind a pro-Donald Trump mob pursuing police officers inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 advanced to a GOP runoff in a Georgia House district on Tuesday, NBC News projects. Charles Hand III, who goes by Chuck Hand, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor offense […]
Storms tear through KCK, damaging business and Wyandotte County Lake Park
A bout of high wind late Sunday night left some severe damage in Kansas City, Kansas, including around Wyandotte County Lake Park, as work crews began cleanup efforts Monday. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and KCK closed the park by the lake Monday, said spokeswoman Krystal McFeders. An emergency management team had been deployed […]
Powerful storms kill three as tornadoes tear through parts of US
Severe storms tore through parts of the US again on Wednesday, spawning damaging tornadoes, producing massive hail and killing two people in Tennessee and one person in North Carolina. A storm that rumbled across north-eastern Tennessee brought high winds that knocked down powerlines and trees. Claiborne County sheriff Bob Brooks said a 22-year-old man was […]
Day after tear gas and arrests at USF, protest planned off campus
A day after about 10 people were arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of South Florida, organizers said they planned to protest again today — but off campus. The protest Tuesday evening ended when law enforcement used tear gas to disperse about 100 people who had gathered. You can catch up with all […]