RABAT, Morocco – Morocco’s state news agency says at least six people died when a boat carrying illegal migrants sank off the Mediterranean shore near the Spanish enclave of Melillla. According to authorities in the Nador province quoted by the MAP news agency, the boat was carrying 20 people when …
Read More »Former ally of deposed Ukrainian President Yanukovych shot to death in his home
MOSCOW – A former ally of deposed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been found shot to death in his home in Kiev. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry said Oleg Kalashnikov, a former member of the Ukrainian parliament, was found dead Wednesday evening. It said the he had died of gunshot wounds …
Read More »UN urges $30 million for Palestinian refugees in Syrian camp taken by Islamic State militants
UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council is calling for $30 million in emergency aid to help Palestinian refugees in the embattled Yarmouk camp in the Syrian capital. The council called for unhindered humanitarian access and protection of civilians inside the U.N. camp, now mainly controlled by Islamic State militants …
Read More »Mexican court orders school to compensate child bullied by classmates urged on by teacher
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Supreme Court has for the first time ordered a school to compensate a child for bullying by classmates, ruling that a teacher encouraged the harassment. The private school and the teacher have been ordered to pay 550,000 pesos ($36,500) to the family of the 7-year-old for …
Read More »Interpol: Islamic extremist rebel leader detained in Tanzania faces extradition to Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda – The head of Interpol in Uganda says an Islamic extremist leader who was arrested in Tanzania will be extradited to Uganda after Tanzanian authorities agreed to cooperate. Asan Kasingye told The Associated Press Tuesday that Jamil Mukulu appeared Friday in a Dar es Salaam court, charged with …
Read More »May trial for Detroit-area girl, 15, boyfriend, 23, on accusations they plotted family deaths
PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A judge in Detroit has scheduled a May 13 trial start for a 15-year-old area girl and her boyfriend on accusations they plotted to kill her family. A suburban judge ruled Feb. 5 that there’s enough evidence to try the girl and 23-year-old Michael Rivera on …
Read More »Kitzhaber lawyer asks state not to release private emails to federal investigators
SALEM, Ore. – A lawyer for former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber is trying to prevent the release of his personal emails to criminal investigators. Records from two personal email accounts that Kitzhaber used were archived on state servers. A staffer for the former governor had asked that they be removed, …
Read More »Harvesting abalone on California coast brings great risks to inexperienced divers
SAN FRANCISCO – Diving for abalone can be a dangerous sport, but that doesn’t deter the thousands of people who trek to the northern California coastlines each season to take a stab at getting some of the prized mollusks. With prices on the open market often reaching $125 a pound, …
Read More »Courtney Love: Back in the Saddle Again
Courtney Love | Beverly Sills | Tommy Lee Jones Courtney Love: The Comeback Begins You may remember that when we last left Courtney Love, she was climbing over the audience at the Bowery Ballroom. It was just a night or two after she’d hit an audience member with a microphone. …
Read More »Push It Like Beckham: PR in High Gear
Beckhams | ‘Sopranos’ | ’60s Rockers Push It Like Beckham: PR in High Gear Whether we like it or not, this is the summer of David Beckham and his wife, Victoria “Posh Spice.” After years of trying to become American celebrities, the Becks are being shoved down our collective throats. …
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