8:35 PM PT — Cops just provided an update, saying the person of interest is 50-year-old Robert Card. Residents are advised to shelter in pace, as he’s still on the loose. Law Enforcement is attempting to locate Robert Card 4/4/1983, as a person of interest in the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, pic.twitter.com/D90DwqTqrB — Brian … Read more
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Dozens of states sued Meta on Tuesday, accusing the company of putting profit ahead of the safety of its young users. The lawsuit, filed in a California federal court, argues that Meta unlawfully misled the public about the harms its products, like Facebook and Instagram, could impose on children and teens. By implementing a business … Read more
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake and some aftershocks have damaged nearly two dozen houses near Nepal’s capital ByThe Associated Press October 22, 2023, 11:12 AM KATHMANDU, Nepal — A 5.2 magnitude earthquake and some aftershocks damaged nearly two dozen houses in the hilly Dhading district near Nepal’s capital Sunday, an official said. The shaking also caused … Read more
KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel — Nearly two weeks after Hamas militants left his village scorched and shattered, Shachar Butler returned to bury a friend who was slain. But it was the town itself, a quarter of its residents dead or missing, that he eulogized. “It was the happiest place alive. It was a green place, … Read more
Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, on Jan. 30, 2023. Marlena Sloss | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google cut dozens of jobs in its news division this week, CNBC has learned, downsizing at a particularly sensitive time for online platforms and publishers. An estimated 40 to 45 workers in Google News have lost their jobs, … Read more
A 71-year-old man is in custody after Illinois police said he brutally attacked his tenant and her young child with a knife on Saturday, with local community leaders alleging he screamed anti-Muslim slurs as he stabbed them dozens of times. The Will County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Sunday that the suspect, Joseph Czuba, had been charged … Read more
A senior Congolese official says a boat capsized in Congo’s northwest killing at least 27 people ByJEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press October 14, 2023, 4:29 PM KINSHASA, Congo — A boat capsized in Congo’s northwest killing at least 27 people, and more than 70 others were missing, a senior government official said Saturday as rescuers searched … Read more
ISLAMABAD — A powerful magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country’s national disaster authority said. The United Nations gave a preliminary figure of 320 dead, but later said the figure was still being verified. Local authorities gave an estimate of 100 people killed and 500 … Read more
HOMS, Syria — Family members of victims of a deadly drone attack on a crowded military graduation ceremony gathered outside a military hospital in the central city of Homs on Friday to collect bodies of loved ones who died in one of Syria’s deadliest attacks in years. Thursday’s strike on the Homs Military Academy killed … Read more
QUETTA, Pakistan — A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of people celebrating the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 52 people and wounding nearly 70 others, authorities said, in one of the country’s deadliest attacks targeting civilians in months. An open area near a mosque was … Read more