LA middle school on lockdown after threat of violence against campus
Los Angeles Academy Middle School was briefly placed on lockdown Tuesday after a threat of violence was made against the South L.A. campus, authorities said.
Los Angeles Academy Middle School was briefly placed on lockdown Tuesday after a threat of violence was made against the South L.A. campus, authorities said.
Donald Trump will address his supporters Saturday for the first time since his indictment on multiple federal charges shot the 2024 presidential election race into uncharted and potentially deeply destabilizing territory.Trump has already responded to the indictment with a string of posts on his Truth Social platform and a video statement, calling Smith "deranged" and a "Trump hater" and framing the prosecution as election interference orchestrated by Biden and his campaign.
Meteorologists on Saturday alerted millions of residents in Puerto Rico and Texas of extreme heat danger.
Boris Johnson shocks UK by resigning from Parliament
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that counteroffensive action was underway as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Kyiv and accused Russia over flooding from the breached Kakhovka dam.Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up the dam, while Moscow says Kyiv fired on it.
Bryan Cranston clarified some comments he made about his career and said he's not retiring from acting. He's just hitting the "pause button."
56% of homeowners indicated that their escrow payment increased in the last 12 months, up from 51% in 2021 and 49% in 2020.
With oil tankers docking from Mexico and Russia in recent days, Cuba could see its severe fuel shortage ease for the near future.It only produces a third of the fuel it needs each day, while residents navigate blackouts and food shortages.
Global heating and human changes to the landscape have invited more destructive fires, making fire season worse
In a statement, South Africa's presidency said Ramaphosa told Xi he noted the peace plan proposed by China and affirmed African leaders' support for initiatives aimed at a peaceful resolution of the conflict. "President Xi Jinping commended the initiative by the African continent and acknowledged the impact the conflict has had on human lives and on food security in Africa," the presidency statement said.
Panel’s opinion could pave way for full regulatory approval next month for treatment of disease that affects 6.5m Americans
Sixteen southern white rhinoceroses have been released into DR Congo's Garamba national park, officials said on Saturday, reintroducing an endangered species that was decimated by poaching. More southern white rhinoceroses are expected to be sent to Garamba National Park in the future. at-eml/yad
The Kurdish-led authority in northeast Syria announced Saturday that hundreds of fighters with the Islamic State group held in prisons around the region will be put on trial after their home countries refused to repatriate them. The statement by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria said it still calls for the creation of an international tribunal to put those fighters on trial. It called on the United Nations, international rights groups and local organizations to help facilitate the trials.
AccuWeather forecasters say portions of the central United States will have to contend with multiple rounds of dangerous storms in the coming days as opposing air masses collide. Summerlike heat and robust moisture in place across the Plains and Mississippi Valley will set the stage for potentially explosive development. "The atmosphere will be primed with sufficient energy to support vigorous storms," said AccuWeather Meteorologist La Troy Thornton. On Saturday, the threat of severe thunderstor
Full federal indictment against Donald Trump unsealed
Dozens of bed bugs and their eggs and fecal material on a metal bed frame. Jerome GoddardBed bugs are back with a vengeance. After an absence of around 70 years, thanks to effective pesticides such as DDT, they’ve been popping up in fancy hotels, spas, department stores, subway trains, movie theaters – and, of course, people’s homes. I’m a public health entomologist. In the course of my work, I’ve studied these little bloodsuckers, even letting bed bugs feast on my own appendages in the name of
After initially calling reports “inaccurate,” an official says that the administration “inherited” the problem.
At colleges with a majority-Black student population, Black and white students graduate at the same rate. Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea College graduation gaps between Black and white students tend to shrink when there are more students of color or faculty of color on campus. This finding is based on analyses of 2,807 four-year U.S. colleges conducted by psychology researc
A person visits a makeshift memorial near the scene of the fatal shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on May 19, 2022. AP Photo/Matt RourkeJust before the supermarket shooting that killed 10 people on May 14, 2022 in Buffalo, New York, the suspected terrorist posted a manifesto online. The top is adorned with a “sonnenrad,” or “black sun,” an old Nordic symbol. The sonnenrad is composed of 12 repeated runes – letters from ancient Germanic languages – arranged in a wheel. Each rune rep
Former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence appear together in November 2020. Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesFormer Vice President Mike Pence filed paperwork to declare his candidacy for president on June 5, 2023 – placing him in unusual ranks. While 18 of the 49 former vice presidents have gone on to run for president, it’s rare for vice presidents to run against their former bosses. Six of these former vice presidents, including President Joe Biden, were ultimately elected
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