Gangs in Haiti have attacked a community for 4 days. Residents fear that the violence could spread
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gang members have raided a key community in Haiti’s capital that is home to numerous police officers and has been under siege for four days in an ongoing attack, with residents fearful of the violence spreading throughout Port-au-Prince.
The pop of automatic weapons echoed throughout Solino on Thursday as thick columns of black smoke rose above the once peaceful neighborhood where frantic residents kept calling radio stations asking for help.
“If police don’t come, we are
‘I’m not going to forgive him’: Sammy Yatim’s mother says inquest into fatal shooting is opening old wounds
Sammy Yatim’s mother says she will never be able to forgive the officer who shot her son, but she will have to learn to sit through it.
Dr. Sahar Bahadi spoke exclusively to OMNI News Arabic amid a coroner’s inquest into the fatal shooting of her son more than ten years ago. An inquest that Bahadi says is reopening old wounds for her and her family.
“The wound is not healing at all. This has increased the pain,” she says. “I still can’t
Boost for homebuyers: Average long-term mortgage rate falls to 6.6%, lowest level since May
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell this week to its lowest level since May, welcome news for prospective homebuyers facing rising home prices and intense competition for relatively few properties on the market.
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage dropped to 6.6% from 6.66% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.15%.
The decline, which follows two weeks of
Belarus rights group calls on UN to push for proper treatment of cancer-stricken opposition prisoner
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The most prominent human rights group in Belarus is calling on the United Nations’ special rapporteur for human rights in the repressive country to pressure officials to give adequate medical treatment to an imprisoned opposition leader suffering from severe cancer.
The appeal Wednesday by said Ryhor Kostusiou is being denied proper medical care in the prison where he is serving a 10-year sentence on a conviction of attempting to unlawfully seize power.
Kostusiou, head of the Belarusian Popular Front party, was arrested in 20
Extreme cold weather causing oil spills in North Dakota; 60 reports over past week
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bitter cold weather is causing a rash of spills in the oil fields of North Dakota as well as a slowdown in production, regulators say.
North Dakota has seen multiple days of frigid weather with windchills at times reaching as low as minus 70 degrees (minus 57 Celsius) in its Bakken oil fields. Regulators say that strains workers and equipment, which can result in mishaps that lead to spills.
More than 60 spills and other gas or oil environmental problems
Senegal presidential candidate renounces French nationality to run for office
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Karim Wade, the son of a former president of Senegal and a strong political figure in the country, has renounced his French nationality to pave the way for him to run in next month’s presidential election.
Wade said Wednesday in a statement on X formerly known as Twitter, that France’s interior minister confirmed his renunciation. His dual French and Senegalese nationalities have been a subject of debate because Senegal’s constitution says candidates can run only if they are exclusively Senegalese.
The
Couple gives $100M to Atlanta’s Spelman College, in largest single gift to a Black college
ATLANTA (AP) — A billionaire couple is giving $100 million to Atlanta’s Spelman College, which the women’s school says is the largest-ever single donation to a historically Black college or university.
The donation was announced Thursday by Ronda Stryker and her husband William Johnston. She is the billionaire granddaughter of the founder of medical device maker Stryker Corp. and he is the chairman of money management firm Greenleaf Trust. They live in Michigan.
Spelman said that it would use $75 million
6 alleged gang members convicted of killing Chicago rapper FBG Duck in 2020
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has convicted six alleged gang members in the 2020 of Chicago rapper FBG Duck, a killing that prosecutors said was part of long-running violence over gang territories on the city’s South Side.
Jurors deliberated for about 16 hours over three days before announcing Wednesday that they had reached a verdict, convicting the of murder in the aid of racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder.
FBG Duck, whose real name was Carlton Weekly, was shot 16 times outside
S&P/TSX composite up in late-morning trading, U.S. stock markets mixed
TORONTO — Strength in industrial stocks helped Canada’s main stock index post a small gain Thursday, while U.S. markets rose, more than reclaiming Wednesday’s losses.
The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 61.71 points at 20,756.73.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 201.94 points at 37,468.61. The S&P 500 index was
Warriors vs. Mavericks game postponed following death of assistant coach Dejan Milojević
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks’ game at the Golden State Warriors scheduled for Friday night has been postponed following the , the NBA announced Thursday.
The date for the rescheduled game will be announced later.
Milojević, a mentor to two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and a former star player in his native Serbia, died Wednesday in Utah after suffering a heart attack. was part of the staff that helped the Warriors win the 2022 NBA championship. He was 46.
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