West Virginia Senate OKs bill to allow veterans, retired police to provide armed security in schools
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — County education boards in West Virginia could contract with military veterans and retired law enforcement officers to provide armed security at K-12 public schools under a bill passed Friday by the Republican-controlled state Senate.
Republican Sen. Eric Tarr of Putnam County said the bill was brought to him by retired military officers concerned about school shootings happening across the country.
Tarr, who chairs Senate Finance, said retired officers told him that “we need people in our schools who are
Dozens of Kenyan lawyers protest what they say is judicial interference by President Ruto
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan lawyers Friday demonstrated peacefully in Nairobi against what they say is judicial interference by , who has said he will disregard court orders from allegedly corrupt judges blocking his key development projects.
In recent days, Ruto has also repeatedly threatened to remove judges he accuses of teaming up with his political rivals to frustrate his attempts to address unemployment in and provide affordable housing and universal health care. But the head of state has not produced any evidence to back his claims that some judges are corrupt.
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Quaker cereals and granola bars recalled due to possible salmonella contamination
Quaker Canada is announcing a voluntary recall of more than three dozen types of cereals and granola bars due to possible exposure to salmonella.
The recall includes Harvest Crunch cereals, Chewy granola bars, Dipps granola bars, yogurt granola bars, as well as Cap’n Crunch treat bars.
Both Quaker and Cap’n Crunch brands are owned by parent company PepsiCo.
“This action is being taken in Canada out of an abundance of caution and commitment to the wellbeing of our Canadian consumers,” Quaker Canada said in a statement
Pay Back CERB…or Go Bankrupt?! In This Economy?!
Kara is being asked to pay back all the money she received from the Canada Emergency Response Benefit back in 2020. But she’s making less now than she was before the pandemic and all of her expenses have gone up. She doesn’t have the means to pay the Canada Revenue Agency and might have to file bankruptcy as a result.
Jordan talks to Elizabeth Mulholland to find out why the CRA is going after this money now. Then speaks with licensed insolvency trustee, Doug Hoyes, to learn
‘It’s reprehensible:’ Search for thief who stole from resident in senior living facility
A 91-year-old victim is speaking out in hopes of tracking down a suspect who got into her room at an Oakville senior living facility.
“I came back from lunch and there was this strange man in my room,” Nancy Baldwin recalls.
It was December 21, 2023, and it wasn’t just a man but two women who welcomed her at her door when she returned from lunch.
“I didn’t know who they were but they were chatting with me
Income gap between new immigrants and all Canadians shrunk by half in four years: PBO
OTTAWA — The income gap between Canada’s newest immigrants and other Canadian workers has narrowed significantly, a new report from the parliamentary budget officer said Friday.
The report found that in 2018, new immigrants — or those who have been permanent residents for only a year — had a median income about 78 per cent of that earned by all tax filers.
In 2014 it was 55 per cent.
The PBO said the trends coinciding with this change include greater Canadian work experience, more
Somali president’s son reportedly testifies in Turkey as he is accused of killing motorcyclist
ISTANBUL (AP) — The son of Somalia’s president testified at an Istanbul court on Friday about the death of a motorcycle courier in the city, Turkish media reported.
An arrest warrant had been issued for Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud after a diplomatic car he was driving allegedly hit Yunus Emre Gocer, 38, on a highway in Istanbul on Nov. 30. Gocer died in a hospital six days later, by which time Mohamud had left Turkey.
Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said last month that he had
Scientists explain why the record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge. Warming may be worsening
The latest calculations from several science agencies showing Earth obliterated global heat records last year may seem scary. But scientists worry that what’s behind those numbers could be even worse.
The Associated Press asked more than three dozen scientists in interviews and emails what the smashed records mean. Most said they fear acceleration of climate change that is already right at the edge of the (2.7 Fahrenheit) increase since pre-industrial times that nations had hoped to stay within.
“The heat over the last calendar year was a
František Janouch, a Czech nuclear physicist who supported dissidents from Sweden, dies at age 92
PRAGUE (AP) — František Janouch, a Czech nuclear physicist who set up a foundation in Sweden while in exile to support the dissident movement in his communist homeland at the time, has died. He was 92.
The Charter 77 Foundation said Janouch died on Friday morning in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, where he had lived since the 1970s. No details about the cause of his death were given.
Born on Sept. 22, 1931 in the
Syria’s government extends permission for UN to bring aid through border crossing with Turkey
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s government is giving the United Nations permission for another six months to with Turkey to bring aid into the country’s rebel-held northwest.
Syria’s mission to the U.N. said in a statement late Thursday that the Bab al-Hawa crossing should be “effectively operationalized in a way that contributes to helping people in need in northwest Syria.” The statement said the period expires on July 13.
Rebel-held parts of northwest Syria are home to more