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US joins UN in suspending food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:28 GMT

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The United States aid agency says it has suspended all food assistance to the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray “until further notice” while it investigates the theft of humanitarian supplies. The U.N. confirmed earlier reports that it was doing the same.USAID Administrator Samantha Power said that her group has “uncovered that food aid, intended for the people of Tigray suffering under famine-like conditions, was being diverted and sold on the local market.”After discovering food was missing, the agency alerted its inspector general, who launched an investigation. “Following this review, USAID determined, in coordination with the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa and our implementing partners, that a temporary pause in food aid was the best course of action,” Power said in a statement. She added that USAID has raised its concerns with Ethiopia’s federal government and Tigray authorities.Nearly all of Tigray’s 6 million people rely on food aid, after two yea...

Judge tosses Trump lawsuit against New York Times

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:28 GMT

(The Hill) - A New York judge on Wednesday tossed former President Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times and several of its reporters over a 2018 article on the former president’s “dubious tax schemes.”Justice Robert Reed dismissed the claims against the Times and its reporters Susanne Craig, David Barstow, and Russ Buettner and ordered Trump to pay all attorneys’ fees and other costs associated with the lawsuit."The New York Times is pleased with the judge's decision today,” Times spokesperson Charlie Stadtlander said in a statement. “It is an important precedent reaffirming that the press is protected when it engages in routine newsgathering to obtain information of vital importance to the public."Trump sued the newspaper and his niece Mary Trump in September 2021, accusing them of engaging in an “insidious plot” to obtain confidential tax records for the article. The former president claimed the Times reporters were liable because they allegedly encouraged his niec...

Swarm of bees delays Delta flight in Houston for 3 hours

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:28 GMT

(NEXSTAR) - Anyone who has ever flown knows it's not uncommon for flights to be delayed. It could be for any number of reasons - weather, waiting for flight crews to arrive from other delayed flights, maintenance, and, in extreme cases, security breaches are just a few. For passengers hoping to board a flight from Houston to Atlanta on Wednesday, it was a different type of delay: bees on a wing. Twitter user Anjali Enjeti shared a photo of a group of bees that had congregated on a wingtip. She noted crews wouldn't let passengers board until the swarm was removed. In one photo shared with Nexstar, seen below, the swarm can be seen covering the upper half of the wingtip, entirely concealing the blue color of the piece. A swarm of bees, seen here, delayed a Delta Airlines flight from Houston to Atlanta for roughly three hours on May 3, 2023. (Anjali Enjeti)Enjeti explained in a Twitter thread that crews hoped to bring in a beekeeper but, according to the flight's captain, they wouldn't...

Eight student-athletes participate in Shaker signing day

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:28 GMT

LATHAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Shaker High School held its' signing day Wednesday afternoon, celebrating eight student-athletes who will be continuing their playing careers at the collegiate level. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Three of those student-athletes will be staying close to home. Steve Sadek and Anthony Schrom are both set to join the University at Albany football team, and standout boys basketball player Zacharie Matulu is off to UAlbany as well.Matulu's special connection with the Great Danes coaching staff made his decision an easy one."It was mostly Coach Killings and the whole coaching staff," said Matulu. "The environment that I worked out in here at Shaker was very similar. The coaches always pushed me to try hard, encouraging me to stay after, and work hard too."Karleigh Mirabile is taking her field hockey skills to Division I Stonehill College. Her dream of competing at the highest level has been a long time ...

Great Danes remaining undeterred by Vermont woes ahead of America East tournament

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:28 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The University at Albany men's lacrosse team has become a staple in the America East Tournament. The Great Danes are set for an 11th straight postseason appearance, but their semi-final opponent Thursday has been a thorn in their sides of late. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! UAlbany travels to top-seeded University of Vermont - a program that has beaten the Danes eight straight times, and knocked them out of the last three postseason tournaments.Head coach Scott Marr knows his team can change the tide of this matchup with the Catamounts; the key is to simply stay out of their own heads."Obviously we've struggled with them the last couple years," said Marr. "But we don't want to make it a big deal that it's so much of a pressure on us. It's more of a pressure on them at this point because at some point we are going to beat them. So, for them to keep extending the streak, they still have to play real...

Ukraine says Dnipro hit by Russian strikes but most drones destroyed

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:28 GMT

Russia launched a third nightly round of attacks on Kyiv in six days, authorities in the Ukrainian capital said on Wednesday (3 May), with a drone hitting a building in the Dnipropetrovsk region as Moscow steps up attacks on its neighbour.Ukraine's Air Force Command said its forces destroyed 21 of the 26 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched by Russia, while Kyiv officials said air defence systems eliminated those sent over the city, with no initial reports of casualties or destruction."All enemy targets were identified and shot down in the airspace around the capital," Kyiv's military administration said on the Telegram messaging app, citing initial details.Air raid sirens blared for several hours in Kyiv, the surrounding region and most of eastern Ukraine, with the skies only clearing towards dawn.Russia has intensified attacks on Ukraine ahead of a counteroffensive widely expected by the latter, sending nearly nightly waves of drones and missiles to target Kyiv and other areas over...

Ask Amy: My mom told us to eat food we didn’t pay for

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:28 GMT

Dear Amy: An ethical dilemma:My family and I were recently getting food at a drive-thru after our high school softball game. It was a big order.When our food was handed to us, our mom basically quickly handed it back to us in the back seat and drove away from the restaurant.We dove in and were helping ourselves to some chicken from a bucket when we noticed that we had been handed part of someone else’s order.We told our mother that we’d gotten extra food that wasn’t ours, but she said there wasn’t anything we could do about it and that we just got lucky.We felt bad that someone else hadn’t gotten their food.What should we have done?HungryDear Hungry: Because you had already started eating the food, returning it wouldn’t have been possible. You could have quickly called the restaurant to let them know of the mistake – as a courtesy to clear up any subsequent confusion caused by the mix-up.Dear Amy: My brother has been married twice. He and his first wife had two sons.During the divor...

Harriette Cole: How long before I need to have this talk with my kid?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:28 GMT

DEAR HARRIETTE: I’m about to welcome a new baby into my family soon, and it’s through adoption.I’m over-the-moon excited and ready for the challenge of being a new parent, but I’m also struggling with the difficult question of when to tell the child they’re adopted. I understand that it’s something they’ll eventually find out and something I can’t keep hidden forever, so when should I have that conversation? What would be the most appropriate age?It’s something I take very seriously, and I don’t want to give my child the wrong information at the wrong time.Expectant ParentDEAR EXPECTANT PARENT: Congratulations on the next step in your new family. What a blessing it is to welcome a child into your life!There are many opinions about how and when to tell your child that they are adopted, so I can’t give you a definitive answer. I can tell you the going wisdom. Educators believe that children have a growing sense of aware...

Tiroteo en Newark: un niño de 7 años y otras dos personas mueren en la balacera

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:28 GMT

Un tiroteo que se registró la noche del miércoles en Newark, Nueva Jersey, dejó un saldo de tres muertos, entre ellos un niño de 7 años y el atacante, según autoridades. La balacera ocurrió en una vivienda en Watson Ave y Elizabeth Ave e involucró a agentes de la policía. Los motivos de la balacera y la relación de las víctimas con el atacante no están claras por ahora.Entre las víctimas están un niño de 7 años que recibió un disparo en el pecho y otro adulto que fue encontrado sin vida en el apartamento. El atacante murió en un enfrentamiento con los policías.Las identidades de las víctimas y del responsable de la tragedia no han sido divulgadas.Source

Liberan a Fang Bin, un periodista ciudadano de Wuhan que fue encarcelado por documentar el brote inicial de covid-19 en 2020

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:14:28 GMT

(CNN) — Fang Bin, un vendedor minorista que se convirtió en periodista ciudadano y documentó el principio del brote de covid-19 en Wuhan, fue liberado después de más de tres años de detención en China , dijo un miembro de su familia a CNN.Fang desapareció después de compartir videos que mostraban la situación sobre el terreno en la ciudad del centro de China, el epicentro del brote original, mientras las autoridades buscaban suprimir información sobre el verdadero alcance de la emergencia mundial que se desarrollaba.Fang fue liberado este domingo y estaba en Wuhan, según un miembro de la familia que se negó a ser identificado debido a preocupaciones sobre las repercusiones.Fang sufrió problemas de salud durante su detención: tuvo problemas para comer y dormir, y perdió peso, dijo la fuente.Sus videos publicados en las redes sociales a principios de 2020 pusieron al descubierto las realidades de la propagación mortal del virus, contradiciendo la narrativa oficial presentada en ...