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Climate Protesters March on New York, Calling for End to Fossil Fuels

Climate Protesters March on New York, Calling for End to Fossil Fuels
[ad_1] Tens of thousands of people, young and old, filled the streets of Midtown Manhattan under blazing sunshine on Sunday to demand that world leaders quickly pivot away from fossil fuels dangerously heating the Earth. Their ire was sharply directed at President Biden, who is expected to arrive in New York Sunday night for several […]

Florida 14-year-old boy shoots and kills mother, injures her boyfriend

Florida 14-year-old boy shoots and kills mother, injures her boyfriend
[ad_1] A 14-year-old boy was arrested in Riverview, Florida, on Saturday after he allegedly shot and killed his mother and left his mother’s boyfriend with multiple gunshot wounds, according to officials. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office received numerous 911 calls just after 4 p.m. on Saturday regarding an incident in the Summerfield subdivision, Sheriff Chad […]

Florida youth pastor, soccer coach separately accused of sex crimes involving minors

Florida youth pastor, soccer coach separately accused of sex crimes involving minors
[ad_1] A youth pastor and a softball coach were arrested in Florida for unconnected sex crimes involving minors, according to officials. David Robinson, 34, and Matthew Galhouse, 40, were charged in Hillsborough County. Robinson was charged with nine counts of transmitting harmful material to a minor while Galhouse faces 12 counts of sexual battery. “Two […]

Alabama will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church

Alabama will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church
[ad_1] Alabama on Friday will mark the 60th anniversary of one of the most heinous attacks during the Civil Rights Movement, the bombing of a church that killed four Black girls. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court, will give the keynote address at the remembrance […]

Bangladeshi Activists Sentenced to Prison for a Report the Government Dislikes

Bangladeshi Activists Sentenced to Prison for a Report the Government Dislikes
[ad_1] Two prominent human rights activists who have tracked extrajudicial killings and disappearances in Bangladesh were sentenced on Thursday to two years in prison, raising alarm about a new escalation in quashing dissent. The Dhaka Cyber Tribunal, a court in the capital city, found Adilur Rahman Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan guilty of spreading misinformation […]