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Sudan’s army and rival extend truce, despite ongoing clashes

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:02:32 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s army and its rival paramilitary said Sunday they will extend a humanitarian cease-fire a further 72 hours. The decision follows international pressure to allow the safe passage of civilians and aid but the shaky truce has not so far stopped the clashes. In statements, both sides accused the other of violations. The agreement has deescalated the fighting in some areas but violence continues to push civilians to flee. Aid groups have also struggled to get badly needed supplies into the country.The conflict erupted on April 15 between the nation’s army and its paramilitary force, and threatens to thrust Sudan into a raging civil war.Earlier Sunday, an aircraft carrying eight tons of emergency medical aid landed in Sudan to resupply hospitals devastated by the fighting, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which organized the shipment. It arrived as the civilian death toll from the countrywide violence topped 400. More than two-thirds of ...

9 injured by gunfire at South Carolina party now recovering

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:02:32 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Masked gunmen fired without warning into a crowd at a late night teen party at a South Carolina park over the weekend, wounding nine people, a sheriff said.All nine hit by gunfire are expected to live, as well as a woman who was injured when she was run over by a fleeing car and another person who was cut on the hand, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said in a Sunday update on the Saturday shooting.“So fortunate and so glad and so thankful that right now we believe that everybody is going to survive,” Lott said. “It’s not because those who were doing the shooting didn’t try.”Deputies were called to Meadowlake Park near Columbia around 1:20 a.m. Saturday and found only a few people at the scene. Not long after, hospitals started reporting several gunshot victims arriving in emergency rooms, deputies said.Teenagers from several high schools had gathered at the park for the afterhours “flash party” that was announced on social media and not sponsored by the local...

Former Blue Jay Teoscar Hernadez discusses emotional return to Toronto

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:02:32 GMT

The Toronto Blue Jays will head out on the road for almost two weeks after finishing up their series at home Sunday against the Seattle Mariners. The weekend series marked the first time the two clubs played each other since Toronto blew an 8-1 lead in last fall’s Wild Card Series game. It also marked the first time the Jays faced former teammate Teoscar Hernández since he was traded to the Mariners in the off-season. Lindsay Dunn spoke with Hernández about being back in the city for the first time since the trade:Lindsay Dunn: As soon as you stepped onto the field the fans were chanting your name. What has it been like for you to be back here in the city and get such a warm embrace from Jays’ fans?Teoscar Hernández: “I mean, the love that they give me is impressive. I didn’t expect nothing less from the fans, they are great. I enjoyed them so much for the time that I was here and I appreciate them.”LD: Is this series against the Blue Jays something that you ...

Pope voices willingness to return Indigenous loot, artifacts

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:02:32 GMT

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Sunday that talks were underway to return artifacts in the Vatican Museum that were acquired from Indigenous peoples in Canada and voiced a willingness to return other colonial-era objects in the Vatican’s collection on a case-by-case basis.“The Seventh Commandment comes to mind: If you steal something you have to give it back,” Francis said during an airborne press conference en route home from Hungary. Recently, Francis returned to Greece the three fragments of the Parthenon sculptures that had been in the Vatican Museums’ collection for two centuries. The pope said Sunday the restitution was “the right gesture” and that when such returns are possible, museums should undertake them.“In the case where you can return things, where it’s necessary to make a gesture, better to do it,” he said. “Sometimes you can’t, if there are no possibilities — political, real or concrete possibilities. But in the cases where you can restitute, please d...

New Orleans restaurant shooting kills waiter, wounds tourist from Chicago

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:02:32 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A shooting outside a well-known New Orleans restaurant Friday killed an employee, and one bullet penetrated the restaurant and wounded a Chicago tourist visiting for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.Interim New Orleans police Superintendent Michelle Woodfork told reporters Saturday that the shooting happened outside Mandina's Restaurant in New Orleans' Mid-City neighborhood. No suspects have yet been named. Dismembered human remains found in Kankakee County; 1 charged with murder Woodfork said police believe two assailants targeted the waiter, whom family members identified to The Times-Picayune of New Orleans as 23-year-old Hilbert Walker III.A private security guard returned fire, Woodfork said, and was not injured. Diners told local news outlets that they dived to the floor seeking cover and that police didn't let them leave for more than an hour.The 54-year-old Chicago woman was visiting for Jazz Fest and was at Mandina’s “to celebra...

Health officials warn irritating symptom may be returning with latest COVID strain

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:02:32 GMT

(KTLA) - A new coronavirus subvariant is starting to spread in the U.S. and, according to health experts, it could be causing an annoying symptom to return. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly 10% of all COVID cases reported last week were determined to be from the omicron-related XBB.1.16 subvariant, being referred to by some as Arcturus.After first being reported in January, the World Health Organization declared XBB.1.16 a variant of interest in mid-April, The Hill reports. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is warning residents that this omicron sub-strain of COVID-19 may come with an irritating symptom: conjunctivitis Pandemic 3 years later: Has the COVID-19 virus won? Commonly known as pink eye, health officials also reported that pink eye could be linked to COVID early in the pandemic. Then again last year, experts warned there could be a connection between the then-new omicron variant and itchy, irritated eyes. Now, some hea...

More than 200 people died in national parks last year: These were the deadliest

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:02:32 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — Every year, America's national parks welcome millions of visitors. That includes the near-record 311 million guests served last year alone. Unfortunately, some of those visitors never left the parks. Newly released data collected by the Public Risk Management Program from the National Park Service system shows that between 2014 and early April 2023, over 2,600 visitors died in national parks. Of those 204 died in 2022 alone. Though it wasn't the deadliest year in that nine-year period, it was the deadliest since 2019 when a record 320 people (tied with 2017) died across the NPS system. It was the most visited national park in 2022, but it isn’t exactly a park While you may think the proximity to wildlife or overall freedom to traverse occasionally dangerous terrains may be to blame for many of those fatalities, the leading cause of death- after those listed as "not reported" — was motor vehicle crashes, which accounted for 37 deaths across more than two dozen national...

Study: Texas ranks in top 10 for places retirees are moving

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:02:32 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A recent collection of data suggested older adults were moving out of northeastern cities and into other parts of the country, including Texas, which ranked No. 10.SmartAsset said it examined U.S. Census Bureau migration data to find where people 60 and older were moving to and from.“These cities may be attractive for a multitude of reasons, including community, taxes, recreation, climate and more,” SmartAsset said.Texas has proven to be tax-friendly toward retirees. Since there is no state income tax in Texas, Social Security income and withdrawals from retirement accounts would not be taxed.According to the study, Texas had a net gain of 5,542 retirees in 2021. Data showed a high number of people 60 and older were moving to San Antonio and Frisco from another state.City ranking was determined by the net difference between the number of retirees that moved into the city versus those moving out of the city, according to SmartAsset.As one of the 10 largest cities in t...

Comedian Roy Wood Jr. coming to Albany Funny Bone

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:02:32 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Comedian Roy Wood Jr. will be coming to The Funny Bone in Albany. There will be a total of three performances scheduled between June 16 and June 17, all of which will be 21+ events. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Wood Jr. is a comedic veteran known best for this work on Comedy Central, particularly as a correspondent on The Daily Show. He has three comedy specials, and is the host of two of the comedy network's podcasts: Roy's Job Fair and Beyond the Scenes. The comedy icon was recently the host of the 2023 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. President Joe Biden and Wood. Jr. traded light-hearted comedic jabs at the event. Strand Theatre hosting Mother’s Day matinee concert The appearance at The Funny Bone will feature multiple performances, slated for 7:30 p.m. on June 16, and two performances at 7:00 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. respectively on June 17. Tickets are available online.

With Andrew Cogliano out for rest of Stanley Cup Playoffs, Kraken’s Jordan Eberle discusses hit that fractured Cogliano’s neck

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:02:32 GMT

Jordan Eberle’s hit on Andrew Cogliano ruffled Avalanche feathers even before it was revealed that Cogliano had fractured his neck on the play. After Jared Bednar told reporters Sunday morning that Cogliano is out for the playoffs — regardless of the result of Game 7 vs. the Kraken — Eberle recounted the hit as a fast play on which he didn’t intend to cause an injury.“The puck’s coming up the wall, and I just went in to try and make a play, and … it’s tough when the puck is moving that fast and the game’s that fast, especially a playoff game,” he said. “When the play ends up in an injury, it’s always unfortunate. I was happy to see (Cogliano) back in the third. And obviously you hear that he’s hurt the next day, it’s tough. But for me, it’s just trying to play hockey.”Eberle, a former teammate with Cogliano for the Edmonton Oilers, declined to share whether he has spoken with Cogliano sin...