Columbus, OH

The Independent

Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned from her post and fled the country after weeks of violent clashes between police and protesters left nearly 300 people dead.Ms Hasina left the capital Dhaka at 2.30pm local time on Monday on a military aircraft, reported newspaper Prothom Alo. It said the prime minister and her sister were heading to a “safer place”. The flight into exile ended a 15-year second stint in power for Hasina, who has ruled for 20 of the last 30 years as leader of the political movement inherited from her father. He was assassinated with most of...

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees country after weeks of deadly protests

Uganda’s hardline President Yoweri Museveni has warned citizens planning anti-corruption protests Tuesday that they are “playing with fire.”

Uganda’s President Museveni warns citizens they are ‘playing with fire’ over planned protests

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT) released a press statement Friday urging Russia to refrain from designating Indigenous Peoples’ and national minorities’ rights organizations and other groups as “extremist organizations.”. The press statement follows the Russian authority’s decision of July 25 to classify...

OMCT urges Russia to not continue listing of indigenous rights organizations as extremist

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country on Monday following weeks of deadly protests that culminated in nearly 100 fatalities in a single day. The military has announced the formation of an interim government in the wake of her departure. Unrest and resignation. The nationwide protests against Hasina’s...

Bangladeshi Prime Minister flees country amid deadly protests, military announces interim government

ABUJA, Nigeria -- Nigeria’s leader on Sunday called for an end to mass protests over economic hardship, saying the rallies have turned violent and blaming “a few with a political agenda” for driving them. The protests, however, continued for a fourth day in a few places, including in the economic hub of Lagos.

Nigerian leader calls for end to hardship protests

Fox News

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened military intervention in Israel in a move to stop its war in Gaza as Palestinian casualties mount and Israel faces mounting aggression by Islamic extremists.

Turkey's Erdogan threatens to invade Israel over war in Gaza as regional tensions grow

The District of Columbia’s Court of Appeals rejected a First Amendment challenge to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which penalizes unauthorized access to copyrighted material and limits the scope of “fair use” exceptions. Filed by Judge Nina Pillard, the decision stated that while the First Amendment...

DC court rejects first amendment DMCA challenge, penalizing unauthorized access of copyrighted material

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

The Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of five Israelis taken back to Gaza as hostages during Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on 7 October. The bodies of kindergarten teacher Maya Goren as well as the soldiers Sergeant Major Ravid Aryeh Katz, Master Sergeant Oren Goldin, Staff Sergeant Tomer Ahimas and Sergeant Kiril Brodski were found in a Hamas tunnel in the southern city of Khan Younis on Wednesday.

Israeli military recovers five hostages' bodies in Gaza

Los Angeles, CA

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L.A. TACO

L.A. TACO has identified the police officer seen in a viral video sucker-punching a detained man named Alexander Mitchell in Watts over the weekend as Los Angeles Police Department Officer (LAPD) Joshua Sportiello.

LAPD Officer Identified After Punching Detained Man In Face In Watts On Video

Orange County, CA

Corcoran, CA

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CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the July 28, 2024, death of an incarcerated person at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility as a homicide.

Pimp arrested in Orange County killed by an inmate at a state prison

South Carolina State

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Florida State

Meteorologist Joe Cioffi

Northern Florida, Southern Georgia, South Carolina into portions of Southeast North Carolina are about to see the heaviest rainfall in many years and quite possible historic rainfall amounts from Hurricane Debby. The hurricane strengthened overnight and is making landfall today along the coast of the Florida Big Bend area near Cedar Key. From here, Debby will be on a slow crawl northeastward and it may take all week for Debby to play out. This sets up for devastaing and potentially catastrophic rainfall in the areas noted above.

Hurricane Debby crosses Florida, Georgia, South Carolina & North Carolina, historic flooding likely

Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran is not looking to escalate regional tensions but believes it needs to punish Israel to prevent further instability, the foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week. "Iran seeks to establish stability in the region, but this...

Iran Says It Does Not Want Regional Escalation but Must 'Punish' Israel

Uncovering Florida

Most people are guilty of doing it at least once in their lives, many people do it by accident, some do it because they find it fun, and others do it for reasons like honoring loved ones. Regardless of the situation, just about everyone has released a balloon. The difference is that intentionally releasing balloons is now illegal by House Bill 321’s standards.

Law Signed By DeSantis Makes It Illegal To Release Balloons In Florida

Reuters

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Nearly 100 police officers from the Democratic Republic of Congo fled to neighbouring Uganda over the weekend as fighting between M23 rebels and the military in Congo's east intensified, a Ugandan military spokesperson said on Monday.

Congolese police officers flee to Uganda as fighting intensifies

The Hill

The Biden administration on Wednesday urged Americans in Lebanon to “shelter in place” amid rising tensions in the Middle East over a series of attacks and retaliation among Hezbollah, Israel and Iran. The State Department updated its travel advisory for the entire country of Lebanon to Level 4:...

US tells Americans in Lebanon: ‘Be prepared to shelter in place’

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Monday that the country’s threat level is being increased from “possible to probable” at a press conference in Canberra with Mike Burgess, the Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. The officials cited an increase in extremist views in the country leading to a more than 50% chance of the planning of an onshore attack in the next 12 months.

Australia raises terrorism threat level from ‘possible’ to ‘probable’ due to rising extremist views

Rebels from the M23 movement captured a border town in eastern DR Congo without a fight on Sunday, local sources said, the same day a ceasefire between DR Congo and neighboring Rwanda was meant to come into force. Ishasha, on the border with Uganda, was the latest town to fall...

M23 Rebels Take DRCongo-Uganda Border Town

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In a deeply distressing event that has left the community of Padana village in Lahore reeling, a 15-year-old boy named Arsalan sadly ended his life by leaping from a water tank. The tragic incident is believed to have happened following Arsalan's receipt of poor grades in his final exams, a critical juncture in the educational structure of Pakistan.

Tragedy Strikes: Teenager Commits Suicide Over Exam Results in Lahore

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Human Rights Watch calls for Pakistan authorities to respect rights while dealing with Balochistan protests

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Wednesday that the Pakistan government should exercise restraint in dealing with ongoing protests in the province of Balochistan. It further...

Human Rights Watch calls for Pakistan authorities to respect rights while dealing with Balochistan protests

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