General news

• Indonesia Warns of Risk of Landslides, Floods From New Cyclone

  09-04-2021 08:35 via usnews.com
  
  JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's weather agency warned on Friday that a second tropical cyclone in the space of a week could trigger floods and...
  
  Read more

• Portland rioters torch Apple store as another police killing sparks wave of destruction (VIDEOS)

  17-04-2021 15:49 via rt.com
  
  Rioters in Portland, Oregon wreaked havoc on the city's downtown, smashing windows and setting an Apple store on fire. Though the city has seen nightly riots for nearly a year, the latest came after police shot a man dead.Another night, another riot. Protesters assembled on Friday afternoon in Lents Park, where police had shot a man dead hours earlier. The man, who local media identified as “white” to ward off any potential “social unrest,” was carrying a replica firearm
  
  Read more

• Italy's Salvini Sent to Trial on Migrant Kidnapping Charge

  17-04-2021 15:22 via usnews.com
  
  PALERMO (Reuters) - An Italian judge on Saturday ordered that Matteo Salvini, leader of the right-wing League party, must stand trial on charges of...
  
  Read more

• Summer Festival Returns to Fort Wayne -- Without a Parade

  17-04-2021 15:14 via usnews.com
  Indiana’s second-largest city is bringing back a popular summer festival canceled last year by the pandemic, although this year’s festivities won’t include a parade.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Tunisia Divers Find Another Body From Migrant Boat; 22 Dead

  17-04-2021 15:12 via usnews.com
  Navy divers have recovered another body from a migrant boat that floundered and sunk off the coast of eastern Tunisia in the Mediterranean Sea.
  
  Read more

• US at risk of armed anti-police insurgency within FIVE YEARS, researcher claims

  17-04-2021 15:11 via rt.com
  
  Temitope Oriola, an expert in armed insurgency in sub-Saharan Africa, has issued a chilling warning that the US may soon witness its own armed insurgency if significant police and criminal justice reform is not enacted quickly.Oriola is the joint Editor-in-Chief of the African Security journal and associate professor at the University of Alberta. Based on his years of experience studying armed uprisings across the globe, he now believes that the US is potentially on the brink of disaster. 
  
  Read more

• Road-Rage Shooter Gets 22 Years for Everett Man's Death

  17-04-2021 15:10 via usnews.com
  A man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for a road-rage shooting that killed an Everett man in 2019.
  
  Read more

• Parent Jumps From Balcony, Handed Child in Apartment Fire

  17-04-2021 15:03 via usnews.com
  Firefighters in New Hampshire say one parent jumped from a third-floor apartment building balcony to the one below and the other handed off their child before escaping from a fire that had trapped people inside.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• As Voting Fight Moves Westward, Accusations of Racism Follow

  17-04-2021 15:03 via usnews.com
  
  Democrats are escalating their charges that the Republican push for tighter state voting laws is designed to make it hard for people of color to vote.
  
  Read more

• Scrubbed Raw, Hundreds of Civil War Era Gravestones Defaced

  17-04-2021 15:01 via usnews.com
  DAVIDSONVILLE, Md. (AP) — Bridget Blake walked through the historic cemetery behind All Hallows Episcopal Chapel in Davidsonville and cried. She didn’t grieve for the loss of a loved one but for the destruction to over 160 gravestones sloppily scrubbed clean by unknown people.
  
  Read more

• Pandemic Hasn't Affected Enrollment at Technical Center

  17-04-2021 15:01 via usnews.com
  HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — There were a few things working against Massanutten Technical Center this year as a direct result of the pandemic.
  
  Read more

• Indiana Lawmakers Plan Redistricting Session Later This Year

  17-04-2021 15:01 via usnews.com
  
  Indiana lawmakers have approved a plan for returning to the Statehouse later this year in order to approve new election districts.
  
  Read more

• Eden Veterans Refuge to Offer Military Women a Hand Up

  17-04-2021 15:01 via usnews.com
  SMYRNA, Del. (AP) — There is very little support in Delaware — as well as most other states — for female veterans and their families once they leave their military careers behind.
  
  Read more

• Deaf, Vision Services Hope to Grow With Unity Campaign Help

  17-04-2021 15:01 via usnews.com
  MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — When Mary Ann Jividen moved to West Virginia, she fully expected that there would be services available for deaf people to utilize throughout the area. With only two hours separating her and Washington D.C., it felt like a foregone conclusion.
  
  Read more

• 2 Men Drive Back From Colorado Trip in a Free 1992 Subaru

  17-04-2021 15:01 via usnews.com
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Two men, one beat-up old car and the open road back to Norfolk.
  
  Read more

• Strike Out Kids' Overuse Injuries This Baseball Season

  17-04-2021 15:00 via usnews.com
  SATURDAY, April 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Young baseball players are at risk for overuse injuries, but there are ways to play it safe and...
  
  Read more

• Ag Director: Planning Underway for State Fair in Du Quoin

  17-04-2021 14:58 via usnews.com
  Illinois’ Agriculture Director says plans are underway for a state fair in Southern Illinois after the annual event in Du Quoin was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
  Read more

• China Says Iran Nuclear Talks to Pick up Pace

  17-04-2021 14:55 via usnews.com
  
  VIENNA (Reuters) -Talks aimed at salvaging the Iran nuclear deal will continue and all remaining parties to the accord have agreed to accelerate...
  
  Read more

• Beans Sign, a Saginaw Landmark for Decades, Is Coming Down

  17-04-2021 14:54 via usnews.com
  After decades above Saginaw, a landmark sign is coming down.
  
  Read more

• Zimbabwe Frees Some Inmates to Reduce COVID-19 Risk in Jails

  17-04-2021 14:50 via usnews.com
  
  Zimbabwe has begun releasing about 3,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty aimed at easing congestion to reduce the threat of COVID-19 in the country’s overcrowded jails.
  
  Read more

• Owner, Builder of Solar Array Fined for Polluting Brook

  17-04-2021 14:48 via usnews.com
  A New Jersey solar energy company and utility Eversource have agreed to pay up to $310,000 in state fines to Massachusetts for allegedly violating state environmental laws that led to pollution of a brook and other protected areas.
  
  Read more

• Exclusive: China's Ant Explores Ways for Jack Ma to Exit as Beijing Piles Pressure - Sources

  17-04-2021 14:46 via usnews.com
  
  By Julie ZhuHONG KONG (Reuters) - Ant Group is exploring options for founder Jack Ma to divest his stake in the financial technology giant and give...
  
  Read more

• Pressure Mounts for Merkel's Bloc to End Its Power Struggle

  17-04-2021 14:44 via usnews.com
  
  Pressure is mounting on the two contenders hoping to lead German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right bloc into September’s national election to end their power struggle and agree which of them will run to succeed her.
  
  Read more

• Lawyers: DOJ Defense in Trump Defamation Suit Is 'Dangerous'

  17-04-2021 14:39 via usnews.com
  
  Lawyers for a woman who is suing former President Donald Trump say the U.S. Justice Department made a “wrong and dangerous” argument in seeking to defend him.
  
  Read more

• Clammers Digging Through Pandemic, but Shellfish Are Fewer

  17-04-2021 14:37 via usnews.com
  
  More New Englanders have dug in the tidal mudflats during the last year, but they’re finding fewer clams.
  
  Read more

• 27 Wyeth Paintings Donated to the Farnsworth Museum

  17-04-2021 14:32 via usnews.com
  Twenty-seven paintings by three generations of Wyeths have been donated to the Farnsworth Art Museum thanks to the late Betsy Wyeth.
  
  Read more

• Bennington Considers Other Uses for Energizer Facility

  17-04-2021 14:25 via usnews.com
  The town of Bennington is seeking proposals from consultants to help prepare a report on the potential redevelopment or reuse for the soon-to-close Energizer industrial facility.
  
  Read more

• Star British Choreographer Liam Scarlett Dies at 35

  17-04-2021 14:22 via usnews.com
  
  Choreographer Liam Scarlett, a dance star whose career was clouded by abuse allegations, has died at age 35.
  
  Read more

• British Fintech Revolut on Path to $10 Billion Valuation With New Funding - Sky News

  17-04-2021 14:22 via usnews.com
  (Reuters) - Digital banking app Revolut is on track for a new fundraising that will value the company at more than $10 billion, Sky News reported...
  
  Read more

• Cuomo Retreats From Open News Briefings That Made Him a Star

  17-04-2021 14:09 via usnews.com
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has lately shied away from coming face to face with reporters as he faces sexual harassment allegations.
  
  Read more

Follow @GeneralNewsUS on Twitter!