• Weber State scores 50-yard TD on final play, beats NAU

    Weber State scores 50-yard TD on final play, beats NAU
    OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Randall Johnson completed a 50-yard touchdown pass to Justin Malone on the last play of the game to give Weber State a 28-23 win over Northern Arizona. The Wildcats snapped the game-winning play with 2 seconds left. Johnson rolled right and threw the ball into a pack of four receivers and five defenders on the right side of the end zone with the 6-foot-4 Malone winning the battle. The Lumberjacks took a 23-22 lead with 17 seconds left on Keondre Wudtee’s 1-yard kee
  • Police: 2 dead, 3 arrested in Virginia Beach shootings

    Police: 2 dead, 3 arrested in Virginia Beach shootings
    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia Beach say two people were killed and eight people were injured in overnight shootings along the city’s oceanfront. Police said in a statement Saturday that three men ranging in age from 18 to 22 were arrested and face charges stemming from the shootings. The wounded were shot late Friday and their conditions ranged from serious to life-threatening. One woman died at the scene of a gunshot wound and an officer who was struck by a vehicle s
  • Alabama Shakes drummer facing child abuse charges

    Alabama Shakes drummer facing child abuse charges
    HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The drummer for Grammy Award-winning rock band Alabama Shakes is in custody on child abuse charges. News outlets report 35-year-old Steven William Johnson was arrested Wednesday after being indicted on charges of willful torture, willful abuse and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating a child under the age of 18. He’s being held on $21,500 bond at the Limestone County Jail. It was unknown if Johnson has an attorney who could comment on the charges
  • Strong winds return Sunday afternoon

    Strong winds return Sunday afternoon
    TUCSON - Breezy conditions are back to round out the weekend before we see increasing temperatures throughout the week.When the winds shift from the northwest to the southeast late tomorrow morning we will see consistent winds between 10-15 mph in Tucson with wind gusts as high as 25.
    Stronger winds are expected for Cochise and Santa Cruz counties.High temperatures will march through the 80's into the end of the work week before reaching the low 90's for the first time this year on Friday.Overni
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  • 2 in Seattle, San Francisco face anti-Asian hate charges

    2 in Seattle, San Francisco face anti-Asian hate charges
    SEATTLE (AP) — Prosecutors in Seattle and San Francisco have charged men with hate crimes in separate incidents that authorities say targeted people of Asian descent. In Seattle, authorities say 51-year-old Christopher Hamner screamed profanities and threw things at cars in two incidents last week targeting women and children of Asian heritage. Hamner was charged Friday with three counts of malicious harassments and remains in custody. In San Francisco, 53-year-old Victor Humberto Brown fa
  • Boys shot while riding a scooter in Philadelphia; 1 dies

    Boys shot while riding a scooter in Philadelphia; 1 dies
    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say one boy was killed and another wounded by gunfire as they rode a motorized scooter on a street in Philadelphia. Police say 11-year-old Harley Celance and a 14-year-old boy were shot around 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Oxford Circle neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia. The younger child was hit in the neck and was pronounced dead minutes later. The older child was shot in the arm and ankle and was in stable condition. Police said an unidentified man was see
  • The Latest: Living in motels, eviction ban offers no relief

    The Latest: Living in motels, eviction ban offers no relief
    ATLANTA — Housing attorneys say people living in U.S. hotels and motels are facing a heightened risk of homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic.Job losses have made it harder for millions of Americans to make rent. But hotel guests are excluded from a federal moratorium on evictions for people facing financial hardship during the coronavirus outbreak.Long-term hotel and motel residents in California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey and Virginia have reported being kicked out or
  • 2 traffic workers struck, 1 fatally, in Glendale hit-and-run

    2 traffic workers struck, 1 fatally, in Glendale hit-and-run
    GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Glendale police were seeking a hit-and-run driver whose pickup struck two traffic workers, one fatally. Police said the workers were struck early Saturday while removing barricades from an earlier wreck that had caused road closures. The worker killed was identified by police as 37-year-old Gustav Danielson of Avondale. Police said the other worker, a 35-year-old Gilbert man whose name was not released, was hospitalized in stable condition. The hit-and-run vehicle wa
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  • Death toll from Egypt building collapse climbs to 18

    Death toll from Egypt building collapse climbs to 18
    CAIRO (AP) — The death toll from the collapse of a nine-story apartment building in Cairo has climbed to 18 people, according to Egyptian state media. The building collapsed in the Egyptian capital early Saturday.  State newspaper Al-Ahram said that search and rescue workers recovered the bodies over the course of the day. It was not immediately clear what caused the building’s collapse. They are not uncommon in Egypt, where shoddy construction is widespread in shantytowns, poor
  • Myanmar forces kill over 100 in deadliest day since coup

    Myanmar forces kill over 100 in deadliest day since coup
    YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — As Myanmar’s military celebrates the annual Armed Forces Day holiday with a parade in the country’s capital, soldiers and police elsewhere have reportedly killed dozens of people as they suppressed protests in the deadliest bloodletting since last month’s coup. By Saturday night, the online news site Myanmar Now reported the death toll had reached 114. A count issued by an independent researcher in Yangon who has been compiling near-real time death
  • Kentucky town rallies to restore beheaded Mother Goose

    Kentucky town rallies to restore beheaded Mother Goose
    HAZARD, Ky. (AP) — A town in Kentucky is rallying to help restore an 80-year-old landmark — an oval shaped building that has a domed roof with the neck and head of a goose sticking out the front. Until last week, that is, when the goose was beheaded by strong winds. But community support for the Mother Goose house is pouring in. A Go Fund Me page has raised over $7,000. WYMT-TV reports the Kentucky Heritage Council in Frankfort has pledged to help out. And the Appalachian Apparel Com
  • US waives FBI checks on caregivers at new migrant facilities

    US waives FBI checks on caregivers at new migrant facilities
    HOUSTON (AP) — The Biden administration is not requiring FBI fingerprint background checks of caregivers at its rapidly expanding network of emergency sites to hold thousands of immigrant teenagers. That alarms child welfare experts who say the waiver compromises safety. The FBI fingerprint checks use criminal databases not accessible to the public and can overcome someone changing their name or using a false identity. U.S. Health and Human Services issued a statement Friday saying that di
  • Family of man held in Lebanon builds support for hostages

    Family of man held in Lebanon builds support for hostages
    Four sisters who started a foundation in the name of their father, an American who was jailed and tortured in his native Lebanon for months before he died, are reaching out to help the families of other hostages. Amer Fakhoury was a New Hampshire restaurant owner. He made his first trip to Lebanon in 2019 in nearly 20 years to see family. He was accused of decades-old murder and torture charges that he and his family always denied. He was released in March 2020 and died of cancer in August at ag
  • Myanmar forces kill scores in deadliest day since coup

    Myanmar forces kill scores in deadliest day since coup
    YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — As Myanmar’s military celebrates the annual Armed Forces Day holiday with a parade in the country’s capital, soldiers and police elsewhere have reportedly killed dozens of people as they suppressed protests in the deadliest bloodletting since last month’s coup. By Saturday night, the online news site Myanmar Now reported the death toll had reached 114. A count issued by an independent researcher in Yangon who has been compiling near-real time death
  • Bruce, Sandoval on big league rosters, Maybin, Frazier cut

    Bruce, Sandoval on big league rosters, Maybin, Frazier cut
     Jay Bruce returned to the major leagues, making the New York Yankees’ roster at the deadline for decisions on free agents who had gone to spring training with minor league contracts. Atlanta added third baseman Pablo Sandoval and told infielder Ehire Adrianza he will be put on the major league roster. The Chicago Cubs told infielder Eric Sogard he will be added. Detroit, having already told pitcher Julio Teheran he will be on the roster, informed pitcher Derek Holland he will be adde
  • The Latest: Turkey to start vaccinating people over 60

    The Latest: Turkey to start vaccinating people over 60
    ISTANBUL — Turkey will begin vaccinating people over 60 and some risk groups as daily infections climb, the country’s health minister says.
    Minister Fahrettin Koca announced on Twitter the spouses of people above 60 are also eligible. The risk groups included in this round of vaccinations are people with underlying conditions.Turkey rolled out its vaccination program in January with CoronaVac by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac and has administered more than 14.6 million sho
  • Flagstaff council objects to Ducey order on mask mandates

    Flagstaff council objects to Ducey order on mask mandates
    FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Flagstaff City Council is casting a critical eye on Gov. Doug Ducey’s executive order barring local governments from enforcing mask-wearing mandates to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. The council on Friday issued a statement saying it doesn’t plan to rescind the city’s proclamation requiring mask-wearing but won’t enforce it while studying Ducey’s order Thursday. His order also lifted the state’s own remaining COVID-19 r
  • Gunman fires into crowd outside bar; 4 critically wounded

    Gunman fires into crowd outside bar; 4 critically wounded
    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say four people were critically wounded and three others less seriously injured when a man fired a handgun into a crowd outside a bar in Philadelphia. Police said Saturday that the suspect is still being sought in the shooting the evening before outside the Golf & Social sports bar north of downtown. Television news stations reported the shooting followed an altercation inside the bar. Police found two victims inside a convenience store and two in the ba
  • Report: Center-left candidate in Germany favors EU army

    Report: Center-left candidate in Germany favors EU army
    BERLIN (AP) — The center-left Social Democrats’ candidate to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel is backing the idea of a European Union army but says the creation of one likely won’t happen in the near future. Olaf Scholz told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper that any EU force would need to be subject to the same parliamentary control as Germany’s army, which only can be deployed with approval from national lawmakers. In interview extracts publish
  • No timeline given for extracting wedged ship from Suez Canal

    No timeline given for extracting wedged ship from Suez Canal
    SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal for a fifth day Saturday. Authorities made new attempts to free the vessel and reopen a crucial waterway whose blockage is disrupting global shipping and trade. Meanwhile, the head of the Suez Canal Authority says strong winds were “not the only cause” for the Ever Given running aground on Tuesday. The official told a news conference that an investigation is ongoing but did not rule ou
  • The Daily Saguaro, Saturday, 3/27/21

    The Daily Saguaro, Saturday, 3/27/21
    Photos were shot in and around the Tucson Mountains.
  • Body camera video shows officers berating 5-year-old boy

    Body camera video shows officers berating 5-year-old boy
    SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A police department in Maryland has released body camera video that captured two of its officers berating a 5-year-old boy who had walked away from his elementary school, calling him a “little beast” and threatening him with a beating. The video released Friday by the Montgomery County Police Department shows one of the officers repeatedly screaming at the crying child, with her face inches from his. The boy’s mother has filed a lawsuit over the
  • Foreigners flock to Serbia to get coronavirus vaccine shots

    Foreigners flock to Serbia to get coronavirus vaccine shots
    BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of vaccine-seekers from countries neighboring Serbia have flocked to Belgrade after Serbian authorities offered free coronavirus jabs to foreigners who showed up over the weekend. Long lines of Bosnians, Montenegrins and North Macedonians formed in front of the main vaccination center in the Serbian capital on Saturday as police kept watch. Most of Serbia’s Balkan neighbors have been struggling with shortages and have barely started mass vaccination
  • US questions legality of Bolivian arrests of ex-officials

    US questions legality of Bolivian arrests of ex-officials
    LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The United States says it is concerned about increasingly ″anti-democratic behavior and the politicization of the legal system” in Bolivia following the arrests of officials from the country’s former interim government. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that there are questions about the legality of the arrests and urged Bolivia to release the detainees pending “an independent and transparent inquiry into human rights and du
  • Police in Belarus capital arrest more than 100 protesters

    Police in Belarus capital arrest more than 100 protesters
    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Police in the capital of Belarus have arrested more than 100 people who assembled for a protest march to call for the resignation of the country’s authoritarian president. The planned event in Minsk on Saturday indicated that supporters of the political opposition seek to revive the wave of mass protests that gripped Belarus for months last year but were dormant during the winter. At least five journalists were among those arrested; it was not immediately clear w
  • Boys shot while riding a dirt bike in Philadelphia; 1 dies

    Boys shot while riding a dirt bike in Philadelphia; 1 dies
    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say one boy was killed and another wounded by gunfire as they rode a dirt bike on a street in Philadelphia. Police said the 11-year-old and 14-year-old were shot at about 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Oxford Circle neighborhood. The younger child was hit in the neck and was pronounced dead minutes later at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. The older child was shot in the arm and ankle and was in stable condition at Jeanes Campus at Temple University H
  • India’s Modi ends Bangladesh visit that sparked violence

    India’s Modi ends Bangladesh visit that sparked violence
    DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has concluded his two-day official visit to Bangladesh, a trip that sparked both violent protests and enthusiasm that relations between the two neighbors will continue to grow. Modi arrived on Friday to join celebrations of Bangladesh’s 50th anniversary of independence, but the visit was overshadowed by violent protests in the capital, Dhaka, and elsewhere. At least four people were killed and 40 injured in clashes between
  • Women, LGBT people and students protest for rights in Turkey

    Women, LGBT people and students protest for rights in Turkey
    ISTANBUL (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Istanbul to demand the reversal of recent decisions by Turkey’s government that affect students, women and the LGBT community. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a surprise decree a week ago ending Turkey’s participation in a landmark treaty aimed at protecting women from violence. About a thousand women and allies turned up Saturday to protest the country’s withdrawal from the Council of Europe’s Istanbu
  • China sanctions US, Canadian officials over Xinjiang

    China sanctions US, Canadian officials over Xinjiang
    BEIJING (AP) — China has announced new sanctions against U.S. and Canadian officials in a growing political and economic feud over its policies in the traditionally Muslim region of Xinjiang. A statement from the Foreign Ministry issued Saturday said the head of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Gayle Manchin would be barred from visiting mainland China, Hong Kong or Macao, and for having any dealings with Chinese financial entities. Vice chair of the commission Tony P
  • Authorities probe small plane crash at Alabama airport

    Authorities probe small plane crash at Alabama airport
    BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) — An investigation is underway after a small plane crashed in Alabama, injuring the pilot. Multiple news agencies report the crash happened Friday about 4:15 p.m. at the Bessemer Municipal Airport. Police and other first responders said the 52-year-old pilot was the only person in the fixed-wing aircraft and had to be extricated from the wreckage. He suffered a compound ankle fracture. Authorities said the pilot, whose name has not been released, was trying to land when
  • Some Alaska Costco shoppers say ravens steal their groceries

    Some Alaska Costco shoppers say ravens steal their groceries
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Some Alaska Costco shoppers say they’ve had their groceries stolen by ravens in the store parking lot. The Anchorage Daily News reported Friday that Matt Lewallen said ravens swooped in to steal a short rib from his cart as he was packing groceries into his car. Lewallen says the piece of meat was about 4-by-7 inches large — a sizable meal for a sizable bird. The Daily News reported that five other customers say ravens tried or succeeded in taking their
  • Plaintiff loses after lawyer refuses to wear mask in court

    Plaintiff loses after lawyer refuses to wear mask in court
    NEW YORK (AP) — A woman has lost her personal injury lawsuit after her lawyer refused to wear a mask in court and the Brooklyn judge threw out the case. The New York Daily News reported Friday that Judge Lawrence Knipel tossed the case after attorney Howard Greenwald said he could not breathe wearing the mask in the newly reopened court. Knipel was hospitalized with COVID-19 last spring. He insisted the lawyer comply with rules requiring masks in all state court buildings. He told the news
  • The Latest: Germany health minister says lockdown needed

    The Latest: Germany health minister says lockdown needed
    BERLIN — Health Minister Jens Spahn says Germany needs a strict lockdown last at least 10-14 days to reduce the rapid rise of coronavirus infections, which has been fueled by a more contagious variant.
    The country’s disease control agency announced 20,472 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 157 additional deaths on Saturday. The head of the Robert Koch Institute said Friday that Germany could see as many as 100,000 infections daily if infections keep rising exponentially.
    This week
  • Balky sign-ups complicate virus vaccinations for blind, deaf

    Balky sign-ups complicate virus vaccinations for blind, deaf
    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The confusing maze of websites, phone numbers and more required to sign up for an COVID-19 immunization in the United States is presenting a challenge for people who are visually impaired or hard of hearing. Providers are using multiple different systems that can vary by state and even cities. The blind and deaf says that often forces them to rely from others to help them get in line. In Oregon, Carla McQuillan can’t see and couldn’t use screen reader to
  • Ukraine’s president dismisses head of Constitutional Court

    Ukraine’s president dismisses head of Constitutional Court
    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has dismissed two judges from the country’s Constitutional Court, saying in a decree that certain jurists “pose a threat to the state independence and national security of Ukraine.” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy removed Constitutional Court Chairman Oleksandr Tupytskyi and another judge in the decree issued Saturday. Tupytskyi was appointed to the court in 2013 by former President Viktor Yanukovych, who was driven from office
  • Charlottesville mayor’s poem about city, racism ‘hits nerve’

    Charlottesville mayor’s poem about city, racism ‘hits nerve’
    America’s Black politicians have a long history of calling out the nation’s racism. But few have taken to poetry and written that their city is “void of a moral compass” and “rapes you of your breaths.” Nikuyah Walker is the first Black woman to be mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia. A poem she posted about racism on Twitter and Facebook has drawn national attention. Her poem begins: “Charlottesville: The beautiful-ugly it is. It rapes you … and t
  • Elite UK schools in spotlight over claims of misogyny, rape

    Elite UK schools in spotlight over claims of misogyny, rape
    LONDON (AP) — The London police department says it is investigating multiple alleged offenses described on a website that a young woman set up to expose cases of sexual harassment, assault and “rape culture” at schools across the U.K. The Everyone’s Invited site was created last year by 22-year-old Soma Sara for students to anonymously report “misogyny, harassment, abuse and assault.” More than 5,800 accounts have been posted, and the site has sparked a public
  • Big Tech’s outsized influence draws state-level pushback

    Big Tech’s outsized influence draws state-level pushback
    Big Tech’s outsized influence over so many aspects of everyday life has become one of the biggest battlefronts in state legislatures. Scores of so-called “techlash” bills are being debated in dozens of statehouses, where lawmakers of both major parties are proposing rules related to antitrust, consumer privacy, taxes on digital ad sales, app store fees and speech on social media. The statehouse debates are taking on greater importance because congressional action is stalled. Te
  • Beleaguered Syria suffers also due to Suez Canal closure

    Beleaguered Syria suffers also due to Suez Canal closure
    BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s Oil Ministry says it has begun rationalizing the distribution of fuel in the war-torn country amid concerns of delays of shipments arrivals resulting from a giant cargo ship wedged in Egypt’s Suez Canal. Even before the skyscraper-sized Ever Given, carrying cargo between Asia and Europe, ran aground Tuesday in the narrow, man-made canal dividing continental Africa from the Sinai Peninsula. Syria had been suffering from fuel shortages mostly caused by Weste
  • The Latest: Brazil daily deaths near 4,000 amid virus surge

    The Latest: Brazil daily deaths near 4,000 amid virus surge
    RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil accounts for a quarter of the daily coronavirus global deaths, more than any other nation.
    There is growing recognition among experts, mayors and governors that shutdowns are no longer avoidable. Restrictions on activity they implemented last year were half-hearted and consistently sabotaged by President Jair Bolsonaro.The nation’s seven-day average of 2,400 deaths stands to reach to 3,000 within weeks, experts told the Associated Press. Spikes of daily deaths
  • For many motel dwellers, eviction ban provides no relief

    For many motel dwellers, eviction ban provides no relief
    ATLANTA (AP) — Housing attorneys say people living in hotels and motels are facing a heightened risk of homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Job losses have made it harder for millions of Americans to make rent. But hotel guests are excluded from a federal moratorium on evictions for people facing financial hardship during the coronavirus outbreak. Long-term hotel and motel residents in California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey and Virginia have reported being kicked out o
  • Floyd spurred broad push for change globally, activists say

    Floyd spurred broad push for change globally, activists say
    As Minneapolis braces for Monday’s opening statements in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-officer who is charged with murder and manslaughter in George Floyd’s death, so does the world. Floyd was the spark that set the U.S. ablaze. Millions of Americans, along with thousands in cities abroad, took to the streets in protests that drew many new supporters to the Black Lives Matter cause. But then-President Donald Trump’s move to transform the unrest into a winning political iss
  • As daily deaths near 4,000, worst may lie ahead for Brazil

    As daily deaths near 4,000, worst may lie ahead for Brazil
    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil currently accounts for one-quarter of the entire world’s daily COVID-19 deaths, far more than any other single nation, and health experts are warning the nation is on the verge of even greater calamity. There is growing recognition among experts, mayors and governors that shutdowns are no longer avoidable. Restrictions on activity they implemented last year were half-hearted and consistently sabotaged by President Jair Bolsonaro. He remains unconvinced of
  • Many history interpreters of color carry weight of racism

    Many history interpreters of color carry weight of racism
    As the nation continues to reckon with racism, historical sites like Colonial Williamsburg are working to be more racially inclusive. Many of the actor-interpreters of color who play out historical scenes there say they appreciate the efforts. But it’s a weighty experience to portray enslaved people or others who lived through the racism of the past. The work of getting into character has these costumed interpreters exploring painful parts of history. And once they step back into the real
  • GOP lawmakers seek greater control over local elections

    GOP lawmakers seek greater control over local elections
    In addition to their nationwide efforts to restrict voting access, Republican lawmakers in some key states are seeking greater control over the local mechanics of elections, from voter registration to certifying results. It’s part of a broader GOP campaign to limit access to the ballot and challenge outcomes. The legislation includes partisan takeovers of election boards and threats to fine county election officials. Georgia has one of the more consequential bills, which was signed into la
  • Vice presidents’ policy projects come with political risks

    Vice presidents’ policy projects come with political risks
    WASHINGTON (AP) — For decades, the job of a vice president was to try to stay relevant, to avoid being viewed, in the words of one occupant of the post, as “standby equipment.” But in recent administrations, the seconds-in-command have increasingly been deputized with special policy assignments that add some weight — and political risk — to the job. That’s likely to be the case for Vice President Kamala Harris, who this week was named the new point person on i
  • Vaccines haven’t cured loneliness in New York nursing homes

    Vaccines haven’t cured loneliness in New York nursing homes
    HERKIMER, N.Y. (AP) — High rates of COVID-19 throughout New York have left the majority of its nursing homes closed for most indoor visits despite relaxed guidance meant to help open them up for visitors. A little more than half of New York nursing homes were ineligible for indoor visits in mid-March. New York updated its visitation rules Thursday in a way that will now allow visits to resume under certain conditions, even if a resident has recently tested positive. But that relaxed standa
  • Prosecutors struggle with consistent story in Jan. 6 cases

    Prosecutors struggle with consistent story in Jan. 6 cases
    BOSTON (AP) — Authorities suggested for weeks in court hearings and papers that members of the Oath Keepers militia group planned their attack on the Capitol in advance in an effort to block the peaceful transition of power. But prosecutors have since said it’s not clear whether the group was targeting the Capitol before Jan. 6, giving defense attorneys an opening to try to sow doubt in the government’s case. Authorities are still combing through a sea of evidence in what they
  • Myanmar forces kill dozens in deadliest day since coup

    Myanmar forces kill dozens in deadliest day since coup
    YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar security forces have reportedly killed 93 people in the deadliest day since last month’s military coup. A count issued by an independent researcher in Yangon who has been compiling near-real time death tolls put the total as darkness fell Saturday at 93, spread over more than two dozen cities and towns. The online news site Myanmar Now reported the death toll had reached 91. Both numbers are higher than all estimates for the previous high on March 14, w
  • Myanmar media say security forces have killed 91 people in deadliest day since last month’s military coup

    Myanmar media say security forces have killed 91 people in deadliest day since last month’s military coup
    YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar media say security forces have killed 91 people in deadliest day since last month’s military coup.The post Myanmar media say security forces have killed 91 people in deadliest day since last month’s military coup appeared first on KVOA.

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