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A look at the unrest in East Africa’s most stable democracy. Thousand protest over proposed tax hikes in a finance bill in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, June 20, 2024.Photo by Andrew Kasuku /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KAMPALA, Uganda — Kenya’s president came to power by appealing to the common people, describing himself as a “hustler” and vowing … Read more

A new I-95 sign in Pennsylvania was turning heads — but not for its directions. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation misspelled a key word on the new sign southbound on the interstate, directing drivers to “Cenrtal” Phila instead of “Central” Phila. Commuters promptly noticed the embarrassing error, posting photos of it to X that have … Read more

Roughly 1.3 million ultra-Orthodox Jews make up about 13% of Israel’s population and oppose enlistment. Israeli police officers remove an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man from the street during a protest against army recruitment in Jerusalem on June 2, 2024.Photo by Leo Correa /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — The Supreme Court unanimously ordered the government to begin … Read more

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Victoria Square say they’ll stay put until the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec divests from Israel. Protesters attached a Palestinian flag to the statue of Queen Victoria outside their encampment at Victoria Square in Montreal, Tuesday June 25, 2024. A city worker removed the flag later Tuesday, along with a … Read more

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ripped CNN debate moderators Dana Bash and Jake Tapper Tuesday for “cheerleading” COVID lockdowns — before praising former President Donald Trump as the “greatest debater in modern American history.” Kennedy, 70, predicted on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” that neither Bash nor Tapper would ask “tough questions” of either the … Read more

Rick Caruso, right, endorsed Nathan Hochman for district attorney during a news conference Tuesday at Casa Vega in Sherman Oaks. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Billionaire mall magnate and 2022 mayoral hopeful Rick Caruso announced Tuesday that he is backing Nathan Hochman for L.A. County district attorney, adding perhaps the biggest name yet … Read more

Game over. A New Jersey man got so ticked off while duking it out in an online video game that he flew to Florida in the middle of the night to bash his rival with a hammer, authorities said. Edward Kang, 20, allegedly hopped on an overnight flight at Newark Liberty International Airport, landed at … Read more

L.A. County voters will decide in November whether to approve a new half cent sales tax for homeless services across the region. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to send a measure to the November ballot that would double the county’s homelessness sales tax to a half cent to fund housing and homeless … Read more

Over the past eight months, the bear has lived under the watch of two caregivers. A black bear, found last October emaciated and several underweight, climbs a structure about a month before being released back into the wild.Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation (AIWC) has released a black bear cub into … Read more

Independent presidential aspirant Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lauded WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s release from prison and called for a statue to be erected in his image. Kennedy, 70, who had long been a proponent of pardoning Assange, also re-upped his well-worn push for him and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to be pardoned, while upholding the … Read more