Metro Transit workers sue over order to limit use of Amharic language
An investigation found that the instruction for two Metro supervisors to speak their native language, Amharic, only in private was “hostile and discriminatory.”
Day: April 24, 2023
Rant and Rave: USPS impresses with its speedy deliveries
RAVE to USPS. For all of the grief it gets, I have to give it a rave. I mailed cards (26 of them) from the Queen Anne post office on Saturday morning and they were received Tuesday all over the country. I still believe in USPS; thank you! RANT to the c…
Intiman’s ‘The Niceties’ asks its audiences to chose a side
The audience is placed in the middle of an ideological battle between a Black university student and a white professor in Eleanor Burgess’s intense 2018 play.
Another U.S. evacuation attempt from Sudan wouldn’t be safe, U.S. official says
John Kirby, National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, advises Americans who are still in Sudan to shelter in place amid fighting.
Nine teens hurt in Texas prom party shooting
Authorities in Jasper County are currently searching for ‘persons of interest’
Another U.S. evacuation attempt from Sudan wouldn’t be safe, top U.S. official says – CBS News
Another U.S. evacuation attempt from Sudan wouldn’t be safe, top U.S. official says CBS NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
South Africa begins evacuation of citizens trapped in Sudan
Ramaphosa earlier said South Africa would ‘assist other nationals’ from ‘our region’ stranded in Sudan.
Over €68 bn withdrawn from Credit Suisse ahead of UBS takeover
At the same time, the bank saw its net profit swell to 12.4 billion francs, up from a significant loss a year earlier.
Death toll in Kenyan starvation cult rises to 58, police say
Kenya’s police chief says the death toll includes eight people who were initially found emaciated and alive.
U.S. evacuates embassy staff from Sudan as violence enters second week
The U.S. evacuated just under 100 people from its embassy in Sudan, as violence in the country enters its second week. Debora Patta reports.