Hunt for 6 seen on video stealing wigs, assaulting employees: video
Houston police are looking for six people seen on video robbing a beauty supply store on North Freeway, stealing wigs, and assaulting employees.
Day: May 22, 2023
US signs pact with Papau New Guinea to counter China
The United States has signed a security pact with Papua New Guinea to counter China’s increasing influence in the Pacific.
The pact will be the largest between the US and the Pacific since World War II and is expected to see heightened military presen…
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Here’s the latest for Monday, May 22: Biden, McCarthy to talk debt ceiling deal; Judge enters not guilty plea for man in Idaho slayings; Sen. Tim Scott announced GOP presidential bid; Four astronauts arrive at International Space Station.
Midtown crane collapse
Breaking news out of Midtown Atlanta: Emergency crews are at the scene of a crane collapse at a construction site. Multiple people have been injured and hospitalized.
Suspect accused of leaving fatal crash scene
A suspect is accused of leaving the scene of a crash that killed a man near 49th Ave. and Thunderbird Rd.
Health care: Profit vs. patient trust
Re: “At least 175,000 UW Medicine patients could soon lose in-network coverage” [May 19, Local News]: I won’t comment on what appears to be a game of chicken with patients and subscribers because I love my UW Medicine health care providers — the doctor…
1 in 5 people around the world now live in countries teetering toward debt default
A debt crisis looms over low- and-middle-income countries. One in five people live in a country teetering toward default. NPR unpacks the causes and consequences, including spiraling food prices.
Georgia school’s book bans may break civil rights law, federal officials warn
The U.S. Department of Education says a Georgia school district’s decision to remove some books may have created a hostile environment that violated federal laws against race and sex discrimination.
Celtics look to pull off the impossible, as Heat stand on brink of making NBA Finals
Blown out in Game 3, facing elimination in Game 4, tasked with engineering the sort of comeback that no team in their league has ever pulled off before.