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• Israeli official touts plans to build 4,000 settler homes By Areej Hazboun | Associated Press JERUSALEM — Israel is set to advance plans for the construction of 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank, the interior minister said Friday, drawing warnings of “serious consequences” from the Palestinian Authority. If approved, it would be the biggest advancement of settlement plans since the Biden administration took office. The White House is opposed to settlement growth because it further erodes the possibility of an eventual two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.…
• 3 bystanders wounded, houses & cars struck in exchange of gunfire, Jacksonville police say The Jacksonville Sherriff’s Office says three people were wounded in an exchange of gunfire Wednesday night on West 35th street near Moncrief Road. According to Lt. Silcox, with the Sheriff’s Office, police were called to the scene at about 8:43 p.m. He said numerous shell casings were found in the street and multiple houses and vehicles had been hit by gunfire. A 26-year-old woman, 32-year-old man and 41-year-old man were also hit by gunfire. Their injuries were not believed to…
• Israel captures Palestinians who killed 3 in stabbing attack Israeli police said Sunday forces captured two Palestinians who killed three people in a stabbing attack last week and fled the scene, sparking a massive manhunt and keeping the country on edge. The two attackers went on a stabbing rampage in the ultra-Orthodox city of Elad on Thursday, Israel's Independence Day, killing three and wounding at least four others before bolting. The stabbing was the latest in a series of deadly assaults deep inside the country in recent weeks. It…
• NAMM Show 2022: She Rocks Awards celebrates 10th anniversary with Dionne Warwick and more The Women’s International Music Network (the WiMN) has announced the in-person return of the annual She Rocks Awards, which will celebrate its 10th year and a new location at The Ranch in Anaheim on June 2. Coinciding with the annual NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center, the She Rocks Awards honors women in the music and audio industries. The 2022 award recipients include singer Dionne Warwick; musician Meredith Brooks; Covet guitarist Yvette Young; singer-songwriter Milck; Bones UK guitarist Carmen…
• Burkina Faso's displaced numbers swell amid jihadi violence Ami Sana hangs a tattered tarp for a bit of shade where she can rest on a break from pounding stones under the scorching sun. “The work is hard. It makes my body weak, but what else can I do?” she asked. The mother of six is one of 2 million people displaced by Burkina Faso's rapidly rising Islamic extremist violence, according to the U.N. Amid the clamor of clanging pickaxes and falling rocks, Sana has found work in the…
• Chicago violence drops in 2022: Fewer people shot, killed — but summer looms Chicago police work the scene where a 59-year-old woman was killed and a 34-year-old man working security was injured in the 200 block of East 35th Street in The Gap neighborhood, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-TimesTyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times Following Chicago’s deadliest year in decades, the number of people shot and killed in the 15 communities targeted in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s signature anti-violence plan has fallen by 26% ahead of the historically brutal summer months — a pivotal stretch in…
• Hollyoaks spoilers: Major death as cast film sad funeral Emotional scenes ahead in Hollyoaks (Picture: Splash News)Emotions will run high as tragedy strikes once more in Hollyoaks, with a major death on the cards in the coming weeks. Cast members of the Channel 4 soap were spotted on-location in Liverpool filming funeral scenes at a church. The funeral in question was a football-themed one, with male actors seen wearing red and white scarfs. Nick Pickard, who plays long-serving Tony Hutchinson, was pictured leaving the church alongside Tom Cunningham star…
• Plea from families of gun violence victims: ‘Please do more’ to solve killings Mothers and Families United for Justice led a rally Tuesday outside the 10th District police station to demand that police do more to solved unsolved murders. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-TimesTyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times What should have been a joyous and relaxing Mexican Mother’s Day — celebrated annually on May 10 — was instead tinged with grief and desperation for a group of moms and other family members of Chicago gun violence victims who gathered in North Lawndale on Tuesday to call on police…