Giorno: 16 Luglio 2021

1 Officer Killed, 4 Wounded in Texas Standoff

Authorities captured the suspect late Thursday following an hourslong police standoff where one officer was killed and four others were wounded in the small West Texas city of Levelland.

Zeldin outpaces Cuomo in NY gubernatorial fundraising fight

Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York announced on Friday that he’s brought in over $4 million in fundraising since he launched a 2022 campaign for governor of New York. He easily outpaced the roughly $2.5 million embattled three-term Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo raised during the first six months of the year.

Dutch Crime Reporter De Vries Dies After Being Shot in Street

Celebrity Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries has died just over a week after being shot in a busy Amsterdam street, his family and his employer RTL Netherlands said on Thursday, prompting an outpouring of grief and anger at home and abroad. De Vries, 64, was well-known…

Desperate Cubans Brave Sea to Flee COVID, and Island’s Unrest

On July 6, as Hurricane Elsa roared toward Florida, five Cuban men on a rickety, wooden boat went ashore about 18 miles north of Miami. After days at sea, some of the refugees clapped in relief as they disembarked. Hours later, the U.S. Coast Guard was rushing to save…

CDC Defends US Transit Mask Mandate as Some Call for Scrapping

A senior U.S. health official who signed a sweeping order for masks to be worn on nearly all forms of public transport said they were a key tool in preventing COVID-19 transmission even as some lawmakers call for ending the rules. Marty Cetron, director for the Centers for…

UN Rights Chief Urges Release of Cuban Protesters

The U.N. rights chief is urging the release of all those detained in Cuba’s protests and calling on the government to address their grievances. In a statement Friday, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called for an investigation into the death of a…