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By Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) – Nearly 4,100 migrants were rescued from boats near the coast of Libya on Saturday and Sunday and rescue operations continued as people smugglers took advantage of calm seas, Italy’s coast guard and navy said. All of those rescued were being brought to Italian shores, with some already arriving at Lampedusa, Italy’s southernmost island, and Trapani, Sicily. The smugglers make an average of 80,000 euros
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Three people were pulled out alive from the rubble of their home eight days after Nepal’s devastating earthquake, an official said on Sunday, but rescuers have found about 50 bodies on a popular trekking route that was hit by an avalanche. A home ministry official said police and army rescued three people from the rubble in the district of Sindhupalchowk, northeast of the capital
(Reuters) – Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced on Sunday she has ended a city-wide night curfew that she imposed last Tuesday after violence erupted during protests over the death of a black man who suffered fatal injuries while in police custody. “My goal has always been to not have the curfew in place a single day longer than was necessary. I believe we have reached that point today,” Rawlings-Blake said
The officer is shot while attempting to stop a man suspected of carrying a handgun.
Mayweather fought at his pace and kept his distance as the pound-for-pound champ stayed undefeated at 48-0.
LONDON (AP) — Princess Charlotte has a certain ring to it. Or how about Princess Alice?
By Scott Malone and Ian Simpson BALTIMORE (Reuters) – The city of Baltimore was on Sunday to observe a day of prayer two weeks after a 25-year-old black man died of injuries suffered in police custody in a case that has led to criminal charges against six officers. Freddie Gray’s death last month was the latest in a string of police killings of unarmed black men that have sparked anger
(Reuters) – A New York City plainclothes police officer was seriously injured when he was shot in the head on Saturday while attempting to question a man from his cruiser, and authorities said a suspect had been arrested and was in custody. The officer, identified by police as Brian Moore, 25, was in critical but stable condition following surgery at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center about four hours after the shooting,
BALTIMORE (AP) — Six days after the death of Freddie Gray sparked riots in Baltimore, the city’s mayor lifted a citywide curfew on Sunday morning, signaling an end to the extraordinary measures taken to ensure public safety amid an outcry over police practices.
