Day: May 29, 2023

Maine police shoot at suspect who evaded trooper to Canadian and was believed to have explosive in truck

10:14 pm May 29, 2023

Maine State Police shot at and arrested a man on Monday who evaded troopers to the Canadian border, where he allegedly refused to get out of his vehicle, and instead, pointed it toward Canada, authorities say. The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit said that at about 10:40 a.m. on Monday, one of the agency’s […]

Virginia church’s Memorial Day concert honors lives lost to COVID, Ukraine war alongside service members

9:45 pm May 29, 2023

A church Memorial Day concert honored victims of the coronavirus and the Russia-Ukraine war along with fallen U.S. service members on Saturday. Vienna, Virginia’s Andrew Chapel United Methodist Church promoted its event as a free, public concert featuring a 20-piece professional orchestra to commemorate the holiday. “This Memorial Day Weekend event will give people the […]

76ers replace Doc Rivers with championship-winning coach

9:40 pm May 29, 2023

The Philadelphia 76ers have found their new head coach. The Sixers will be manned by Nick Nurse for the 2023-24 season, reports ESPN. Nurse was fired as the Toronto Raptors head coach after they failed to make the playoffs – the Raptors led their play-in tournament game by as many as 19 points, but still […]

Inmates hope to befriend Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes ahead of her arrival at Texas prison

9:28 pm May 29, 2023

Gossip is spreading at the all-women’s prison where Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is expected to begin her 11-year sentence on Tuesday, with some inmates wanting to be her friend. “Some people are like ‘I want to be her friend,’” an inmate at Federal Prison Camp, Bryan, Tasha Wade told The Wall Street Journal. “But other […]

Kosovo police, NATO peacekeepers clash with Serb protesters as tensions in the region escalate

8:52 pm May 29, 2023

NATO-led troops and police clashed with protesters in Northern Kosovo Monday amid an ongoing standoff between ethnic Albanian authorities and local ethnic Serbs who ignored warnings not to seize municipality buildings. The violence comes after Kosovo’s police raided Serb-dominated areas in the region’s north and seized local municipality buildings over the weekend. The demonstrations have […]