Day: February 15, 2024

2 killed, 3 injured by mortar explosion in eastern Congo

2:01 pm February 15, 2024

Two South African soldiers were killed and three injured when a mortar landed in their base in eastern Congo amid increased unrest in the region, the South African armed forces said Thursday. The South African National Defence Force, which oversees all of the country’s armed forces, said it believed the mortar explosion on Wednesday was […]

ACLU sues children’s hospital for halting adult transgender surgeries

1:11 pm February 15, 2024

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Colorado filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHCO), alleging discrimination against transgender patients for halting gender-transition surgeries for adults. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of an 18-year-old Denver transgender patient who was on track to receive “chest masculinization surgery” before the Aurora hospital discontinued […]

Couple wearing matching Cookie Monster pants accused of armed robbery, animal cruelty

12:58 pm February 15, 2024

A couple accused of armed robbery of a Florida home improvement store now also face animal cruelty charges, police say. At 2 p.m. on Feb. 11, officers with the Cape Coral Police Department were called to a Lowe’s store to investigate a robbery. A loss prevention officer alerted police that a man and a woman […]

6 US states consider harsher penalties for harming police K9 dogs

12:51 pm February 15, 2024

Lawmakers in at least six states are considering longer prison sentences or bigger fines for harming or killing police dogs, and the idea has bipartisan support despite questions about how the animals are used and a fraught history. In Kansas on Wednesday, the Republican-controlled House voted 107-4 to pass a bill sponsored by its top […]

Russian politician calling for peace in Ukraine barred from country’s presidential race

12:48 pm February 15, 2024

A liberal Russian politician on Thursday lost an appeal contesting the decision by election officials barring him from running in next month’s vote that President Vladimir Putin is all but certain to win. Boris Nadezhdin had made calling for halting the conflict in Ukraine his chief campaign slogan and his removal from the race indicated […]