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AURORA, Colo.- - A hooded suspect armed with a handgun entered a convenience store in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colorado, and shot the clerk while fleeing the scene. The crime took place at the PJ Mart at 980 S. Peoria St. on Nov. 2 at 9:45 a.m. Police tweeted a description as a white or Hispanic male, 5'07'-5'09' tall, […]
He replaces Debretsion Gebremichael, whose immunity from prosecution was removed Thursday.
Meanwhile, Amnesty International said Thursday that scores of civilians were killed in a \"massacre\" in the Tigray region, that witnesses blamed on forces backing the local ruling party.
The \"massacre\" is the first reported incident of large-scale civilian fatalities in a week-old conflict between the regional ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize.
\"Amnesty International can today confirm... that scores, and likely hundreds, of people were stabbed or hacked to death in Mai-Kadra (May Cadera) town in the southwest of Ethiopia's Tigray Region on the night of 9 November,\" the rights group said in a report.
Amnesty said it had \"digitally verified gruesome photographs and videos of bodies strewn across the town or being carried away on stretchers.\"
The dead \"had gaping wounds that appear to have been inflicted by sharp weapons such as knives and machetes,\" Amnesty said, citing witness accounts.
Witnesses said the attack was carried out by TPLF-aligned forces after a defeat at the hands of the Ethiopian military, though Amnesty said it \"has not been able to confirm who was responsible for the killings\".
It nonetheless called on TPLF commanders and officials to \"make clear to their forces and their supporters that deliberate attacks on civilians are absolutely prohibited and constitute war crimes\".
Abiy ordered military operations in Tigray on November 4, saying they were prompted by a TPLF attack on federal military camps -- a claim the party denies.
The region has been under a communications blackout ever since, making it difficult to verify competing claims on the ground.
Abiy said Thursday his army had made major gains in western Tigray.
Thousands of Ethiopians have fled across the border into neighboring Sudan, and the UN is sounding the alarm about a humanitarian crisis in Tigray.
Name at birth: Trayvon Benjamin Martin
Florida teen Trayvon Martin was killed 26 February 2012 by George Zimmerman, a 28 year-old volunteer for the areas neighborhood watch. The incident touched off an intense public debate on police conduct, gun laws and racial profiling. Trayvon Martin was a 17-year-old African American from the Miami area who was visiting his fathers fianceé at her home in Retreat at Twin Lakes, a gated community in Sanford, Florida, a suburb of Orlando. On a Sunday evening around 7 p.m., George Zimmerman called the non-emergency police number to report Martin as someone who looks like hes up to no good. Martin, it was later established, was walking home unarmed from a convenience store, having purchased Skittles candy and a can of Arizona Iced Tea. Zimmerman, who was armed with a 9mm pistol, followed Martin briefly, and at some point an altercation ensued. By 7:30, Martin was dead, and police on the scene detained Zimmerman, but released him without arrest after he claimed self-defense. Two weeks later, the Sanford Police Department turned the case over to the Florida State Attorneys office, who initiated an independent investigation. A recording of the call Zimmerman made to police on the night of the shooting was made public on 16 March, and raised new questions. Conflicting witness reports in the press and the official clampdown on information fueled a media frenzy. Some accused Zimmerman of assuming Martin was a criminal simply because he was a young black man in a hooded sweatshirt (or hoodie). Others deemed Zimmerman justified in his actions. Rallies were held around the country for the slain teenager, and hoodies were worn in a show of solidarity. Zimmerman ducked publicity while the investigation continued. The United States Justice Department and the FBI also began investigations, based on the possibility that Trayvon Martins civil rights had been violated. Florida prosecutors arrested George Zimmerman, and in late April of 2012 he was charged with second-degree murder.
A coalition of federal and state officials said Thursday that they have no evidence that votes were compromised or altered in last week’s presidential election, rejecting unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud advanced by President Donald Trump and many of his supporters. The statement from cybersecurity experts, which trumpeted the Nov. 3 election as the most […]
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… and fueled racial stereotypes of African-American men as sexual predators. Horton … . My polling location is predominately African-American, and the line was already …
BASQUE COUNTRY, Spain-Unique 27,000-year-old cave engravings found in Spain are being compared to the works of Pablo Picasso, the country's most famous painter. The 'expressionist style' engravings were first discovered in September 2015 in three caves in the Aitzbitarte mountains in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Researchers recently completed an analysis of the carvings, and the results were published […]
Shane McKinney, 54, accused of punching the female athlete.
With the COVID-19 pandemic having a major impact on both the financial markets and the personal assets of many, Cicely Jones, CEO and founder of MPA Financials, remains on a mission to equip the Birmingham community with tools to attain financial freedom and establish generational wealth.
Via her website and social media pages, Jones educates the community about matters like the extended July 15 tax deadline, as well as how to properly apply for economic injury relief payments, stimulus packages, and Small Business Alliance (SBA) loans and grants.
Jones set her sights on leadership at an early age, with aspirations of becoming a teacher, like the many women she grew to admire at Mobile’s Bessie C. Fonvielle Elementary School.
After moving to Birmingham in 1999, Jones began her professional career in the accounting department at an executive firm.
Jones also serves as vice president of the Heart of Birmingham Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association, a nationally recognized organization that empowers women from diverse occupations through leadership, educational, and networking support.
