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Civil-rights icon and Rep. John Lewis has stage four pancreatic cancer
He said subsequent tests confirmed the diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer . "I have been in some kind of fight - for freedom, equality, basic human rights - for almost my entire life". We still have many bridges to cross. The longtime Georgia representative, who has been a representing the state's Fifth Congressional District since 1987, fell ill in July 2018 and was hospitalized but ... [Full Article...]
Turkey to evacuate wounded after deadly Mogadishu blast
At least 125 people were injured, said Aamin ambulance service director Abdiqadir Abdulrahman. The al-Qaida affiliated al-Shabaab Islamist terror group has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing, Vatican News reported , which took place during morning rush hour Saturday in a Mogadishu suburb, near a checkpoint where people enter and exit the city. [Full Article...]
Victorian fires merge, thousands told to leave as fire danger worsens
The area, about 4 hours drive east of the state capital Melbourne, is already threatened by three major blazes, while soaring temperatures, wind and lightning could see more fires break out Monday and close the main highway in and out of the region. [Full Article...]
Sydney: 'We Can't Cancel' Show Despite Conditions
Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons, pictured here in a file shot with Denmark's Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederick, says he is not anxious about the cost of cancelling the fireworks display. An official warned that, without "flooding rain", the mega fire could burn for weeks. The Sparta Volunteer fire department is fundraising by selling fireworks this holiday season. [Full Article...]
'He's so thirsty': koala given water in Adelaide as severe heatwave hits
A cyclist stopped to give water to a koala in Adelaide in a viral video filmed on Friday (December 27) as a heatwave continued to grip South Australia. "We've seen literally hundreds of koalas over the years [but] we have never seen a koala do this. Naturally, we stopped because we were going to help relocate him off the road". [Full Article...]
Man, 60, dies after beating in $1 Christmas Eve mugging — GRAPHIC
Juan Fresnada, of the Bronx, died Friday afternoon in a local hospital where he was listed as being in critical condition after the early Tuesday mugging, the Associated Press reported . He said he had been unable to summon help because he doesn't have a cellphone. Mr Caceres said the muggers didn't say anything to indicate the attack was a hate crime . [Full Article...]
Priyanka Gandhi alleges manhandling by Uttar Pradesh cops
After meeting Darapuri's family members, the Congress general secretary told reporters, "I was going in a peaceful manner, how was the law-and-order scenario going to deteriorate?" Upon being stopped again at another intersection two kilometres away, she chose to cover the rest of the way to Mr Darapuri's residence at Sector 18, Indiranagar, on foot. [Full Article...]
Three injured in shooting at White Settlment church
The service was being live-streamed at the time of the shooting. According to WFAA , in the video a person can be seen standing up and pulling out either a rifle or a shotgun and seems to fire twice. "It not only affects the people that were here today but it affects our first responders as well", said Mike Drivdahl, a Fort Worth Fire Department spokesman. [Full Article...]