Written by Damascus appeared to be adjusting to a new normality a week after Islamist-led rebels forced president Bashar al-Assad to flee the country, with schools and universities reopening on the first day of the working week. Ali Allaham, the dean of Damascus University’s arts faculty, told AFP that 80% of staff and a “large number of […]
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Ukrainian man who embarked on a perilous journey fleeing his war-torn country into Romania was rescued from a deep mountain ravine in subzero temperatures with an unlikely companion: his months-old kitten named Peach. More than a dozen rescuers worked in a harsh blizzard to save Vladislav Duda, 28, who was […]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The University of Illinois Police Department is investigating after they said someone broke a window at a fraternity overnight. Abbigail Kepp, the department’s Communications Coordinator, said officers were dispatched to the area of Armory Avenue and 4th Street at 1:41 a.m. for reports of criminal damage. Officers met with fraternity members […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A man was arrested early Sunday morning after authorities with the Salt Lake City Police Department were informed of a burglary in progress at a bike shop, according to officials. Officers responded to the scene — a shop at 2107 South 700 East — around 1:40 a.m., and saw through […]
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A Philadelphia resident jumped into action Wednesday night after a police officer was struck by a speeding dirt bike rider. It happened around 9:30 p.m. at Stanwood and Leon streets in the city’s Holmesburg neighborhood. Police say a police sergeant working in the Highway Patrol Unit was on his motorcycle when he […]