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Mock coffins have filled one of Milan’s most famous squares in a protest organized by Italy’s second-largest union to raise awareness over workplace deaths. Protesters lined up 172 cardboard coffins in Piazza La Scala on Friday to symbolize the exact number of workers who died on the job last year in the northern Lombardy region alone. The UIL labor union said that it was demanding that both the government and businesses do more to protect Italian workers. The protest comes amid a heated debate over... Читать дальше...

Officials say a tractor-trailer hauling about 15 million bees to be used to pollinate blueberry fields crashed and overturned on Interstate 95 in Maine. A state police spokesperson said the bees were mostly contained and that the “goal was to save them” after the Thursday night crash. Bees are routinely trucked into the region to pollinate the blueberry barrens each spring. The tractor-trailer was headed to Washington County, which is the center of the state’s wild blueberry industry. The driver was taken to a hospital.

The lighthouse has long been out of commission. But the off-shore structure, which dates back to 1897, has since been renovated.

A lot can happen in two years. Just ask Grupo Frontera, who released their highly anticipated sophomore album, “Jugando Que No Pasa Nada,” Friday. The sextet began their career playing quinceañeras in Texas' Rio Grande Valley. Viral fame arrived when their spirited cover of “No Se Va” by the Colombian pop-rock band Morat made the rounds on TikTok and later, the Billboard Hot 100. Eventually, they quit their jobs, and the hits and accolades kept coming. Their latest album is a hybrid of their regional Mexican sound. Читать дальше...

BART has suspended train service on the Red and Orange lines that run from Richmond to MacArthur stations, the transit system announced Friday morning. 

U.S. stocks are heading toward the close of another winning week with some more modest gains. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 128 points, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.4%. The S&P 500 has returned to within 0.4% of its record as hopes have revived that the Federal Reserve may deliver cuts to interest rates this year. A flood of strong profit reports has also helped support the market. Gen Digital jumped after joining the parade of companies reporting... Читать дальше...

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by Democrats that challenged Wisconsin’s witness requirements for absentee voting, a ruling that keeps the law in place with the presidential election six months away. The rules for voting in Wisconsin are of heightened interest given its place as one of a handful of battleground presidential states. Four of the past six presidential elections in Wisconsin have been decided by less than a percentage point, including the past two. U.S. District Court... Читать дальше...

Authorities in Russia say that at least three people have been killed and six others injured when a bus veered off a bridge in the country's second-largest city St. Petersburg. The Emergencies Ministry said that rescuers removed nine people from the water, and three of them died. It said four others are in the state of clinical death, and two are in grave condition. Russian news reports initially said that there could be about 20 people in the bus when it broke the barrier and fell into the Moika River in central St. Читать дальше...

A Virginia school board has voted to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school four years after the names had been removed. Shenandoah County’s school board voted 5-1 early Friday to rename Mountain View High School as Stonewall Jackson High School and Honey Run Elementary as Ashby Lee Elementary. Friday’s vote reverses a decision by the school board in 2020. Board members who voted Friday to restore the Confederate names say the previous school board... Читать дальше...

A campaign video for South Africa’s opposition party showing the country's flag in flames has stoked tensions and led to accusations of treason. The video was released three weeks ahead of what could be the most pivotal national election since the end of the apartheid system of racial segregation in 1994. The opposition Democratic Alliance says the ad is a symbolic depiction of what it claims is destruction brought on by the ruling African National Congress. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called the ad “despicable” and “treasonous.

A top Philippine security official has demanded the immediate expulsion of Chinese diplomats allegedly behind a reported leak of a phone conversation between one of the diplomats and a Filipino admiral about South China Sea disputes that have strained diplomatic ties. National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano said Friday he was backing a call by the Philippine defense chief for Manila’s foreign office to take actions against Chinese embassy individuals in Manila “who claim to have recorded an alleged... Читать дальше...

When Bob Ross died of complications from cancer in 1995, he had completed about half of the paintings he planned to teach from in a 32 season of “The Joy of Painting.” In the new series “The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Bob Ross' Unfinished Season,” a certified Bob Ross instructor recreates those works demonstrating wet-on-wet oil painting in 30 minutes. Hankins has the blessing of Joan Kowalski, president of Bob Ross, Inc. Her parents and Ross co-founded the company together. Kowalski... Читать дальше...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Cresud Sociedad Anonima Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY) on Friday reported a loss of $61.9 million in its fiscal third quarter.

Two environmental activists have attacked a glass case containing an original copy of the Magna Carta at the British Library. Minor damage was caused to the reinforced box but the historic document was unscathed. The pair of protesters from Just Stop Oil pounded on the case with a hammer and chisel. The group has caused widespread disruption in Britain in its campaign to end to the world’s reliance on fossil fuels, The 82-year-old Rev. Sue Parfitt and 85-year-old retired biology teacher Judy Bruce... Читать дальше...

A European naval force has detained six suspected pirates after they opened fire on an oil tanker traveling through the Gulf of Aden. The incident on Friday is likely part of a growing number of piracy attacks that are emanating from Somalia. Authorities say the suspected pirates opened fire on a tanker and its security team fired back. The EU force later detained six suspected pirates and were treating them for injuries. The attack on the Marshall Islands-flagged Chrystal Arctic comes as Yemen’s... Читать дальше...

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Witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money case is set to resume and it caps a feverish few days that saw Stormy Daniels captivate jurors with sometimes graphic testimony, another failed bid for a mistrial and more. Several other witnesses followed Daniels, including a publishing executive, but it's unclear who will take the stand Friday. The trial is in its 15th day. Prosecutors say Trump and others schemed to influence the 2016 presidential election by buying and burying negative stories that might hurt his campaign. Читать дальше...

Nebraskans will cast presidential primary ballots Tuesday in a reliably Republican state that could nonetheless be decisive in the race for the White House. Voters will also decide several contested state primaries, including U.S. Senate, where both Republican incumbents are on the ballot. Republican Sen. Deb Fischer is seeking a third term, while Sen. Pete Ricketts is running to complete the remaining two years of former Republican U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse’s term. In Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District... Читать дальше...

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Enbridge Inc. (ENB) on Friday reported first-quarter net income of $1.12 billion.

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Sphere Entertainment Co. (SPHR) on Friday reported a loss of $47.2 million in its fiscal third quarter.

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — Construction Partners Inc. (ROAD) on Friday reported a loss of $1.1 million in its fiscal second quarter.

LONDON (AP) — LONDON (AP) — Soho House & Co Inc (SHCO) on Friday reported a loss of $46 million in its first quarter.

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Neurogene Inc. (NGNE) on Friday reported a loss of $16.9 million in its first quarter.