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Faith leaders and politicians paid tribute at a funeral Saturday to eight children who were killed in a mass shooting last month in Louisiana. The victims of the April 19 shooting in Shreveport included seven siblings who were shot by their father in an attack that also killed their cousin. The service on Mother’s Day weekend at Summer Grove Baptist Church began with a long procession of mourners slowly filing […]

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9 (Reuters) – At least 11 people were injured on Saturday in what Miami-Dade Fire Rescue described as a “possible vessel explosion” near a popular tourist attraction close to Miami Beach. • Miami-Dade Fire Rescue received a report of a “possible explosion” at 12:48 p.m. Eastern Time (1648 GMT) in the vicinity of Haulover Sandbar, a popular tourist destination. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation and the U.S. Coast […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — With the NFL season and his first game that counts as New York Giants coach more than four months away, John Harbaugh is taking things slowly. The second and final rookie minicamp session Saturday lacked physicality by design. Harbaugh wants top-10 draft picks Arvell Reese and Francis ““Sisi” Mauigoa and the rest of the players involved to understand it’s not a competitive camp but rather […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — While the jockeys and the horse owners compete for the top purses at the Iroquois Steeplechase, the perennial favorite event of this 85-year-old tradition is the parade of foxhounds. More than 20 foxhounds, a breed specifically trained to run alongside horses and hunters, took to the turf course Saturday to kick off the race day as fans cheer and take photos and videos. The huntsman and […]

May 9 (Reuters) – At least 69 people have been killed in a militia attack in Democratic Republic of Congo, AFP reported on Saturday citing local and security sources. (Reporting by Disha Mishra in BengaluruEditing by Nick Zieminski) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

ATLANTA (AP) — Bobby Cox, the folksy manager of the Atlanta Braves whose teams ruled the National League during the 1990s and gave the city its first major title as well as World Series trips that fell short, died Saturday. He was 84. Cox died in Marietta, Georgia, according to the Atlanta Braves. He had a stroke in 2019 and heart issues that complicated his recovery. “Bobby was the best […]

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rebels in Congo say the United States has fallen short as a mediator in efforts to end the conflict in the African country’s mineral-rich east as the Trump administration seeks to open the region’s critical reserves to the U.S. government and American companies. According to a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio from Congolese rebel leader Corneille Nangaa, Washington has failed to pressure Congo’s […]

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber and several gunmen detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a security post in northwest Pakistan late Saturday, triggering an intense firefight that killed at least three police officers, police said. The attack took place in Bannu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, police official Zahid Khan said. He said multiple explosions were heard shortly after the attack and that several nearby houses […]

By Nicole Fernandes TORONTO, May 9 (Reuters) – Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC attracted their largest attendance at BMO Field in the club’s history on Saturday for a clash with Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami that served as a dress rehearsal for the World Cup matches being held at the venue. Nearly 45,000 fans, many in Miami’s pink and black colours and Argentina’s blue and white, packed into the World Cup’s […]