Welcome to The Check-In, our weekend feature focusing on all things travel. Tourists in Hawaii are encouraged to put what’s best for Hawaii at the top of their itinerary When the pandemic brought travel to a standstill, no one was more aware than the locals in Hawaii, where fewer tourists meant more space. This allowed…
Clashes between police and supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko left nine people dead, the government said Friday, with authorities issuing a blanket ban on the use of several social media platforms in the aftermath of the violence. The deaths occurred mainly in the capital, Dakar, and Ziguinchor in the south, where Sonko is…
Relatives of two young boys killed by gunfire as they played with kittens in the backyard of their Pennsylvania home were mourning them as authorities announced two men were charged with their slayings. Brothers Jesus and Sebastian Perez-Salome, ages 8 and 9, and a third victim were killed Tuesday night in Lebanon. An adult and…
Several states are banning books and criminalizing the teaching of controversial topics. What’s become verboten? Here’s everything you need to know: Is censorship growing? Yes. Recently passed state and local legislation is dictating what schools may or may not teach and what students may or may not read. A record 2,571 different titles were banned…
Several states are banning books and criminalizing the teaching of controversial topics. What’s become verboten? Here’s everything you need to know: Is censorship growing? Yes. Recently passed state and local legislation is dictating what schools may or may not teach and what students may or may not read. A record 2,571 different titles were banned…
LOS ANGELES — Actor Armie Hammer will not face criminal charges in connection with allegations of sexual assault made in 2021, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. The district attorney’s office said there was insufficient evidence to charge Hammer, the star of “The Social Network” and “Call Me by Your Name.” “Due…
A British man killed by a lightning strike while he was paddleboarding in Greece has been named with his “heartbroken” father issuing a statement following his son’s death. Scott Seddon, 26, died after he was struck by on Monday afternoon in the Agia Agathi area of Rhodes. Greek officials named Scott as the victim killed…
Police said they arrested a man Friday who had holed up in his father’s house armed with a rifle and a knife after allegedly killing four people, including two police officers, in central Japan. TV Asahi showed the man with his hands on his head walk out of the house and be ushered toward a…
Several states are banning books and criminalizing the teaching of controversial topics. What’s become verboten? Here’s everything you need to know: Is censorship growing? Yes. Recently passed state and local legislation is dictating what schools may or may not teach and what students may or may not read. A record 2,571 different titles were banned…
LONDON — Armed police on Thursday arrested a man after a car was driven into the gates of Downing Street where Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and several other senior politicians reside. A man at the scene was arrested “on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving,” London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. “There…