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Rebels storm Ugandan school, killing at least 41 including students - fox29.com - Congo - Isil - Uganda
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Rebels storm Ugandan school, killing at least 41 including students
An injured person is treated at a local clinic after an attack in Mpondwe, Uganda, on June 17, 2023 at the Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School. The death toll from an attack on a school in western Uganda by militants linked to the Islamic State group KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, who were burned, shot or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a secondary school near the border with Congo, the local mayor said Saturday.At least six people were abducted by the rebels, who fled across the porous border into Congo after the raid on Friday night, according to the Ugandan military.Authorities blamed the massacre at Lhubiriha Secondary School in the border town of Mpondwe on the Allied Democratic Forces, a shadowy extremist group with ties to the Islamic State, which has been launching attacks for years from bases in volatile eastern Congo.RELATED: Searchers who found children missing for 40 days turned to ayahuasca for helpThe victims included the students, one guard and two members of the local community who were killed outside the school, Mpondwe-Lhubiriha Mayor Selevest Mapoze told The Associated Press.Mapoze said that some of the students suffered fatal burns when the rebels set fire to a dormitory and others were shot or hacked with machetes.TOPSHOT - A boy is conforted at the scene of an attack in Mpondwe, Uganda, on June 17, 2023 at the Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School.
Global News - Duane Bratt - Danielle Smith - Alberta Premier decries big tech and government censorship as Facebook account temporarily suspended - globalnews.ca
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Alberta Premier decries big tech and government censorship as Facebook account temporarily suspended
Danielle Smith took to Twitter Wednesday to announce that she had been suspended from posting on Facebook for a “few days” – pointing a finger at “big tech and government censorship.”In her tweet, Smith wrote: “Big tech and government censorship is becoming a danger to free speech around the world … As the Premier of a province of 4.6 million Albertans – if they can prevent me from communicating with you, imagine what they can do to any one of us.“Regardless of our political leanings, we must all stand against censorship.”The premier’s office said in a statement they are waiting for clarification from Facebook about the ban, and the information received so far indicates the ban will last for a “few days.”The statement did not provide what explanation, if any, the premier had received about why the ban was put in place.Global News also reached out to the social media platform but did not hear back.Danielle Smith was re-elected as premier on May 29, representing the United Conservative Party.Political scientist Duane Bratt said he’s curious to know what she’s been banned for, and that should have been made clear in the message she received from Facebook.“Even if that notice doesn’t include the reasons, why can’t they share that?” he asked. Global News asked the premier’s office for proof of the ban, but they did not provide any.“Why are they going on and announcing she is being suspended without any of the proof or the screenshot, or why that’s occurring.”Smith has been very outspoken on social media, even before she first became premier in October.“She’s calling it censorship and the irony of that is just how many Albertans she has blocked from her Twitter account.
Fern Rock - Josh Shapiro - Fox Chase - I-95 Philadelphia collapse: SEPTA adds, modifies lines and service to ease commuting troubles - fox29.com - state Pennsylvania - county Leslie
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I-95 Philadelphia collapse: SEPTA adds, modifies lines and service to ease commuting troubles
PHILADELPHIA - SEPTA is reaching out to the public, in the advent of the collapse of a portion of I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia, and stepping up with added capacity in rail lines, as well as additional changes and modifications in service, in the hope to alleviate traffic headaches while I-95 is rebuilt.During a late afternoon press conference with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, General Manager and CEO of SEPTA, Leslie Richards stated that they are adding capacity to the Trenton, West Trenton and Fox Chase lines, which, simply put, SEPTA is adding additional cars to scheduled trains on those lines.Additionally, SEPTA is going to bus the Cynwyd line, allowing for more staff to handle the Trenton line.SEPTA is reaching out to the public, in the advent of the collapse of a portion of I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia, and stepping up with added capacity in rail lines, in the hope to alleviate traffic headaches.Beginning Monday morning, there will be free parking at the Fern Rock, Fox Chase and Torresdale lots. There is free parking at all SEPTA-owned regional rail lots and at the Frankford Transportation Center.RELATED COVERAGE:SEPTA will allow passengers on regional rail to pay their fare with a credit card on board and conductors will help passengers to that end.SEPTA is also working with unions to increase staffing.
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