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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A Muslim mob in northwestern Pakistan stormed into a police station on Thursday, abducted a man being held there and lynched him for allegedly desecrating the Quran, Islam’s holy book. The attackers also set fire to a police station in the town of Madyan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and set fire to a police vehicle parked there, according to local police official Rahim Ullah. The man who was killed, Mohammed Ismail, was a tourist staying at a hotel in the town when some local residents attacked him and accused him of blasphemy. Ullah said officers took the…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Muslim mob in northwestern Pakistan stormed into a police station on Thursday, abducted a man being held there and lynched him for allegedly desecrating the Quran, Islam’s holy book.The attackers also set fire to a police station in the town of Madyan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and set fire to a police vehicle parked there, according to local police official Rahim Ullah.The man who was killed, Mohammed Ismail, was a tourist staying at a hotel in the town when some local residents attacked him and accused him of blasphemy.Ullah said officers took the man to…

Brown University’s college prep program offers a course on obesity phobia, where students discuss “the social, medical and cultural impacts of obesity” as an introduction to the emerging academic field of “obesity studies.” Titled “The F-Word: Examining the Science, Culture, and Politics of Obesity,” the week-long class “applies major theoretical perspectives to the study of obesity, including feminist/gender perspectives, reader response perspectives, historical perspectives, and race perspectives.” While there are no mandatory prerequisites (yes!), enrolled students should come to the class “open-minded and ready to engage respectfully with others,” according to the course description. Brown isn’t the only Ivy League…

Shortly after Judge Eileen M. Cannon was appointed to handle former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case in June 2023, two of her experienced colleagues in Florida’s federal courts urged her to step down from the assignment and hand it over to another judge, according to two people briefed on the conversations.The judges who approached Cannon, including Chief Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga of the Southern District of Florida, each urged her to consider whether it would be better to recuse herself from the high-profile case and assign it to another judge, two of the people said.But Judge Cannon, a…

Courtesy of Terry and Dave Drewry Diesel (right) photographed in 2018, the year before his disappearance. CNN — Five years ago, when Diesel the donkey escaped while hiking near his home outside Sacramento, California, his owners assumed the worst. “He’s not aggressive, he’s affectionate,” Terry Drewry told CNN affiliate KOVR in 2019, days after Diesel’s escape, “but right now he’s scared.” Years went by with no sign of Diesel alive, but earlier this year, a hunter spotted and photographed a herd of at least 12 elk in the Northern California wilderness, including, oddly enough, a wild burro. Drewry is convinced…

Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Ken Griffin is reportedly planning to add an additional floor to The Citadel’s new Florida office. Alexander Tamargo Billionaire Ken Griffin is putting more of a focus on Miami.According to a report from Coster News, Citadel’s president is expanding into new offices in New York’s Financial District.He has pumped millions of dollars into Florida since moving his company there from Chicago in 2022. Ken Griffin has a Florida heart.Citadel’s billionaire president plans to add two more floors to the company’s planned offices in a new 55-story building in Miami,…

of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs The VA is looking to do more to help veterans who want to retire in their current homes, including exploring smart home technology, according to a VA report. Federal News Network. Smart home technology, including wearable devices such as smartwatches, could help alert older veterans who live alone if they’re experiencing any sort of medical emergency, but VA Deputy Chief Medical and Technology Officer Joseph Ronzio added that the department wants to make sure veterans have a say in who has access to their data. “Everybody now has some kind of smart device in…

Carmelo Anthony received the Hispanic Heritage in Sports Award. Washington DC – TThe Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) today announced that NBA legend, entrepreneur and philanthropist Carmelo Anthony will receive the 2024 Hispanic Heritage Award in Sports at the 37th annual Hispanic Heritage Awards (HHA) Ceremony to be held on Thursday, September 5, 2024 at the John F. Kennedy Center Opera House. The HHA, with the support of 40 Hispanic-serving organizations nationwide, was created by the White House in 1988 and aired on PBS to celebrate the creation of Hispanic Heritage Month in America. The awards are commonly known as “Celebrating…

Google partners with Pakistan to build smart classrooms and digitally transform the education system ISLAMABAD: Google and Pakistan’s Ministry of Education on Thursday announced a partnership to provide access to education to millions of students across the country, digitally transform Pakistan’s education system and build smart schools, state media reported. According to UNICEF Pakistan, Pakistan has a staggering 26.2 million out-of-school children, the second highest number in the world. Last month, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared a state of emergency on education in the country, hoping to ensure access to education and improve educational opportunities for out-of-school children. Prime Minister…

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and seven other candidates running in July’s elections signed an agreement on Thursday to respect the election results, but the country’s main opposition party abstained, saying the government had already violated the existing agreement. The nine-point agreement was presented by Venezuela’s top electoral body, the National Electoral Council (CNE), which critics say is an extension of the ruling party. Lead opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez abstained from signing the petition, as did Enrique Marquez. In a statement on Thursday, Gonzalez said the opposition was adhering to the terms of the election as set out in an agreement…