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Five masked gunmen attacked two people at a New York high school after their graduation ceremony on Wednesday, slashing one person in the ear and another in the leg, injuring two others, school officials said.The attack, which happened outside a sports facility at Hofstra University on Long Island, happened as graduating students from Hempstead and Uniondale high schools were leaving the facility with their families, according to a statement from the schools. The statement said the person whose leg was cut was a customer of the student, who then intervened and was slashed on the ear, according to the statement.…

AGARTALA: Around 180 families of two village councils in Tripura’s Unakoti district have threatened to boycott the upcoming assembly elections citing the lack of development in their respective areas. Villagers of Gurunagar 1st ward and Bhagavannagar gram panchayat wards 6 and 7 are living in poor conditions due to lack of proper infrastructure, especially mud roads in their villages. Villagers said that despite Birajit Shukla Vaidya filing a complaint to the Chief Minister’s Office a year ago, no steps have been taken to repair the roads. “Despite instructions from the Chief Minister’s Office, the roads have not been repaired and…

Ruston, Louisiana (KTVE/KARD) — With football season slowly fading away, the Louisiana Tech football team has been hard at work during the offseason trying to build up its roster for next fall. Head football coach Sonny Cumbie is confident in the job his team has done so far in recruiting. “If you look back at our first recruiting class, it was the No. 1 recruiting class in Conference USA by some publications. Last year’s recruiting class was between No. 1 and No. 3 depending on where you look. We were very successful in the transfer portal last year in terms…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms, the latest move by a Republican-dominated state Legislature that is pushing conservative policies under a new governor.The bill, signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday, requires that the Ten Commandments be displayed in poster-sized, “large, easily readable font” in all public classrooms, from kindergarten to state universities. Opponents of the law questioned its constitutionality and threatened to fight it in court, while supporters argued that the law was not merely religious but had…

Rival regions and Libyans from all walks of life are tired of the country being divided and want political actors to agree to hold national elections that would end years of stalemate and mark a key step towards peace in the oil-rich North African country, the UN said.by Edith M. Lederer Associated PressJune 19, 2024 7:49pm ET• 4 min readUNITED NATIONS — Libyans from competing regions and all walks of life are tired of the country’s divisions and want politicians to agree to hold national elections that would end years of stalemate and mark a key step toward peace in…

JALANDHAR: With at least four senior Congress leaders offering nuanced criticisms calling for introspection and a fair analysis of the party’s performance in the Punjab Assembly elections, Punjab Congress leader Amrinder Singh Raja Waring asserted that the party has emerged electorally stronger “despite all odds” and “rose to its feet” after its crushing defeat in the 2022 state assembly elections. He also asserted that it has once again proven that only the Congress party, with its broad support base cutting across regions, sects and castes, can withstand extreme polarisation from any side. Waring was reacting to calls for introspection made…

Workers work at a relocation housing construction site in Huai’an, Jiangsu Province, China, on June 17, 2024. Photo | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesAsia Pacific markets started the day mixed as investors awaited China’s one- and five-year prime mortgage rates.The one-year prime rate serves as the benchmark for most business and household loans, while the five-year rate serves as the benchmark for real estate loans. The one-year LPR is currently 3.45% and the five-year LPR is 3.95%.Tickercompanynamepricechange%change.N225Nikkei Stock AverageNikkei38,298.80-271.96-0.71%.HSIHang Seng IndexHSI18,430.39united nationsunited nations.AXJOS&P/ASX 200ASX 2007,768.50-1.20-0.02%.SSECShanghaiShanghai3,017.27-0.78-0.03%.KS11KOSPI IndexKorea Composite Stock Price Index2,801.85+4.52+0.16%.FTFCNBCACNBC 100 Asia IDXCNBC 1009,841.00-34.65-0.35%South Korea’s KOSPI rose 0.06%, while the…

Inflation is a reality and gas stations and grocery stores may be feeling the pain. Metro Detroit To survive, they will have to fight harder, and in some cases against multi-billion dollar companies.It’s a sign business, a small sign business fighting to survive.About 150,000 vehicles pass a sign at I-75 and 13 Mile Road each day that reads, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”Gas stations and grocery stores may be feeling the pain as inflation becomes a reality and small businesses in metro Detroit have to fight harder to survive, in some cases competing with billion-dollar companies. (Copyright…

Michael VaupelcloseMichael VaupelESPN.comMichael Vaupel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports for espnW. Vaupel began covering women’s basketball in 1984 and has been with ESPN since 1996.Kevin PeltoncloseKevin PeltonSenior writer, ESPN Co-author of the Pro Basketball Prospectus series Former Indiana Pacers consultant Developed the WARP evaluation and SCHOENE systemsJune 19, 2024 7:36 PMThe worst fears about Los Angeles Sparks rookie forward Cameron Brink’s knee injury were confirmed Wednesday: She suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee and will miss the remainder of the 2024 WNBA season and the Paris Olympics.It’s a big blow to…

Christoph Klink, a partner at early-stage investor Antler, said he is looking to invest in tech startups. … [+] The background comes from the deal flow pipeline.Antler A relative shortage of “tech founders” is hindering Europe’s ability to found and build world-leading technology companies. That’s the claim of a new report by early-stage venture capital investor Antler, but it’s not a static situation. In the wake of industry layoffs, the survey suggests that the number of software engineers starting their own companies is on the rise. Antler says this is already impacting Europe’s innovation economy. Antler, which describes itself as…