Mental health tips for coping during a pandemic
May is mental health awareness month. Inglewood therapist, Soco Reynoso, shared some tips with a ABC7 on how to cope during a pandemic.
May is mental health awareness month. Inglewood therapist, Soco Reynoso, shared some tips with a ABC7 on how to cope during a pandemic.
Italian opposition lawmakers and human rights groups voiced outrage Wednesday after Italy released a Libyan warlord on a technicality, after he was arrested on a warrant from the International Criminal Court accusing him of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Justice Minister Carlo Nordio was grilled about the release Tuesday of Ossama Anjiem, also known as Ossama al-Masri, during a previously scheduled appearance before the Senate.
Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington, unleashing unprecedented executive orders and daring anyone to stop him. The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration, according to a memo to the entire workforce obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. Written by Emil Bove, the acting deputy attorney general, the memo also says the department will return to the principle of charging defendants with the most serious crime it can prove, a staple position of Republican-led departments meant to remove a prosecutor’s discretion to charge a lower-level offense.
Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement should not slow the global momentum towards renewable energy investments that the deal created, the UN said Wednesday."I think that the move and the momentum that started with the Paris Agreement is there."
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader more than a year after they seized the vessel off the coast of Yemen, Al Masirah TV reported on Wednesday. The crew were handed to Oman "in coordination" with Palestinian militant group Hamas after a ceasefire deal in Gaza was brokered with Israel, Al Masirah TV, which is owned by the Houthis, said. The vessel's crew is made up of 25 nationals from Bulgaria, Ukraine, the Philippines, Mexico and Romania, the ship's owner Galaxy Maritime said.
Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.
Iran hopes U.S. President Donald Trump will choose "rationality" in its dealing with the Islamic Republic, Iran's Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday, adding Tehran had never sought nuclear weapons. Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Zarif said Iran did not pose a security threat to the world.
The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and have no known grave have been recognized with a memorial featuring 1,772 names. An inscription on a granite block at the memorial in Cape Town says: “Your legacies are preserved here.”
A human rights organisation is taking legal action against Northern Ireland's regional government for failing to meet a nearly 20-year-old statutory obligation to develop an anti-poverty strategy. According to government data published last year, 19% of Northern Ireland's population live in relative poverty, albeit still below the 21% United Kingdom average. But separate research has shown that areas with Irish nationalist majorities are particularly afflicted by child poverty.
The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration, according to a memo to the entire workforce obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. Written by Emil Bove, the acting deputy attorney general, the memo also says the department will return to the principle of charging defendants with the most serious crime it can prove, a staple position of Republican-led departments meant to remove a prosecutor’s discretion to charge a lower-level offense. Much of the memo is centered on immigration enforcement.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, announced Wednesday that she is launching a campaign for governor.
Wednesday will mark President Donald Trump's second full day in office since being sworn in on Monday.
Two people, including a child, were killed and two others were severely injured in a stabbing attack in Bavaria on Wednesday, German police said. Police said a suspect was detained in the knife attack, which occurred in a park in the southern German town of Aschaffenburg. Police said they did not immediately know the motive for the attack, but that it was not terrorism.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the time of the Sept. 11 attacks, his family said. Agent David Maland was killed Monday afternoon following a traffic stop, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said in a statement. The violence temporarily closed part of Interstate 91 about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Canada in Coventry, part of the small, 27,000-resident community of Orleans County in the Northeast Kingdom section of Vermont that straddles the international border.
A few hours spent outdoors nurturing fruits, flowers and vegetables each week can provide physical exercise, stress reduction, vitamin D and even a better diet – all without a membership fee. Resist packing plants closely together for instant gratification.
Refugees who were slated to travel to the United States after a years-long and often cumbersome process have had their flights canceled, according to a State Department memo to resettlement partners obtained by CNN.
Experts are worried about the potential public-health implications.
Gunfire and explosions rocked the occupied West Bank's Jenin area on Wednesday, a Palestinian official and an AFP reporter said, as the Israeli military pressed on for a second day with a large-scale raid.An AFP correspondent reported that gunfire and explosions could be heard coming from Jenin refugee camp, a hotbed of militancy where Israeli forces have regularly carried out raids.
With concerns of President Donald Trump’s policies targeting the LGBTQ+ community looming, lawyers advise individuals on actions to take to guarantee their rights.
European industrial stocks such as Schneider Electric and Prysmian surged on Wednesday as traders warmed up to prospects of their U.S. business after Donald Trump unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) investment push. The U.S. President announced on Tuesday a private-sector investment of up to $500 billion to fund AI infrastructure, sparking a wave of buying in stocks that help build and connect the architecture behind this new technology. French group Schneider Electric, a major supplier of electrical equipment and other infrastructure behind data centres, soared 3.4% to a new historic high in Paris.
President Trump has vowed to clamp down on immigration and undo Biden-era policies that he said were too permissive and blamed for allowing a large influx of undocumented immigrants. Here’s what we know about his policy changes.