The Gulf and the Caribbean highlighted for possible enhanced tropical activity
Read full article: The Gulf and the Caribbean highlighted for possible enhanced tropical activityThe newest Global Tropics Hazards Outlook is in from Climate Prediction Center, and they've elevated the chances we see some sort of tropical depression or stronger forming in the Caribbean or Southwest Gulf through the month of October. Here are some details you need to know
Here’s how to program your garage door opener built into your car visor
Read full article: Here’s how to program your garage door opener built into your car visorKaren in Bunnell asked us to program her garage door remote buttons built into her sun visor in her car because she couldn't get them to work on her own.
Man bitten by bear cub in Orange City while trying to break up fight with his dog
Read full article: Man bitten by bear cub in Orange City while trying to break up fight with his dogA man was bitten by a bear cub in Orange City while trying to separate the bear and his dog, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
In Amharic, Karen and Spanish, worship is like home for migrants in heartland town
Read full article: In Amharic, Karen and Spanish, worship is like home for migrants in heartland townAt noon on Sundays in Worthington, Minnesota, an overflow crowd is still swaying to the Guatemalan band at Spanish-language Catholic Mass, Ethiopian Orthodox Christians are wrapping up their six-hour-long service, and at town’s edge among the cornfields, refugees from Southeast Asia gather to pray and sing in Karen at the Baptist church founded by Swedish farmers.
Myanmar's opposition rejects a military appeal for talks on a political solution to armed conflict
Read full article: Myanmar's opposition rejects a military appeal for talks on a political solution to armed conflictThe main group coordinating opposition to military rule in Myanmar has rejected a surprise offer from the ruling generals to hold talks on a political solution to the country’s nationwide armed conflict.
Ethnic Karen guerrillas in Myanmar leave a town that army lost 2 weeks ago as rival group holds sway
Read full article: Ethnic Karen guerrillas in Myanmar leave a town that army lost 2 weeks ago as rival group holds swayGuerrilla fighters from the main ethnic Karen fighting force battling Myanmar’s military government have withdrawn from the eastern border town of Myawaddy two weeks after forcing the army to give up its defense.
About 1,300 people from Myanmar flee into Thailand after clashes broke out in a key border town
Read full article: About 1,300 people from Myanmar flee into Thailand after clashes broke out in a key border townOfficials in Thailand say about 1,300 people have fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand as fresh fighting erupted at a border town that has recently been captured by ethnic guerillas.
Thai foreign minister urges Myanmar's military to avoid violent attack on border town its army lost
Read full article: Thai foreign minister urges Myanmar's military to avoid violent attack on border town its army lostThailand’s foreign minister says he has urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to its opponents.
Ethnic guerrillas in Myanmar look set to seize an important town on the Thai border from military
Read full article: Ethnic guerrillas in Myanmar look set to seize an important town on the Thai border from militaryGuerrilla fighters from Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority are claiming to be close to seizing control of a major trading town bordering Thailand.
Beachgoers looking to avoid paid parking face tickets for parking on residential streets
Read full article: Beachgoers looking to avoid paid parking face tickets for parking on residential streetsPeople who live oceanfront are frustrated with people parking on their street to avoid paying new fees at parking lots.
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Myanmar still mired in violence 2 months after military coup
Read full article: Myanmar still mired in violence 2 months after military coupProtesters in Myanmar are marking two months since the military seized power by again defying the threat of lethal violence and demonstrating against its toppling of the country's democratically elected government.
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Junta's foes woo ethnic allies with new Myanmar constitution
Read full article: Junta's foes woo ethnic allies with new Myanmar constitutionAnti-coup protesters run to avoid military forces during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar on Wednesday March 31, 2021. (AP Photo)YANGON – Opponents of Myanmar’s military government declared the country’s 2008 constitution void and put forward an interim replacement charter late Wednesday in a major political challenge to the ruling junta. The moves, while more symbolic than practical, could help woo the country's armed ethnic militias to ally themselves with the mass protest movement against the military's seizure of power in February. The ceasefire announcement came after a flurry of combat with at least two armed ethnic minority organizations that operate on the country's borders. Ceasefires between the ethnic militias and central government forces have always been fragile, and the ethnic minority forces had no immediate reaction to the announcement.
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Myanmar junta deepens violence with new air attacks in east
Read full article: Myanmar junta deepens violence with new air attacks in east(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)MAE SAM LAEP – The military launched more airstrikes Tuesday in eastern Myanmar after earlier attacks forced thousands of ethnic Karen to flee into Thailand and further escalating violence two months after the junta seized power. The U.S. earlier suspended a trade deal and imposed sanctions on junta leaders as well as restricted business with military holding companies. Tuesday's air raids in eastern Myanmar killed six civilians and wounded 11, said Saw Taw Nee, head of the KNU's foreign affairs department. AdProtests against the junta continued in several Myanmar cities Tuesday despite its lethal crackdown that killed more than 100 people on Saturday alone. They said on Monday, however, that Thai soldiers had begun to force people to return to Myanmar.
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Thousands flee Myanmar airstrikes, complicating crisis
Read full article: Thousands flee Myanmar airstrikes, complicating crisis(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)YANGON – Thai soldiers began sending back some of the thousands of people who have fled a series of airstrikes by the military in neighboring Myanmar, people familiar with the matter said Monday. But Thai officials denied that as the insecurity on the border added a new dimension to an already volatile crisis set off by a coup in Myanmar. But later, three people with knowledge of the matter said Thai soldiers had begun to force people to return to Myanmar. In one border area, Thai soldiers refused to let journalists or curious locals approach or speak to those who had fled. Video shot Sunday showed a group of villagers, including many young children, resting in a forest clearing inside Myanmar after fleeing their homes.
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In Myanmar's hinterland, army uproots ethnic Karen villagers
Read full article: In Myanmar's hinterland, army uproots ethnic Karen villagersIn this photo released by the Free Burma Rangers, members of the humanitarian group Free Burma Rangers carry out medical checkups on villagers in the northern Karen State, Myanmar Feb. 25, 2021. (Free Burma Rangers via AP)BANGKOK – In the jungles of southeast Myanmar, the army was shooting and otherwise oppressing civilians long before last month’s military coup. In the country’s remote southeast, an army offensive has driven as many as 8,000 ethnic Karen people to flee their homes in what aid groups say is the worst upheaval there for nearly 10 years. But it also is a reminder of the brutal force Myanmar's army has long used against civilians, and in particular the country's ethnic minorities. The Karen long ago learned the brutal nature of the military, independent analyst David Mathieson told The Associated Press.
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Pop-up food bank serves Chuluota area with fresh vegetables
Read full article: Pop-up food bank serves Chuluota area with fresh vegetablesTwice a month, the couple creates up a pop-up farmers market in front of VFW Post 10139 in Chuluota. “Would you like some spinach?” Zielke asked one of the nearly 70 people who make their way to the fresh vegetable food bank. “That gave us an idea that we could go there and help them by purchasing some of the food they couldn’t sell,” Mike Zielke said. “It’s something we thought would be very short term,” Mike Zielke said. Friends suggested he stop by the Chuluota food bank.
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Unmasked shopper flashes gun in Brevard store requiring face-covering
Read full article: Unmasked shopper flashes gun in Brevard store requiring face-covering“I said, ‘Are you intending to shoot me over a mask?’” White said. In turn, many businesses and states or localities have mandated that people wear face masks. Brevard County has opted not to mandate face masks, with the commissioners saying they don't believe requiring face coverings is their place. Many media reports describe employees or customers being assaulted verbally and, in some cases, physically for asking patrons to wear masks. I need to be clear that we will not tolerate this behavior towards our Team Members.”Tire Kingdom will begin requiring customers to wear face masks on Thursday.
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San Francisco CAREN act aims to outlaw racially-motivated 911 calls
Read full article: San Francisco CAREN act aims to outlaw racially-motivated 911 callsSan Francisco City Supervisor Shamann Walton wants to see these people face harsh fines. Once the legislation has been drafted, we will introduce it formally at the board of supervisors, Walton said. We will have a hearing on the legislation.Walton has asked the Board of Supervisors to redirect SFPD funding to the Black community, an act that he said should be viewed as reparations. Were actually having some meetings over the next couple of weeks, talking to Black leadership, leadership of Black community-based organizations, leadership of Black faith-based community. Particularly when we starting saying this is where resources are going to be taken from and this is what were going to do and how we are going to utilize resources, Walton said.
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