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Powerful earthquake in Japan leaves 9 dead, hundreds injured
15th April 2016 | Posted by KPRescuers went house to house Friday looking for victims of a powerful earthquake that struck southwestern Japan late Thursday. At least nine people were killed and more than 700 injured in the magnitude 6.5 quake that centered on the island of Kyushu, one of Japan’s four main islands, according to local news reports.
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Gas explosion rocks Paris apartment building
01st April 2016 | Posted by KPA huge explosion ripped through a building in the middle of Paris a short while ago. Visuals showed smoke rising out of a building in the centre of the city. Reports quoted the police as saying the explosion may have been caused by a gas leak. "Explosion in central Paris not terror related, appears to have been a gas explosion," a police officer was quoted as saying. (ND TV)
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Obama hopes cable set-top box rule will usher in new era of competition
15th April 2016 | Posted by KPWASHINGTON — President Obama will weigh in on a controversy with big implications for cable customers — and, the White House says, the future of the American economy. In comments to be filed Friday with the Federal Communications Commission, the Obama administration will throw its support behind a proposed rule that would prohibit cable companies from requiring customers to rent their set-top boxes directly from their provider. Read More
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Brewers' Blaine Boyer says mission with Adam LaRoche to save sex slaves was 'life-changer'
15th April 2016 | Posted by KPST. LOUIS -- Milwaukee Brewers reliever Blaine Boyer knew there was risk involved when he and friend Adam LaRoche went overseas to try to free underage girls from the hellish world of sex slavery. But that's how strongly the two major-league baseball players felt about trying to make a difference. "It was a life-changer," Boyer said Thursday before the Brewers played the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. "It's something Adam and I are going to do for the rest of our lives."
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Inside Rio's high school 'Occupy' movement
15th April 2016 | Posted by KPA knock at the door of Gomes Freire de Andrade high school in Rio de Janeiro elicits a rather odd reply: “Occupy Gomes, how can I help you?” It’s a teenager’s voice. The door is locked — padlocked on the inside by one of the 60 or so students who recently took over this small school in a gritty neighborhood in Rio’s North Zone. They first “occupied” the campus almost three weeks ago, deciding to take measures into their own hands to protest what they see as the dismal condition of their public education. Gomes was the second school to be taken over by protesting students in Rio de Janeiro. In the weeks since, some 34 others have followed, according to the state Department of Education. The youth "Occupy" movement comes on the back of a recent strike by state teachers, who say they haven’t been paid in weeks.
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