Day: February 11, 2016
Haiti-Université : Incendie à l’Université de Port-au-Princ
vantbefinfo.com Plusieurs salles de l’Université de Port-au-Prince, située à la ruelle Rivière, ont été incendiées ce jeudi. Une salle d’informatique, un bloc sanitaire et un dépôt, sont…
Haiti Transitional President to Be Elected Feb. 14
www.telesurtv.net The transitional president will not be allowed to stay in power more than 120 days after he takes office. The Haitian National Assembly will…
Haïti-Tension : Un autobus incendié à l’Avenue Christophe…
Port-au-Prince, le 11 février 2016.- Des individus qui se faisaient passés pour des étudiants ont incendié un autobus appartenant au Conseil national des marchés publics…
Haiti faces worst food insecurity crisis since 2001
In this Monday, March 24, 2014 photo, farmer Sylgramiz Delivra, 60, takes a break from gathering cassava stem cuttings that she will use to plant…
Cleveland to Tamir Rice estate: Kindly pay $500 ambulance bill
An undated photo of Tamir Rice. Rice family/WOIO-TV CLEVELAND – The city of Cleveland is asking Tamir Rice’s estate to pay $500 for his ambulance…
Zika Virus Comes to Ohio by Way of Haiti
State health officials said a 30-year-old Cuyahoga County woman and a 21-year-old Stark County man have the first confirmed cases of Zika in Ohio. Amanda…
Enfield community joins forces to send students to Haiti to help families, kids in need
A group of 14 Asnuntuck Community College students and staff plan to head to Haiti during spring break to help build a new, hurricane-proof home for…
It’s Carnival time! From Brazil and Germany to Haiti, the world’s in high spirits
A carnival float depicting (from L-R) Russian president Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Syrian president Bashar al-Assad as Angels of Peace during…
New Hampshire Primaries 2016: Full Results for Democratic and Republican Races
By Celeste Katz New Hampshire voters jammed the polls Tuesday for their first-in-the-nation Democratic and Republican primaries, with Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump coming into the contests…
World’s oldest bird, an albatross, just hatched her 40th chick – at 65
By Lonnie Shekhtman February 10, 2016 Kiah Walker/US Fish and Wildlife Service Kiah Walker/US Fish and Wildlife Service A Laysan albatross named Wisdom has hatched…
Possible direct detection of gravitational waves by LIGO could spell Nobel Prize
Stephanie Fine and Jiyun Lee / Staff Designers By Dan Garisto | Spectator Senior Staff Writer | February 11, 2016, 7:26 AM One year ago,…
Brazil links three deaths to suspected Zika-related complications
A municipal worker sprays insecticide at the neighborhood of Afogados in Recife, Brazil, February 2, 2016. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino Brazilian health authorities believe three adults died…
Is Haiti’s Democracy A 30-Year-Old Failure? Sure Feels That Way This Week
Sweet Micky’s Exit: Haitian President Michel Martelly (pictured here in October in Port-au-Prince) left office on Sunday. Dieu Nalio Chery / AP via Miami Herald…
Who walked the roads to Rome? Isotopes provide clues
Archaeologists analyzed isotopes in molars to begin personalizing the story of Rome’s hundreds of thousands of immigrants. Some came willingly, others did not. By Molly…
NASA video shares Curiosity’s view of Martian sand dunes
Mars is a desolate and lonely place that also happens to be quite beautiful. During the time, that NASA’s massive Curiosity rover has been cruising…
Donors urge Clinton to sharpen message ahead of debate with Sanders
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton visits a polling place in Manchester, New Hampshire February 9, 2016, the day of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary. Reuters/Brian…
Janesville churches get ready for Lent
Catherine W. Idzerda Thursday, February 11, 2016 Anthony Wahl Parishioners at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Janesville pray during Mass on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 10….