State attorneyโs office investigating St. Johns Youth Academy after โriot situationโ
The News4JAX I-TEAM is reviewing the private contracts from the company that ran the St. Johns Youth Academy. Meantime, the State Attorneyโs office is interviewing people about whatโs being described as a โriot situationโ at the facility in October.
Moroccan report: Stampede at fault for migrant border deaths
Moroccoโs state-affiliated human rights council has depicted last monthโs attempt by hundreds of migrants to storm the border between the North African kingdom and the Spanish enclave of Melilla as โunprecedented in nature, tactics used and scope.โ.
Lebanese government meets after night of raging protests
(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)BEIRUT Lebanon's prime minister held an emergency Cabinet meeting Friday after a night of raging protests that saw demonstrators shut down roads across the country with burning tires in renewed protests spurred by a plunging national currency. Prime Minister Hassan Diab canceled his scheduled meetings for the day and called for an emergency session to discuss the crisis. The renewed demonstrations amid calls for Diab's resignation are a huge challenge for the prime minister who took over in December after his predecessor, Saad Hariri, resigned amid nationwide protests late last year. Despite efforts to control the currency depreciation in recent weeks, the Lebanese pound tumbled to more than 6,000 to the dollar on Thursday, down from 4,000 on the black market in recent days. Lebanons financial crisis predates the virus pandemic that put the country in a total lockdown for months, further compounding the crisis.