Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

A night meant for baseball and celebration turned tragic Wednesday at PNC Park when a fan fell over the outfield wall and landed on the warning track during the seventh inning of the Pirates-Cubs game. The incident occurred just moments after Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen hit an RBI double in the bottom of the seventh to give Pittsburgh a 4-3 lead. Witnesses say the man tumbled from the right-field bleachers above the iconic 21 foot Clemente Wall and hit the ground hard near the field of play. Emergency personnel rushed onto the field as stunned fans and players looked on.…

Former Vice President Kamala Harris made a powerful return to the political spotlight Wednesday night, delivering a keynote speech that doubled as a searing critique of President Donald Trump’s administration and policies. Speaking at the 20th anniversary gala for Emerge America, a group dedicated to empowering Democratic women to run for office,  Harris addressed a packed room in the city where her political journey began. It marked her first major address since her 2024 election defeat to Trump. Without formally announcing a political comeback, Harris didn’t hold back as she accused the Trump administration of abandoning American ideals and weaponizing…

A federal judge in Maryland has slammed the Trump administration for its continued refusal to cooperate in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident wrongfully deported to El Salvador in what the government admits was an “administrative error.” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis rejected a fresh request from the administration for more time to respond to discovery demands, ordering government officials to fully comply by Monday and setting strict new deadlines. She also cleared the way for depositions of four federal officials, to be completed by May 9. The case has ignited national debate over due process, executive…

One of Japan’s busiest transportation lifelines came to a dramatic halt on Wednesday evening after a metre-long snake slithered onto a power line along the Tokaido Shinkansen route, shorting the system and bringing all train services between Tokyo and Osaka to a standstill. The unusual reptilian disruption occurred at approximately 5:25 p.m. between Maibara and Gifu-Hashima stations, coinciding with the start of Golden Week, a string of national holidays when millions of Japanese citizens travel across the country to visit family and enjoy vacation time. Passengers were left stranded for nearly two hours as engineers worked to restore power, which…

A Turkish court on Wednesday handed Swedish journalist Joakim Medin an 11 month suspended sentence for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan but the reporter remains imprisoned as he awaits trial on a more serious charge of terrorism. Medin, who reports for Swedish newspaper Dagens ETC, was detained on March 27 upon arrival at Istanbul Airport, where he had flown in to cover the widespread protests sweeping the country. He was subsequently charged with insulting the president and belonging to a terrorist organization. The following day, he was incarcerated at the high-security Silivri prison outside Istanbul. While the court has…

In a historic world first, scientists in Britain have successfully used living human brain tissue to mimic the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, marking a major step forward in the urgent quest for a cure. A research team at the University of Edinburgh, working in partnership with NHS surgeons, exposed healthy brain tissue from living patients to toxic forms of amyloid beta, a protein heavily linked to Alzheimer’s. By doing so, they were able to observe in real-time how the disease attacks and disrupts critical brain cell connections. The method offers a rare and powerful opportunity to watch Alzheimer’s develop…

A 16 year old has been detained on suspicion of murdering three people following a deadly shooting at a hair salon in the city of Uppsala, Sweden’s Prosecution Authority confirmed on Wednesday. The attack, which unfolded late Tuesday afternoon, sent shockwaves through the university city, located 45 miles north of Stockholm. According to police, the shooting appears to have been an isolated incident and is not believed to be connected to the city’s Valborg celebrations, the traditional bonfire festival welcoming spring, set to take place Wednesday evening. Police responded to several emergency calls reporting loud bangs shortly after 5 p.m.…

In the first military operation authorised by the Labour government, British fighter jets joined American forces overnight in coordinated airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen. Royal Air Force Typhoon jets, supported by Voyager air tankers, struck a series of buildings located 15 miles south of the capital, Sana’a. According to the UK Ministry of Defence, the targeted sites were being used by the Iran-backed Houthi movement to manufacture drones responsible for recent attacks on merchant shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Defence Secretary John Healey described the strikes as a response to “a persistent threat from…

An alleged member of the Islamic State is being interrogated in Iraq after officials there accused him of helping incite the devastating New Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans that left 14 people dead. However, U.S. authorities say no direct link has been established between the suspect in Iraq and Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old Texas man who plowed a rental truck into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street before dying in a shootout with police. Although Jabbar flew a black-and-white ISIS flag from the back of the truck during the rampage, the Islamic State never formally claimed responsibility…

President Donald Trump said he “could” call Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to help return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States but…