Houston robbery victim indicted after mistakenly killing 9-year-old girl during mugging A Houston man who mistakenly and fatally shot a 9-year-old girl while he was being robbed at an ATM has been indicted for murder. 04/24/2024 - 3:27 pm | View Link
Survivors of home invasion sue their alleged attacker — the same man charged with murdering tech CEO The survivors of a harrowing home invasion are suing their accused attacker and his employers because he allegedly used his job as a maintenance man to force his way inside of the apartment. The post ... 04/23/2024 - 11:12 am | View Link
3 men arrested on murder charge after Lithonia home invasion gone wrong, deputies say More than a year after a man was murdered at a DeKalb County apartment complex, all three men deputies say are responsible for his death are in custody. According to warrants, there was a shootout at ... 04/23/2024 - 10:54 am | View Link
24-year-old man charged in Newport Coast home invasion A resident shot at them, Newport Beach police Sgt. Steve Oberon said. One suspect, Andrew Miguel Rosas, was armed with a handgun and charged with burglary, robbery, carrying a loaded gun in public ... 04/19/2024 - 2:47 pm | View Link
Man Charged in Newport Beach Home Invasion A 24-year-old man is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on charges of breaking into a home in Newport Beach where a homeowner shot him, while a second suspect apparently took his own life. According to ... 04/19/2024 - 1:42 pm | View Link
It could almost have been a vacation. U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday to be whisked to a basketball game and a dinner of steamed buns atop a balcony overlooking the city’s Ming Dynasty Yu Garden. America’s top diplomat even took time to post on Instagram from Shanghai’s neo-classical Bund, where he lauded the students and business leaders “building bridges and ties between our countries” as the neon lights of the Lujiazui business district twinkled in the background.
Actress Jane Fonda plans to devote the rest of her life to the fight for climate justice, because she knows just what we stand to lose.
“I grew up to the sounds of coyotes and nightingales and mourning doves. I’ve swum and scuba dived on the Great Barrier Reef and in the Galapagos, I’ve looked at sea turtles right in the eye,” she said after accepting an Earth Award from TIME CEO Jessica Sibley on Wednesday evening.
“This isn’t happenstance,” remarked Gloria Walton, former TIME Earth Award honoree, on the environmental justice movement being recognized as a powerful force.
“It is a reality created by the energy and love of frontline communities and grassroots organizations who have worked for decades,” Walton said, as she presented an Earth Award to the man known as the “Father of Environmental Justice,” Robert Bullard.
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Bullard, who was appointed to the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council in 2021, spoke of the long fight he’s waged for environmental justice in his acceptance speech.
Former Secretary of State John Kerry knows that battling the climate crisis is an uphill battle— but that doesn’t mean it’s time to give up the fight.
“Every analysis of finance of the transition to clean energy says we need something like 2.5 to 4.5 trillion dollars every year for the next three years,” said Kerry during his TIME Earth Award acceptance speech, after being presented the honor by former honoree Tom Steyer.
Nemonte Nenquimo believes that Mother Nature is sending us a message—we just need to listen.
“She’s crying. She’s shouting. She’s screaming. She’s saying that I am when the tides are rising, the rivers are rising. There are droughts. And this is my language. This is my alarm to you.”
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Nenquimo, an Indigenous leader of the Waorani peoples in Ecuador and founder of the nonprofits Ceibo Alliance and Amazon Frontlines, has focused much of her activism on preserving the Amazon from deforestation and oil extraction.
Designer Gabriela Hearst accepted a TIME Earth Award on Wednesday, presented to her by actress Jodie Comer, who praised Hearst’s commitment to sustainability through simplicity.
Hearst made clear that the admiration was mutual. “Artists and scientists hold the important keys to get us out of the mess we have gotten ourselves in,” she said before discussing her passion for clean energy.
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Hearst has weaved sustainability into her namesake company’s practices—her brand sells handbags on a made-to-order basis, and is constantly finding new ways to reduce waste in packaging and fabrics.