University of North Carolina students rally for gun safety after fatal shooting of faculty member | AP News

University of North Carolina students rally for gun safety after fatal shooting of faculty member | AP News

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A shooting that left a faculty member dead and frightened students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has galvanized gun safety advocates and local Democrats, who rallied the grieving campus community Wednesday to fight for stricter state gun laws.About 600 students held protest signs on a large

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Na današnji dan 30. avgust

Na današnji dan 30. avgust

1483 – Umro je francuski kralj Luj XI (Luis), koji je tokom vladavine od 1461. uspeo da pobedi Ligu feudalaca i da ojača centralnu kraljevsku vlast. Nasledio ga je sin Šarl VIII.1645 – Holandjani i američki Indijanci sklopili su primirje u Nju Amsterdamu (Njujork).1748 – Rodjen je Žak Luj David (Jacques Louis), najznačajniji predstavnik klasicizma

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Spain has condemned inappropriate World Cup kiss. Can it now reckon with sexism in soccer? | AP News

Spain has condemned inappropriate World Cup kiss. Can it now reckon with sexism in soccer? | AP News

MADRID (AP) — When Patricia Otero watched the president of Spain’s soccer federation tarnish the greatest victory in the history of women’s sports in Spain by forcibly kissing a player on the lips during the Women’s World Cup medal ceremony, she was saddened — but not surprised.For this amateur soccer player, the kiss that Luis

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States at the forefront of fights over wetlands protections after justices slash federal rules | AP News

States at the forefront of fights over wetlands protections after justices slash federal rules | AP News

A month after the U.S. Supreme Court severely restricted the federal government’s power to oversee wetlands, the Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature handed state agencies an order: Don’t give the ecologically crucial waters any more protection than newly weakened federal rules provide.It might seem ironic that Republicans who often complain about the federal government would tether

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Vučić posle sastanka sa Lajčakom: Veoma sam zabrinut zbog razvoja događaja na Kosovu

Vučić posle sastanka sa Lajčakom: Veoma sam zabrinut zbog razvoja događaja na Kosovu

Politika | 30.08.2023 | access_time 14:50 Predsednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić izjavio je posle sastanka sa specijalnim predstavnikom EU za Zapadni Balkan Miroslavom Lajčakom u Beogradu da je veoma zabrinut zbog razvoja događaja na Kosovu.Vučić je na Instagramu napisao da je Lajčaku, specijalnom predstavniku EU za dijalog Beograda i Prištine i druga regionalna pitanja Zapadnog Balkana

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Smanjuje se potrošnja hleba po stanovniku Srbije

Smanjuje se potrošnja hleba po stanovniku Srbije

Potrošnja hleba, bez peciva, u Srbiji trenutno iznosi 51 kilogram po stanovniku godišnje, što je prema statističkim podacima oko 40 odsto manje nego pre 15 godina kada se trošilo 91,5 kilograma hleba, prenela je današnja “Politika”.Prema podacima udruženja “Žitounija”, ukupna potrošnja hleba po regionima je ispod trenutnog proseka u razvijenijim područjima Srbije, a iznad tog

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Nebraska volleyball stadium event could draw 90,000-plus and set women’s world attendance record | AP News

Nebraska volleyball stadium event could draw 90,000-plus and set women’s world attendance record | AP News

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An attendance record of global proportions could be set Wednesday night when the University of Nebraska hosts a celebration of volleyball at Memorial Stadium.The event will feature an exhibition between in-state Division II powers Nebraska-Kearney and Wayne State and a regular-season match between Omaha and the fourth-ranked Cornhuskers. Country artist Scotty

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Saudi man receives death penalty for posts online, latest case in wide-ranging crackdown on dissent | AP News

Saudi man receives death penalty for posts online, latest case in wide-ranging crackdown on dissent | AP News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death over his posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, and his activity on YouTube, the latest in a widening crackdown on dissent in the kingdom that has drawn international criticism. The judgement against Mohammed bin Nasser al-Ghamdi, seen Wednesday by

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