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California’s bear problem reaches terrifying new heights as one brazen animal makes its live television debut

California’s wildlife scene just got even wilder, folks, as a black bear decided to make a surprise live television appearance right behind a reporter covering a recent bear attack. This unexpected moment happened early on March 15 in Monrovia, Los Angeles County, where a local news crew was on the…

The Mary Sue

Man Struck and Killed by Vehicle While Running From ICE Raid at Los Angeles Home Depot: 'La Migra, Corre'

A man was killed Thursday after being struck on the eastbound 210 Freeway while fleeing federal agents raiding a Home Depot in Monrovia, California.

Latin Times

‘Trump’s terror campaign’: Protests erupt after man dies fleeing federal agent raid at LA Home Depot

Democrats call on president to end immigration raids after vehicle collision kills man in Monrovia

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Donald Trump’s ICE is just getting started, as a man is killed on the freeway while running from a raid

Yet ICE is denying any kind of involvement.

We Got This Covered

Man fleeing Ice raid outside LA Home Depot hit and killed on freeway

Raid, apparently not communicated to local officials, was one of several recently targeting stores in southern California

The Guardian - US

NFL Players from Monrovia HS (Monrovia, CA)

An updated list of all NFL Players from Monrovia High School in Monrovia, California.

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Where is Liberia, whose president Trump praised for his ‘good English’?

Liberia was founded in 1822 as a colony for free Black Americans in West Africa as slavery ended.

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Parliament blaze and a deadlock: Why is Liberia in a political crisis?

Are there links between the fire that gutted parts of parliament and a legislative impasse involving Speaker Koffa?

Al Jazeera

Liberia contemplates moving capital after disastrous flooding

Severe flooding in Liberia has led a group of senators to propose relocating the capital city away from overcrowded and poorly managed Monrovia, a suggestion met with a mixture of enthusiasm and hesitancy in the West African country.

Radio France Internationale

‘Bring hard justice’: Liberia civil war survivors welcome war crimes court

President signs order promising establishment of a war crimes court in efforts to bring justice 21 years after conflict.

Al Jazeera

Africa’s freeports should boost trade and foreign exchange earnings – but evidence is thin

The concept of a freeport – an area where normal tax and customs rules don’t apply – has existed for centuries. Over time, different terms have emerged. They include export processing zones, free trade zones, special economic zones and industrial free zones. West Africa has 29 free zones, spanning 11…

The Conversation

End of an era: How corruption in Liberia cost George Weah the presidency

In six years, Weah, Liberia’s most famous citizen became so unpopular he lost the election to a man he defeated in 2017.

Al Jazeera

Joseph Boakai close to victory in Liberia

We begin in Liberia, where the opposition leader Joseph Boakai is on course to become president after preliminary election results gave him a slim lead over incumbent George Weah. Celebrations already started in Monrovia Friday night.

France 24

Polls open in Liberia for tense presidential run-off

Polls have opened in Liberia for the presidential run-off election. Voters are asked to choose between a second term for former football star George Weah despite a controversial record, or to elect political veteran Joseph Boakai despite his age.

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Al Jazeera

What to know about Liberia’s presidential election

Liberia goes to the polls on Tuesday amid growing anger over corruption and the cost of living.

Homes & Gardens

Pieris care and growing guide – expert tips on how to grow a dazzling andromeda bush

Find out how to grow pieris, and add lively interest to pots and borders with this vibrant flowering evergreen shrub

Al Jazeera

Liberians protest living costs as Weah returns from 48-day trip

Analysts warn of more protests ahead of the 2023 elections despite President Weah’s popularity in parts of Liberia.

Radio France Internationale

Survivors sue Liberian government over failure to track down civil war killers

Survivors of a massacre during Liberia’s civil war have sued the government in Monrovia for its failure to address wartime atrocities. The administration of President George Weah is under pressure to implement a report setting guidelines on bringing wartime criminals to justice.

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Daily Mirror

Family stunned as brazen bear takes dip in garden pool to cool off in sweltering heat

Shocked Steve Bray, from Monrovia, California, uploaded the footage to Facebook after catching the cheeky bear on his security camera, and he wasn't grizzly about the surprise swimmer

Reuters

'Our hands are tied': Liberia grapples with heaps of city waste

As the sun set over Liberia's vast West Point slum, youth leader Archie Gbezay shook his head as children meandered around dense piles of trash, playing catch with jars of old hair product plucked from polluted puddles of water. Gbezay, 34, has seen his neighbours in corrugated iron shacks grapple…

Tribune News Service

Can Liberia's capital keep the sea out without hurting the coastal economy?

Musa Bamba moved to West Point, a bustling slum on a peninsula jutting out from Liberia’s capital Monrovia, two decades ago. The 48-year-old scrap metal trader bought a plot of land and built a 10-room house, back from the water’s edge, for his family in 2005.

Radio France Internationale

Liberia celebrates its bicentenary and ties to the US with celebrations in Monrovia

Liberia has marked its "year of return" and bicentennial anniversary of the return of free black slaves from the United States to Liberia with ceremonies attended by foreign dignitaries in and around the capital, Monrovia.

Benzinga

Michigan-Based PSI Labs Expands Its Cannabis Testing Services

PSI Labs expanded its services after a strong performance in 2021, including a strategic acquisition of pH Solutions, LLC in Monrovia, California. The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company increased service line will offer more environmental testing as well as research and development.

Radio France Internationale

Liberia declares three days of mourning after stampede kills 29 people

At least 29 people, including 11 children, have died following a stampede during a Christian crusade in the densely populated New Kru Town, a suburb of the capital Monrovia.

France 24

Huge explosion hits Ghana mining region after truck crash

In tonight's edition: An unknown number of people are killed in Ghana in a huge explosion that razed hundreds of buildings to the ground. The blast was caused by a truck carrying explosives which collided with a motorcycle. Also, at least 29 people in Liberia, including 11 children and a…

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