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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 2024
Page
2
AP reports Lebanese soldiers shot and captured a lone gunman who attacked the U S embassy near Beirut injuring a security guard. The clash lasted about thirty minutes as Hezbollah and Israeli forces continue fighting nearby displacing thousands. Local officials say the attacker acted alone.
Paris reports President Biden attends the 80th D-Day commemoration with world leaders as Western alliances face strains. Allies fear possible shifts if Trump wins another term, while Russia presses its Ukraine offensive and tests Western military support.
Stanford says 13 protesters were arrested after occupying a building housing the president and provost offices. Authorities cleared the site within two hours with extensive interior and exterior damage reported. student journalist from The Stanford Daily was among those taken into custody.
Waupun Correctional Institution Warden Randall Hepp was jailed hours before a planned news conference on findings from investigations into multiple deaths at the facility. Dodge County records show the booking with no stated reason, while state Sen. Van Wanggaard said the warden and others will be arrested on crimes tied to the prison work. The briefings followed a Tuesday briefing to the head of the state Department of Corrections.
Boeing launched two NASA test pilots aboard the Starliner from Cape Canaveral toward the International Space Station for a weeklong stay. It was the capsule’s third launch attempt after prior unmanned and crewed delays and fixes. SpaceX has operated NASA crew flights since 2020, providing a backup taxi option.
In Florence an Italian court reconvicted Amanda Knox of slander for accusing an innocent man, the Congolese bar owner, of the 2007 murder of her British roommate. The three year sentence counts as time served, and Knox plans to appeal to Italy's Corte di Cassazione.
Thousands of ultranationalist Israelis, part of an annual Jerusalem march, traversed a sensitive Palestinian area. Protesters chanted harsh slogans as tensions flare amid the ongoing Israel Hamas conflict, with concerns the march could trigger broader unrest recallinga past Gaza war.
On the 80th anniversary of June 6 1944, Normandy survivors recall liberation and the heavy price. Civilians faced about 20 000 deaths, 73 000 Allied troops killed and 153 000 wounded in the campaign. The bombardment razed towns like Caen Rouen Le Havre and Saint-Lo, while many civilians remembered the generosity of American soldiers despite the devastation.
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