A Dayton man died following a crash in Riverside Sunday afternoon that also sent three people area hospitals.
Those other injuries were non-life-threatening according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Around 3:21 p.m, troopers received a report of a two-vehicle crash at the Harshman Road and state Route 4 intersection.
A preliminary investigation indicated a 2019 Nissan Altima driven by 57-year-old Leonard La Poma was turning onto Harshman Road from the northbound off ramp when the car was hit by a 2023 Hyundai heading southeast on Harshman Road.
La Poma was pronounced dead at the scene, according to troopers. The woman driving the Hyundai was taken to Miami Valley Hospital. Two juveniles in the Hyundai were transported to Dayton Children’s Hospital.
Riverside police and fire crews assisted OSHP at the scene.
UNESCO is the third assessment of the damage and needs since February 2022, which was carried out jointly by the World Bank, the Ukrainian government, the European Commission, and the United Nations.
This estimate covers a total of 4,779 cultural and tourist assets reported as damaged by the Ukrainian authorities. This includes damage to sites and buildings of heritage value (estimated at $2.41 billion); damage to works of art, collections, and cultural repositories ($161 million); damage to buildings and workshops dedicated to the cultural and creative industries ($262 million); and damage to tourism facilities ($650 million). The Kharkiv region was by far the worst affected, accounting for almost 25% of the damage recorded, followed by Donetsk region at 14.7% and Odesa region at 7.6%.
Since February 2022, the culture and tourism sectors have also accumulated lost revenues of $19.6 billion, representing an increase of 30% in one year. More than half of this loss – $10.6 billion – has been incurred by the city of Kyiv alone, mainly due to the fall in tourist numbers and the sudden slowdown of the creative industries.
According to UNESCO, nearly $9 billion will need to be raised between 2024 and 2033 to finance the recovery and reconstruction efforts. This funding requirement has increased by 30% in one year.
To meet the most urgent needs, UNESCO has raised more than $66 million over the past 2 years from its Member States and the private sector. Japan alone has supported the Organization’s efforts in Ukraine to the tune of almost $26 million. These funds have been used to implement dozens of short- and medium-term actions in the fields of culture, heritage, education, and the media. The Organization has also opened a liaison office in Kyiv to coordinate all of its operations, currently staffed by a team of around twenty people.
Among other initiatives in the field of culture, UNESCO conducts the following:
• Preventing damage
Since spring 2022, UNESCO has been supporting the protection of cultural property by supplying emergency equipment and setting up risk management systems. It advises Ukrainian cultural professionals on protecting works of art and improving fire prevention systems. UNESCO has also begun to inventory and 3D-digitize cultural property in Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa and Chernihiv. This data will provide an essential documentary basis for reconstruction, and enhance UNESCO’s efforts to fight the illicit trafficking of cultural property, already being implemented through its training and coordination of the police and justice services at regional level.
• Paving the way for reconstruction
UNESCO has initiated several consolidation and repair projects, including in Odesa at the Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Archaeology, and the House of Scientists, as well as at several museums in Kyiv. In Odesa, whose historic center has been on the World Heritage List since January 2023, the Organization will soon install a temporary roof on the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, thanks to support from Italy, to protect the nave from bad weather while reconstruction work is carried out.
• Training 1600 cultural professionals
Over the past two years, UNESCO and its partners have trained more than 1,600 cultural professionals to build the capacity of national and local institutions throughout Ukraine, the majority of whose staff had never before been faced with emergency situations. The training included damage assessment, securing museum collections and historic buildings, and preserving living heritage.
• Support for cultural life
UNESCO has funded residencies for nearly 100 artists in exile. It is also working to ensure the continuation of cultural activities in Ukraine. To achieve this goal, it has just awarded grants to 14 new artistic projects across the country. To support Ukraine’s artistic and cultural community, a UNESCO cultural center will open in Lviv in mid-2024, thanks to funding from Spain.
Twelve gunmen were killed by Mexican soldiers in a shootout near the Texas border, according to Mexican officials.
The security department of the northern border state of Tamaulipas posted on X, formerly Twitter, saying the shootout took place in a neighborhood in Miguel Aleman, across the border from Roma, Texas.
The department wrote that soldiers came under attack by “armed civilians,” with 12 aggressors “reduced” and a total of 12 long weapons, cartridges and magazines of various calibers seized.
No additional information was released and no group immediately claimed responsibility. The Mexican army said it did not have any information on the shootout, according to The Associated Press.
Miguel Aleman has become a hotspot of violence and turf wars between the Cartel of the Northeast, previously known as the Zeta cartels, and the Gulf Cartel. The Gulf Cartel, also known as the Matamoros Cartel, is one of Mexico’s oldest crime syndicates and operates out of Tamaulipas.
In September, gunmen reportedly attacked a convoy of vehicles crossing a bridge that connects Texas to Miguel Aleman. The incident resulted in three individuals injured, including Americans.
The U.S. State Department issued a Do Not Travel advisory for Tamaulipas to Americans early last year, citing the state’s crime and kidnapping issues.
Two people were arrested in Colorado after the remains of two young children were found in a container and a suitcase, according to authorities.
An investigation began on Jan. 20 into the whereabouts of Yesenia Dominguez and Jesus Dominguez Jr., who the Pueblo Police Department said in a press release had not been seen since the summer of 2018. Yesenia was believed to be 9 years old and her brother, Jesus, was believed to be 10.
Yesenia’s remains were found inside a metal container in a storage unit on Jan. 22. The container was “filled with hardened concrete and looked suspicious,” according to police, who were responding to a report of suspicious activity in the area.
Her identity was confirmed using DNA on Feb. 15, a week after Jesus’ remains were found in a suitcase in the trunk of a vehicle at a local scrapyard.
The vehicle belonged to Corena Minjarez, who police identified as a person of interest in the case, along with Jesus Dominguez.
Arrest warrants for 1st-degree murder and abuse of a corpse were obtained for Minjarez, 36, and Jesus, 35, per police, and Jesus had an additional charge: theft of government benefits, as well.
Minjarez was arrested on Friday by police, but authorities were “unable to locate” Jesus at the time, the Pueblo Police Department said. She is being held at the Pueblo County Detention Center with a bond of $2 million.
Jesus was arrested, according to a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) from police.
A 55-year-old Miami woman was killed at the morning when the vehicle she was travelling in allegedly struck a log truck on U.S. 27 in Glades County.
According to the report issued by the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at approximately 6:21 a.m. on U.S. 27/Woodward Road.
A 60-year-old Miami man was driving an SUV headed south on U.S. 27 in the outside lane just south of Woodward Road.
A 38-year-old LeHigh Acres man was driving a log truck, also headed south in the outside lane. This vehicle was driving ahead of the SUV at a slow speed.
The driver of the SUV reportedly failed to slow as he approached the log truck and collided with the rear of the trailer.
His passenger was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver sustained serious injuries.
The driver of the log truck, as well as his 70-year-old male passenger were uninjured.
The federal government is donating more than 800 drones to help the war effort in Ukraine, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced today.
The SkyRanger R70 drones are made in Waterloo, Ont., and can carry cargo weighing up to 3.5 kilograms. The drones can be coupled with surveillance cameras to carry out reconnaissance missions, Blair said .
“These drones are going to help Ukraine’s front line troops assess targets and threats quickly with accuracy and effectiveness,” Blair said during a press conference in Toronto.
The cost of the drones — roughly $95 million — comes from the $500-million military aid package announced by the government in June. Blair said the drones are expected to be delivered to Ukraine by the spring.
This coming week will mark two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began.
Canada’s announcement comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges Western allies to provide his country with more military assistance, especially long-range munitions.
Zelenskyy said Monday in a social media post that Russia is taking advantage of delays in military aid.
“The situation on the front line is extremely difficult in several areas, particularly where Russian forces have concentrated the majority of their reserves,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
“We are working with partners to resume and continue assistance while also increasing the strength of our own domestic defence industry.”
Blair was asked Monday if Canada could provide more weapons — specifically artillery shells and air-defence systems.
The minister said Ottawa has provided Ukraine with artillery shells from Canada’s own stockpile. He added that the government is looking at ways for Canada to increase domestic production of munitions, though he cautioned that would “take time.”
He also said that the promise of $406 million worth of surface-to-air missile defence systems, known by the acronym NASAMS, has been caught up in the U.S. legislative quagmire over aid to Ukraine.
Democrats in the U.S. Congress have sought to pass legislation that would provide billions in aid to Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel, as well as implement new measures on immigration. But Republicans have blocked the legislation, arguing it does not contain strict enough provisions around the U.S. border.
Blair said Monday that Canada had agreed to buy NASAMS for Ukraine along with the U.S., but that the purchase won’t go through until the military aid is approved by Congress.
“We are pushing as hard as we can to get those systems delivered. The Americans themselves have run into political process challenges that they’re working through, but that doesn’t take away the urgency,” Blair said.
Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s military chief, said over the weekend that he’s withdrawing troops from Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, where they’ve battled a Russian assault for four months.
Capturing the eastern city is seen as key to Moscow’s aim of securing the Donbas region — a key Kremlin goal since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine started.
Ukraine‘s withdrawal from the city of Avdiivka marks the biggest change on the front lines since May when Russian troops captured the city of Bakhmut, also located in the Donbas.
The number of tourists visiting Armenia increased by more than 48 percent compared to last year
in January-September of the current year, 1 million 839 thousand 4 foreign tourists visited Armenia, compared to 1 million 239 thousand 394 people last year.
‘The rise amounted to 48.4%, according to the National Statistical Committee.
The bulk were from Russia (931 thousand 695 people or 50 7% of the total), Georgia (185 thousand 82 people or 10.1%,) and Iran (116 thousand 62 people or 6.3%)
And the number of tourists who came to Armenia in January-March 2023 was about 450 thousand people.
this is more than 35 percent more compared to the same period of 2019.
“About 160,000 tourists visited Armenia in March of this year, compared to 84,000 people last year. This is the best indicator for the month of March.
Russia, Georgia and Iran continue to be the top three countries in terms of the number of visiting tourist,” the message states.
An Alabama mother has been charged with child abuse after she accidentally ran over her 7-year-old son while making him walk home from school as a punishment, according to the Boaz Police Department.
Police said the incident happened around 3:30 p.m. when Sarai Rachel James, 27, picked up her son from school in Boaz, Alabama.
James was told that her son had been sent to the principal’s office because he had gotten in trouble earlier in the day, police said.
As a form of punishment, James stopped her car, not far from school, and made her son get out to walk or run the rest of the way home, a distance of around eight blocks, police said.
While he walked, James drove beside her son for a few blocks, but as she slowed down, the boy tried to grab the door handle of the car, the Miami Herald reported.
According to Boaz Chief of Police Michael Abercrombie, when James accelerated, her son was pulled under the car and ran over with a rear tire.
Investigators told the Miami Herald that they believe the incident was an accident, though Abercrombie said the boy would never have been in that situation if he hadn’t been punished.
“She may not have realized he was doing that,” Abercrombie said. “God watched over him.”
According to police, the boy is in stable condition and was brought to the University of Alabama hospital where he was being treated for abrasions on his back and the side of his head.
James has since been charged with aggravated child abuse and was released on a $50,000 bond three days after being arrested, Marshall County jail records showed.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Boaz Police Department for more information.
YEREVAN, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has blamed the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh for failing to protect the Armenians there.
“Article 9 of the 9 November 2020 trilateral statement doesn’t contain anything on any corridor through Armenia, it’s impossible to find it,” Pashinyan said at a meeting with Armenian community members in Munich, speaking about the Azeri narrative on the so-called Zangezur corridor and the 2020 ceasefire agreement. “There is nothing about some other country controlling any territory of Armenia.
It is about the regional connections. You are aware that we developed and proposed the Crossroads of Peace project in order to fully present our stance. That’s our vision.”
Speaking about dangers, the Armenian PM said that the narrative used by Azeri leader Ilham Aliyev is a signal on present dangers.
“How should we withstand these dangers? First of all this should be managed in our international relations. What’s one of the reasons behind creating the Crossroads of Peace project? Azerbaijan was trying to create an impression as if we don’t want to provide a road to anyone.
What’s being talked about, as if Russia is supposed to control something in our territory, there’s no such thing in article 9, not to mention all the remaining articles of the trilateral statement which were basically torn and thrown away by Azerbaijan and Russia. Referring to article 9 is no longer relevant because both Russia and Azerbaijan have completely violated their obligations under the remaining articles, no Armenians are left in Nagorno-Karabakh today.
And this is also the responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping contingent deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh, the goal of which was supposed to be the protection of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh,” PM Pashinyan said.
