The slaying of Deonte Alexander led to Cleveland police shooting an armed suspect Wednesday on East 73rd Street and Clark Avenue.

Four masked people used hammers to smash the locked front glass door of Menashe & Sons Jewelers, police said. No employees were hurt.

Israel’s far-right finance minister says a contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is going ahead, a project that Palestinians and rights groups worry will scuttle plans for a future Palestinian state by effectively cutting the West Bank into two separate parts.

Sterling Pettway has been charged with murder and felonious assault on a police officer following the fatal shooting of Deonte Alexander Wednesday on Cleveland's West Side.

West Ham vice-chair Karren Brady is adamant that Lucas Paqueta will stay at the club this season. There has been speculation that Paqueta, who was recently cleared of spot-fixing charges, could look to seek a move away this summer. The 27-year-old attracted interest from Manchester City earlier in the summer.

Coach Rich Rodriguez has been on record saying that West Virginia will continue to add players to the roster during fall camp, and now they have picked up a commitment from Trinity Valley Community College offensive lineman Jude Edwards.

West Ham United have tabled a £42 million bid for Chelsea midfielder Andrey Santos, according to Diario AS journalist Eduardo Burgos.West Ham want reinforcements in the middle of the park at the

Due to personal and family health concerns, Powell has announced her retirement for later this year. Officially, she will take family and medical leave through the fall, and retire in December. In the meantime, Libby Huettl, formerly the principal at Somerset Elementary School in Mendota Heights, will serve as interim principal at Garlough.