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MILWAUKEE 鈥?Thousands of free flowers were given away to locals at Alice stanley us s Garden located on 21st Street in Milwaukee.The giveaway was part of a partnership between Alice s Garden Urban Farm, Milwauk stanley cup ee World Festival Inc., and Milwaukee County Parks.Opportunities For Summer Activities Abound At The Rock Sports ComplexBefore the gates opened at 2:00 p.m. a line was wrapped around the garden as hundreds of people waited to fill a tray up of free annual flowers.An hour and a half into the event, organizers stanley taza said they ran out of flowers.The flowers were meant to go on the Summerfest grounds but because the event is canceled this year, it was a way for community members to bring a part of the Summerfest smile back home. Executive Director of Alices Garden, Venice Williams said it warms her heart to know the flowers will spread joy and happiness throughout the community. We are sad that we will not have festivals this summer but in the midst of a pandemic, there are still opportunities the opportunity to brighten up your neighborhood, said Williams.Organizers said because they ran out of flowers on Thursday, Fridays giveaway is now canceled.Report a typo or error // Submit a news tip Fres WATCH: Tornado touches down in Kansas
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council Tuesday, accusing the body of bias against US ally Israel and a failure to hold human rights abusers accountable.The move, which the Trump administration has threatened for months, came down one day after the Office of the UN High Commissioner for stanley termosy Human Rights slammed the separation of children from their parents at the US-Mexico border as unconscionable. Speaking from the State Department, where she was joined by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Haley defended the move to withdraw from the council, saying US calls for reform were not heeded. Human rights abusers continue to serve on, and be elected to, the council, said Haley, listing US griev stanley cup nz ances with the body. The world s most inhuman stanley mugg e regimes continue to escape its scrutiny, and the council continues politicizing scapegoating of countries with positive human rights records in an attempt to distract from the abusers in its ranks. Deeply disappointed For too long, Haley said, the Human Rights Council has been a protector of human rights abusers, and a cesspool of political bias. Based in Geneva, the Human Rights Council is a body of 47 member states within the United Nations tasked with upholding human rights.Membership on the council gives countries like the United States a voice in important debates over human rights atrocities, but the council s critics, including Haley, say abusers use t |
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