By LAETITIA BEZAIN Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — A crush of people at a stadium in Madagascar left at least 12 dead and 85 injured as sports fans attended the opening ceremony of the Indian Ocean Island Games, authorities said Saturday. The stampede at the Mahamasina Stadium in Antananarivo, the capital of the East
Continue ReadingROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — An oral surgeon has been convicted of murdering his girlfriend who overdosed on anesthetic drugs that he administered at his Maryland home. Fifty-year-old James Ryan faces a maximum of 55 years in prison when he is sentenced at a date to be determined. Jurors who convicted Ryan on Friday heard testimony
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Some parts of the valley are recovering well from Hilary, while other areas like Palm Desert’s Spanish Walk neighborhood are still dealing with a major disaster. Several crews and bulldozers were clearing mud off the streets, while restoration companies were taking care of the damage indoors. Technicians tell us this flooding has the same water
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Fire department officials say two men have been arrested in different parts of Greece on suspicion of deliberately starting wildfires. One man was arrested on Saturday on the island of Evia for allegedly setting fire to dried grass. The fire department said he confessed to having
Continue ReadingTUNICA, Miss. (AP) — A new electric car factory in northwest Mississippi has produced its first vehicle, and California-based Mullen Automotive is celebrating the fresh investment in the Mid-South’s growing EV industry. Mullen’s plant employs 61 people in Tunica — a community mainly known for agriculture and casino gambling — who are primarily making a
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A boil water advisory has been issued after E. coli bacteria were found in the water supply near Phantom Ranch at Grand Canyon National Park, officials warned Friday. “These bacteria can make you sick and are a particular concern for people with weakened immune systems,” said a park news
Continue ReadingBy Arit John, CNN (CNN) — More than a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Republican candidates remain split over how to move forward on abortion, a political liability Democrats are eager to exploit regardless of who becomes the Republican nominee. The GOP divide was laid bare on the debate stage this
Continue ReadingMILL RUN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say an EF-2 tornado brought down trees and damaged homes as well as a resort and campground in southwestern Pennsylvania, injuring at least six people. The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh said an EF-2 tornado with peak winds estimated at 120 mph was on the ground for more than
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The beloved wild horses that roam freely in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park could be removed under a National Park Service proposal that worries advocates who say the horses are a cultural link to the past. Visitors who drive the scenic park road can often
Continue ReadingCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina coroner says a toddler died inside a hot car after her mother forgot that she left the girl in the vehicle parked outside a South Carolina high school. Berkeley County Coroner Darnell Hartwell told The Post and Courier that he believes the 16-month-old girl died on Friday due
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT, BERNARD CONDON and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted all at once in long, neat rows — those wires were bare, uninsulated metal that
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT, BERNARD CONDON and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted all at once in long, neat rows — those wires were bare, uninsulated metal that
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) – El asesinato de Fernando Pérez Algaba, el comerciante que fue hallado descuartizado en una valija en Ingeniero Budge, provincia de Buenos Aires, fue un crimen “premeditado, cometido entre varios, con alevosía y por codicia”, consideraron los investigadores de la Unidad Funcional de Instrucción (UFI) N°5 de Lomas de Zamora ,
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Mystery hunters converged on a Scottish lake on Saturday to look for signs of the mythical Loch Ness Monster. The Loch Ness Center said researchers would try to seek evidence of Nessie using thermal-imaging drones, infrared cameras and a hydrophone to detect underwater sounds in the lake’s
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — For months, Evangelina Hernandez watched helplessly as her autistic twin sons regressed – their screaming, biting and scratching worsening. The Wichita, Kansas, resident couldn’t afford the $3,000 monthly tab for their 10 prescriptions or their doctor visits without Medicaid. The toddlers, along with three of their sisters, lost their
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Police in Boston say a shooting has wounded at least seven people in the Dorchester neighborhood. Officer Michael Torigian says all seven were hospitalized non life-threatening injuries. Boston police received a call at 7:44 a.m. Saturday reporting that multiple people had been shot. Officers responded to the area of Blue Hill Avenue
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — A fire has erupted inside a stationary train compartment at a railway station in southern India, killing nine people. Officials say the blaze broke out at 5 a.m. Saturday and burned for two hours before firefighters were able to put it out. A statement by the Southern Railway says a gas
Continue ReadingOpinion by Noah Berlatsky (CNN) — In Guy Nattiv’s new feature film “Golda,” which arrived in theaters Friday, Helen Mirren plays Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir during the crisis of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Mirren is not Jewish, and she wears heavy makeup to look like the unglamorous, chain-smoking politician. Accordingly, the movie is inevitably
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Dos mujeres detenidas en la cárcel del condado de Suffolk dicen que tuvieron encuentros con el sospechoso de los asesinatos de Gilgo Beach, Rex Heuermann, y describieron los encuentros con él como “violentos” y “agresivos”, dijo este jueves la portavoz del departamento del sheriff, Vicki DiStefano. Se cree que los supuestos
Continue ReadingHARTFORD, Vt. (AP) — A hot air balloon made an emergency landing on a highway median in Vermont after becoming stalled in flight. The Valley News reports that five people were aboard for a sunset ride Wednesday night when the pilot landed the craft safely on the Interstate 91 median in Hartford. Traffic was shut
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