Death toll from New Year's Eve illegal fireworks explosion in Honolulu climbs to 5
HONOLULU (AP) — Death toll from New Year's Eve illegal fireworks explosion in Honolulu climbs to 5.
HONOLULU (AP) — Death toll from New Year's Eve illegal fireworks explosion in Honolulu climbs to 5.
More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations spokesperson has said.
Office manager Oliver White, 27, died by suicide the next day ‘as a direct result’ of the robbery in which he was tied up and put in headlock, jurors were previously told
Japanese police said they have arrested seven people suspected of running an illegal sex business that reportedly targeted tourists in Tokyo's busy red-light district.A Tokyo police spokesman told AFP on Wednesday that seven people, including a Brazilian national, had been arrested for running prostitution businesses under the guise of massage parlours for men in the central Kabukicho red-light district.
The incident comes a week after an American Eagle regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington D.C.
Thailand cut electricity supplies on Wednesday to several areas in neighboring Myanmar that are home to sites at the center of a global, billion-dollar online scam industry.
The gunman who killed 10 people in an attack on a school in Sweden shouted “you should go away from Europe” in between firing shots at his victims, video analysis shows.
Onijah Andrew Robinson has made a series of demands for money as well as claiming she wants to ‘rebuild’ Pakistan
Gen Z-ers want you to know that the bush is back, and it's political as ever.
Denaya Young allegedly told police she "lost count" of how many times she hit her son
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Google is dropping its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hiring goals in the wake of President Trump’s executive orders seeking to end the practice. “We’ll continue to invest in states across the U.S. — and in many countries globally — but in the future we will no longer have aspirational goals,” the company wrote in…
Florence Mirsky, who dated record producer Scott Storch, says she’s taking ‘full accountability’ for her behavior
When the World Health Organization's top donor the United States announced its withdrawal, one employee launched an online fundraiser to plug the gap -- and her efforts have already raised more than $100,000.She launched her "One Dollar, One World" fundraising page on the website of the WHO Foundation -- the arm of the UN agency that matches private finance with high-impact health projects.
A state of emergency has been declared in Santorini after the strongest earthquake was recorded in days of near-constant tremors, which have almost emptied the famous Greek tourist haven of visitors and residents.
For the final two months of his captivity in Gaza, American-Israeli Keith Siegel was forced to lie down at all times in a cramped room. When he returned to Israel last week, gaunt and pale, the first words to his family, according to his brother, Lee Siegel, were: “I’m back, I’m home.” Hostages are returning after 15 months in captivity as part of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, and with their freedom, the first details of their ordeals are emerging.
Dr. J Mack Slaughter was brought to tears when a stranger paid his family’s £68.57 ($85.21) bill at Mimi’s Cafe in Fort Worth, Texas, and left a heartfelt message on the receipt. The retired Army medic wrote: “Thank you for being a great dad” and praised him for his devotion to his children. The emergency physician said the random act of kindness restored his faith in humanity, adding: “Despite all the bad in the world, there’s so much good, too.”
A gunman opened fire at an adult education center in the Swedish city of Örebro on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people in what the country’s prime minister called the “worst mass shooting in Swedish history.”
One U.S. service member and three defense contractors were killed Thursday when a plane contracted by the U.S. military crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said. The aircraft was conducting a routine mission “providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support at the request of our Philippine allies," the command said in a statement. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines also confirmed the crash of a light plane in Maguindanao del Sur province.
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning transgender athletes from women's sports, citing the need to protect female athletes. The order, which could strip schools of federal funding for non-compliance, was signed at the White House amid applause from supporters, including key Republicans. Trump declared the move a defense of women's sports traditions. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday seeking to ban transgender athletes from participating in wom
"The alleged actions of this defendant are among the most callous I have seen and hope never to see again," the prosecutor said