January 10, 2025
LA area’s 2 biggest blazes burn at least 10,000 structures, while new fire leads to more evacuations
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The two biggest wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area have burned at least 10,000 homes, buildings and other structures, officials said Thursday as they urged more people to heed evacuation orders after a new blaze ignited and…
January 10, 2025
Venezuela opposition leader Machado free after brief detention, government denies involvement
CARACAS, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was freed on Thursday, her Vente Venezuela movement said, shortly after she was detained amid gunshots while leaving a protest in eastern Caracas. Opposition demonstrations…
January 10, 2025
Trump to be sentenced in hush money case, days before his inauguration
NEW YORK, Jan 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday for his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a case that for a time overshadowed his bid to retake the White House.…
December 29, 2024
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter dead at 100
Jimmy Carter, the Georgia peanut farmer who was elected as the 39th U.S. president and later earned a Nobel Peace Prize as a global champion of human rights, has died. He turned 100 on Oct. 1. Carter's wife of 77 years, Rosalynn, died of natural…
December 29, 2024
Plane skids, crashes and burns while landing in South Korea, killing 179
A passenger plane skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport on Sunday, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames after its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy. All but two of the 181 people on board died in one of the…
December 27, 2024
Azerbaijan says plane hit by ‘external interference’ over Russia before crash
Azerbaijan's transport minister has said the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed on 25 December was subjected to "external interference" and damaged inside and out, as it tried to land in Russia's southern republic of Chechnya. "All [the…
December 25, 2024
Pope urges the world to put down arms, ‘overcome divisions’ in Christmas message
Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged "all people of all nations" to find courage during this Holy Year "to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions" plaguing the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine, Africa…
December 25, 2024
King Charles praises health-care workers in 1st Christmas address since cancer diagnosis
King Charles used his annual Christmas message to hail the selflessness of those who have cared for him and the Princess of Wales this year as both were receiving cancer treatments. The 76-year-old monarch said in a pre-recorded message released…
December 24, 2024
Child hospitalized after holiday drone show in Orlando goes badly wrong
A child was hospitalized after being hit by one of several drones that crashed into each other during a Saturday night aerial holiday show in Orlando, authorities said. The boy and his family were watching the holiday drone show when something went…
December 20, 2024
Teamsters begin ‘largest strike’ against Amazon, accusing company of ‘insatiable greed’
The Teamsters said workers will began striking at Amazon facilities across the country Thursday morning — in what the union calls the largest strike against the online shopping giant less than a week before Christmas. The Teamsters said the strike…