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Threat of dangerous flooding continues in Texas while hard-hit areas launch cleanup efforts
UVALDE, Texas | Some parts of Texas remained under threat for dangerous flash flooding Friday as other areas saw water levels recede enough for cleanup efforts following days of punishing downpours blamed for the deaths of two people. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency in the early morning for the city of […]
US and Iran escalate strikes across Mideast; bridges and a water plant hit
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | The United States and Iran escalated their attacks across the Middle East on Friday, trading strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified. The U.S. expanded its attacks against Iran by hitting more bridges and energy sites and collapsing a tower at […]
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DHS finds itself back in the headlines after 3 fatal ICE encounters, in a test for Secretary Mullin
WASHINGTON | When Markwayne Mullin took over as Homeland Security secretary from fired Kristi Noem, he pledged to get the department responsible for carrying out the Trump administration’s mass deportations policy out of the headlines. But just months into Mullin’s time in office, the department is squarely in the center of controversy again after three […]
3 islands help control access to the Strait of Hormuz. They’re in the crosshairs of the Iran war
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | The expanding U.S. military campaign against Iran has put three small islands that sit at the confluence of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz in the crosshairs once again. The islands of Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunb — which were seized in 1971 by Iran from […]
Ukrainians protest Zelenskyy’s ouster of his popular defense minister
KYIV, Ukraine | President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shook up his wartime government, drawing hundreds of Ukrainians into the streets Thursday to protest the ouster of his youthful defense minister — seen as an innovator of the country’s successful drone technology but who clashed with the traditional military establishment. The personnel overhaul, which included replacing his prime […]
Italian court convicts 30 including former highway operator CEO in deadly 2018 bridge collapse
GENOA, Italy | An Italian court on Thursday convicted the former CEO of Italy’s main highway operator and 29 others in the 2018 Genoa highway bridge collapse that sent vehicles plunging and killed 43 people, a disaster that exposed serious lapses in the maintenance of Italian infrastructure. Dozens of family members of the victims packed […]
After 6 years, Trump brings his election obsession to primetime at the White House
In the weeks after Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden in 2020, the people Trump appointed to run the Department of Justice, cybersecurity agencies and intelligence departments all said the same thing — the election was fair, legitimate and free of major fraud or foreign interference. In his second term, Trump, a Republican, has tried […]
How to protect yourself from the bad air caused by wildfires
When wildfires burn, smoke can travel long distances and degrade air quality far away, posing risks to those breathing it. Fires burning in one state can make the air worse several states away, and wildfires in Canada can send smoke into U.S. cities. Here’s what to know about taking precautions against poor air quality due […]
More than 500 feared dead as officials investigate reports of boats capsizing with Rohingya refugees
SYDNEY | More than 500 people are feared dead after reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal, officials said Thursday. According to preliminary information, the two boats left Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine in late June carrying mostly Rohingya passengers, including some who had […]