Armoured vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace as a top government official warned of a coup attempt and President Luis Arce said “irregular” deployment of troops was taking place in the capital. In a message on his X account, Mr Arce called for “democracy to be respected”. It came as Bolivian television […]
A young swimmer apparently drowned Thursday in the Genesee River near Oramel in Allegany County, multiple emergency agencies reported. Belfast Central School said a district student was involved in the swimming accident and the child had not been found. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the student. (The school) will […]
The Italian coastguard searched off southern Italy Monday for survivors or the bodies of dozens of migrants feared missing, after two shipwrecks left 11 people dead. With up to 60 migrants potentially lost at sea, the coastguard said it has been looking for “possible missing persons” since late Sunday, “following the shipwreck of a sailing […]
GAINESVILLE — After a violent crash killed eight of their colleagues and injured dozens more, the path to recovery for the migrant farmworkers looked long. Rigoberto Gregorio shattered his femur, leaving the 30-year-old in a wheelchair and unable to bathe himself. Ramón Pérez Ponce endured ongoing and radiating pain, prompting the 39-year-old to dial 911 […]
ALBANY, New York — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to halt the nation’s first urban tolling plan was designed, in part, to help Democrats win tough House races this year. Republicans have been hammering Democrats over the controversial plan to charge drivers $15 to enter parts of Manhattan — painting it as a cause […]
May 28—Records show a Santa Fe man who was shot and killed Saturday believed his son — the suspect in his death — had a mental illness and might try to kill him. In the last year, 54-year-old James Dukette had taken and hidden his son’s firearms amid escalating fears Zachary Dukette would shoot him, […]
Four days after the huge landslide in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, only six bodies have been recovered from the masses of rock about 8 metres deep, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The total affected population, which includes those in need of possible evacuation, is estimated at 7,849, with some 42% of them […]
By Parisa Hafezi and Yomna Ehab DUBAI (Reuters) -Hopes are fading that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister have survived a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday after search teams located the wreckage. “President Raisi’s helicopter was completely burned in the crash … unfortunately, all […]
MUMBAI (Reuters) – At least four people are dead, 61 injured and more than 40 feared trapped after a massive billboard fell during a rainstorm in India’s financial capital of Mumbai on Monday, local officials said. The rainstorm was accompanied by gusty winds, causing the billboard, located next to a busy road in the eastern […]
A liver doctor has been charged after being accused of groping two women during medical exams, California prosecutors say. John Carl Hoefs, 79, of Irvine, was charged with seven “felony counts of sexual battery,” the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said in a May 9 news release. “Sexual predators come in all forms and in […]
Three hours into their hike, a team of scientists in Malaysia had found nothing. In a way, that was expected because they were looking for a mountain creature that had been feared extinct for several years. But that was about to change. An earthquake shook Borneo’s Mount Kinabalu in 2015, causing “massive landslides” and “extensive […]
A pastor was arrested after being accused of sexually abusing his two foster daughters, California deputies say. Jose Manuel Lozano, 54, was booked into jail Thursday, April 25, on a continuous sexual abuse of a minor charge, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a May 1 news release. After investigations, deputies said they […]