TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The bodies of 19 people were recovered Tuesday off the coast of Tunisia, one of the primary points of departure for those seeking to traverse the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. The Tunisian coast guard said in a statement that it had recovered the bodies near the port cities of Mahdia and […]
A puppy is “lucky to be alive” after he was grazed with a bullet less than six months into his life — and now he’s ready for his next home. Biscuit the Labrador mix was moved from an overcrowded shelter in Mississippi to a Massachusetts shelter, where staffers noticed a prominent wound on his head […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average recovered from heavy overnight losses Friday morning, as Wall Street weighed the consequences of Israel’s retaliatory strike on Iran. Meanwhile, streaming giant Netflix (NFLX) plunged on the stock market today as it crushed Wall Street’s targets for the first quarter but missed views with its sales outlook. X The Dow […]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — According to a Facebook post by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation – Authorized Page, the OSBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Texas County Sheriff’s Department, and the Office of the Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiner recovered two bodies in rural Texas County on Sunday. The OSBI says the bodies will be transported […]
Nigeria has recovered 30bn naira ($24m; £19m) as part of an ongoing corruption probe into a suspended minister, the financial watchdog says. The funds were traced to more than 50 bank accounts, it said. Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Minister Betta Edu was initially suspended in January over the alleged diversion of $640,000 of public […]
CAMBRIDGE − A Cumberland woman faces multiple drug-related charges following a traffic stop last week on John Glenn Highway. Jammie Benson, 39, has been charged with aggravated possession of drugs and aggravated trafficking in drugs, both second degree felonies, as well as aggravated possession of drugs, aggravated trafficking in drugs and illegal conveyance of drugs, […]
Researchers in the US say the grey whale population along the west coast is showing signs of recovery, five years after hundreds washed up dead on beaches from Alaska to Mexico. The increase in population numbers comes after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association said in November that the “unusual mortality event” that began in […]
Authorities are working to recover the remains of six people on Wednesday who are missing and are presumed dead after a cargo ship lost power and crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, causing it to collapse into the Patapsco River. Eight workers were on the bridge fixing potholes at the time of […]
Feb. 4—On a drizzly Friday afternoon at the Liberty Park Library in Spokane, there’s a birthday party being held for a baby who just turned 1. It’s taking place in a meeting room and can’t be heard by patrons perusing the stacks or using a computer, though some kids from the party are being watched […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon Recovers, a statewide coalition of people in recovery plus their families and friends, launched the Recovery Network of Oregon mobile app aimed at addressing the state’s addiction crisis Wednesday afternoon. According to the coalition, people can use the app to search for support services, providers, peers and meetings intended to assist them […]
A man was arrested in Acton after authorities say he received more than a million dollars worth of precious metals that went missing from the Chicago area. Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Retail Theft and Cargo Theft Task Force say the goods were stolen from Illinois and ended up in various locations […]
Jan. 23—Apartment manager Jan Durant says she took precautions against sub-freezing temperatures and ice over the past two weekends. “We made sure all our outside faucets were covered,” said Durant, manager at Phoenix Village and Raintree Apartments. “We told our residents to leave their cabinet doors open and faucets dripping and they did it because […]