Officials rescued six children and two adults trapped in a cable car hundreds of feet above the ground in Pakistan using makeshift chairlift.
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Tropical Storm Harold slamming Texas with heavy rain, powerful winds: Updates
Harold, which started as a tropical cyclone in the Gulf, has turned into a tropical storm that is pushing inland over Texas and could trigger floods.
Greek coast guard rescues migrants near Lesbos
Greek coast guard rescues migrants near Lesbos
Dentist convicted of killing wife on African safari gets life sentence, $15M in penalties
Prosecutors say Larry Rudolph, who owned a Pittsburgh-area dental franchise, shot his wife of 34 years in the heart with a shotgun.
‘A miracle:’ Virginia man meets Chilean family 42 years after he was stolen as newborn
Jimmy Lippert Thyden, who grew up in Virginia, recently learned that he was stolen from his birth mother in Chile and adopted out to U.S. parents.
Cambodia approves Hun Sen’s son as prime minister
Cambodian parliament has approved Hun Manet, the son of longtime autocratic leader Hun Sen, to be the country’s new prime minister. Hun Manet, who is Cambodia’s military chief, has been engaging in foreign diplomacy more and more in recent years. (Augu…
850 people still unaccounted for after deadly Maui wildfires, mayor says
At the start of search for victims, the missing persons list had over 2,000 names. Since then, over 1,285 individuals have been found safe.
Newspaper plans to file lawsuit following raid
The publisher of the Kansas newspaper raided by police on August 11th said they plan to file a lawsuit over violations of the First Amendment. (Aug. 22)
Wildfire rages on Spanish tourist island of Tenerife
A wildfire, described as the worst in Tenerife in decades, continues to burn out of control for almost a week, although, authorities said the worst seemed to have passed.
Construction workers among those more likely to die from overdoses during pandemic, CDC says
Fishers, sailors, marine oilers and roofers were the top occupations with the highest drug overdoses in the U.S. among 15 to 64-year-olds, CDC reports.