Hurricane Patricia Aftermath in Mexico
EL REBALSE, Mexico (AP) — The town square in El Rebalse is now an island amid Hurricane Patricia’sfloodwaters, a place for Maria Santana Vazquez and her…
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Mormon Leader to Speak at Conservative Conference
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A top Mormon leader is set to deliver the keynote speech Tuesday at the opening of a conservative conference that…
Resucue Efforts Continue From Afghanistan Earthquake
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan intensified rescue and relief operations Tuesday in rugged, earthquake-affected areas as the death toll rose…
Surviving a Tsunami
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Bracing for a tsunami like the one that devastated Japanese communities during a 2011 mega-earthquake, coastal communities from British Columbia to…
Mideast Iran Expression Crackdown
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two Iranian poets jailed for their work and sentenced to 99 lashes apiece for shaking hands with members of…
Results of Polish Elections
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — With the election of a right-wing and Euroskeptic party, Poland is expected to become a more inward-looking country, and one less…
Processed Meats Cause Cancer
PARIS (AP) — Bacon, hot dogs and cold cuts are under fire: The World Health Organization threw its global weight behind years of experts’ warnings…
Afghanistan Earthquake
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan as the combined death toll from the previous…
Telescope Removed From Sacred Mountain in Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — The University of Hawaii announced Wednesday that a third observatory will be taken from Mauna Kea — a move that fulfills the…
Update on Israeli Palestinian Violence
JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest developments in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence (all times local). ___ 8:50 p.m. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Israel and…
