Three climbers died in Washington state when an anchor apparently failed as they were descending in a steep gulley Sunday, the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office said. A fourth member of the climbing party in the North Early Winters Spire area survived and called authorities after the accident around 11:30 a.m., it said. The group was…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The sheriff in New Mexico’s most populous county is crediting his department’s drone program for helping disarm two children and prevent what could have been a worse outcome. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office recently released drone and body camera footage showing a tense standoff in February with two young brothers — ages…
A stubborn fire at a warehouse in Baltimore had first responders stepping back for an exterior attack on the flames as they disrupted a major passenger rail line along the Mid-Atlantic coast. The fire in west Baltimore was reported shortly before 7 p.m., and it quickly escalated in scale from 4-alarm, to 5-alarm, the Baltimore…
MANILA, the Philippines — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was almost certain to be elected mayor of his home city by a landslide on Monday, unimpeded by his detention at the International Criminal Court on charges of murder as a crime against humanity. With 80% of votes counted in an unofficial tally, Duterte, who was brought to The Hague in…
Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum suffered an apparent right leg injury late in the fourth quarter Monday night as Boston went down 3-1 in the series against the New York Knicks. Tatum was seen on the ESPN broadcast in a wheelchair after he had been helped off the court at Madison Square Garden and was unable…
Hasan Piker, one of the top political pundits on Twitch, on Monday said that he was stopped and questioned by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officials at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport over the weekend after a trip to France. “They knew who I was and they were ready to receive me, let’s just say, and…
A couple and their two young children were found dead in a northwest Montana home after a man opened fire on his family, called 911 and died by suicide, authorities said Monday. Police in Kalispell, a city of just under 30,000 in the shadow of Glacier National Park, said the man had made disquieting statements…
BAMAKO, Mali — An attack by a jihadi group in northern Burkina Faso killed more than 100 people, mostly soldiers, an aid worker and local residents said Monday. The attack on several locations, including a military base and the long besieged strategic town of Djibo, occurred early Sunday, said an aid worker actively involved in…
LONDON — A Russian spy ring plotted to trade blood diamonds for weapons in Africa and supply drones to Russia’s military, according to messages shown to a London court that painted their fugitive leader as a wannabe James Bond. Jan Marsalek — who has been named as a key suspect in Germany’s biggest postwar fraud case…
American officials welcomed a group of 59 white South Africans at Washington Dulles International Airport Monday afternoon in a ceremony greeting them as refugees, under the argument that they are fleeing discrimination and racially based violence in their home country. The newly arrived people are from the ethnic minority of Afrikaners, the group of whites…
