LONDON — British police say one person was injured when gasoline bombs were thrown Sunday at an immigration center in the English port town of Dover. The Kent Police force said “two to three incendiary devices” were thrown at the facility, and “one minor injury has been reported.” The Kent […]
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Economy and inflation top public agenda going into midterm elections: POLL
About half of Americans say either the economy or inflation is the most important issue in their vote for Congress, making pocketbook issues by far the most dominant in the run up to the midterm elections, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. Taken individually, 26% identify the economy as […]
Philippine storm victims feared tsunami, ran toward mudslide
MANILA, Philippines — Victims of a huge mudslide set off by a storm in a coastal Philippine village that had once been devastated by a killer tsunami mistakenly thought a tidal wave was coming and ran to higher ground where they were buried alive by the boulder-laden deluge, an official […]
World leaders grieve deadly Halloween crowd surge in Seoul
HONG KONG — World leaders expressed sadness and condolences after at least 151 people were killed in a crowd surge Saturday night in Seoul, South Korea. The tragedy occurred in Seoul’s Itaewon district during Halloween festivities when a huge crowd surged into a narrow downhill alley. At least 82 others […]
South Korean president declares national mourning period after Seoul stampede
SEOUL and NEW YORK — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday declared a period of national mourning after a stampede left at least 153 people dead and 82 injured during Halloween festivities in Seoul. Two Americans were among the 19 foreign nationals who died, ABC News confirmed. The victims […]
Women’s clinic in South Sudan a casualty of distracted world
MINGKAMAN, South Sudan — In a country where the maternal mortality rate is one of the highest in the world, a small clinic dedicated to reproductive health care for more than 200,000 people is about to be shut down. The worried-looking mothers know too well what might happen next. “If […]
Somalia’s leader says at least 100 killed in Saturday attack
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s president says at least 100 people were killed in Saturday’s two car bombings at a busy junction in the capital and the toll could rise in the country’s deadliest attack since a truck bombing at the same spot five years ago killed more than 500. President […]
Judge dismisses part of assault suit against U of Michigan
LANSING, Mich. — A judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit filed by eight women alleging sexual harassment and assault by a former University of Michigan lecturer. Judge Thomas Cameron of the Michigan Court of Claims ruled Friday that the plaintiffs failed to file timely notices of intent to sue […]
Halloween stampede updates: At least 146 dead in crowd surge, officials say
At least 146 people are dead and 150 are injured after being crushed in a crowd during Halloween festivities in Seoul, officials in South Korea said, as the death toll in the tragedy continues to rise. The victims are largely in their 20s, according to the National Fire Agency. Rescue […]
Gerald Stern, prize-winning and lyrical poet, dies at 97
NEW YORK — Gerald Stern, one of the country’s most loved and respected poets who wrote with spirited melancholy and earthly humor about his childhood, Judaism, mortality and the wonders of the contemplative life, has died. He was 97. Stern, New Jersey’s first poet laureate, died Thursday at Calvary Hospice […]