Three people are dead and two others seriously injured after an Amtrak train collided with a car in Brentwood, California, on Sunday, the East Contra Costa Fire Department told ABC News San Francisco station KGO. The two people who were wounded, including a child, suffered serious injuries and were both […]
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At least 6 dead, 200 injured after stands collapse during bullfight
At least six people have died and more than 200 were injured after an accident occurred at the venue of a bullfight in Colombia. The spectators were watching the bullfight in El Espinal, Colombia — about 100 miles southwest of Bogota — on Sunday when several stands collapsed, the Tolima […]
Millions in parts of South, West see dangerous heat
Millions of people in the South and West are facing triple-digit temperatures Sunday as they look forward to a reprieve in the coming days. The National Weather Service issued heat advisories in parts of the Deep South as heat indexes hit dangerous levels. Shreveport, Mississippi, reached 105 degrees on Sunday, […]
LIV Golf heads to Oregon, where local officials aren’t happy
Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf is getting a chilly reception in Oregon, its first stop in the United States. This coming week, the series, which is paying enormous signing fees for players like Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson, descends on Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in tiny North Plains, nestled in the […]
Grand Canyon won’t seek volunteers to kill bison this fall
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A bison herd that lives almost exclusively in the northern reaches of Grand Canyon National Park won’t be targeted for lethal removal there this fall. The park used skilled volunteers selected through a highly competitive and controversial lottery last year to kill bison, part of a toolset […]
Tie in Alabama GOP race means winner to be selected by lot
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s Republican Party has declared a tie in the primary race for a state Senate seat and says the winner will be chosen by lot. A state party news release says the party’s Candidate Committee held a hearing Saturday and said the District 27 primary race between […]
G-7 rolls out global infrastructure plan: U.S. aims to contribute $200B, Biden says
The Group of Seven nations on Sunday began rolling out a global infrastructure initiative in a bid, as they described it, to promote “stability” and improve conditions in developing and middle-income countries around the globe. The Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment plans on disbursing $600 billion by 2027 in […]
Detroit woman charged after body of son, 3, found in freezer
DETROIT — A Detroit woman has been charged in the death of her 3-year-old son after police found the boy’s decomposing body in a basement freezer. The 31-year-old woman is charged with first-degree murder, child abuse and torture and concealing the death of an individual, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy […]
Carpe diem: In Ukraine, war turning love into marriages
KYIV, Ukraine — When the couple awoke to the rumble of war on Feb. 24, they’d been dating for just over a year. Russia was invading and Ihor Zakvatskyi knew there was no more time to lose. He fished out the engagement ring he’d bought but, until then, not yet […]
Did corporate greed fuel inflation? It’s not biggest culprit
WASHINGTON — Furious about surging prices at the gasoline station and the supermarket, many consumers feel they know just where to cast blame: On greedy companies that relentlessly jack up prices and pocket the profits. Responding to that sentiment, the Democratic-led House of Representatives last month passed on a party-line […]