A letter written by one of the Titanic’s passengers a day before the ocean liner sank has sold for 126,000 pounds ($166,000) at an auction in England. The handwritten note, on embossed Titanic stationery, was penned by first-class passenger Alexander Oskar Holverson on April 13, 1912 — the day before […]
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African rhino injures poacher in rare reversal of fortunes
A rhino turned the tables on a suspected poacher in Namibia, charging and injuring the man while he was allegedly tracking it. The incident happened in Etosha National Park after suspect Luteni Muharukua and other alleged poachers illegally entered the wildlife area in hopes of killing rhinos for their horns, […]
US Navy prepares to defend allies amid heightened tensions with North Korea
Off the coast of the Korean Peninsula, U.S. and South Korean Navy ships prepared for an event they hope will never happen: a North Korean land and air attack against their neighbors to the south. The annual bilateral training exercise called Maritime Counter Special Operations Force involved a U.S. aircraft […]
Border Patrol K-9 sniffs out meth hidden in stuffed toy dog
It took the well-trained nose of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection canine to sniff that something was amiss with a plush toy dog at a California immigration checkpoint earlier this week. Border Patrol agents on Wednesday at an immigration checkpoint near Blythe, California referred the driver of a Dodge […]
Freight train derails in Tennessee, slams into at least 2 buildings
A freight train with 20 cars derailed Saturday night in North Knoxville, Tennessee, with some of the cars slamming into at least two buildings, according to police. Norfolk Southern Railway PR director Susan Terpay confirmed to ABC News that the derailed train belongs to the company. She said the train […]
Park hikers may have died in ‘sympathetic murder-suicide’
Friends and relatives of a couple whose bodies were found in Joshua Tree National Park say they believe the two got lost while hiking in the sprawling desert park and struggled in the searing heat with little food or water before they died in a “sympathetic murder-suicide.” Rachel Nguyen, 20, […]
Trump to appear via video as 5 former presidents gather for hurricane relief concert
President Donald Trump will appear via video message tonight at a hurricane relief concert in a Texas college town, where five former U.S. presidents will be in attendance, the White House confirmed. Democrats Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter and Republicans George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush are […]
Chinese power over North Korea? It’s more myth than reality
At first glance, it seems the perfect solution to the world’s most dangerous standoff: Find a way to get China to use its enormous influence to force North Korea to abandon its nuclear bombs. The countries, after all, share a long, porous border, several millennia of history and deep ideological […]
Air Force may recall 1,000 retired military pilots to address ‘acute shortage’
The United States Air Force could recall as many as 1,000 retired military pilots to active-duty service to address an acute shortage in its ranks. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday allowing the Air Force to call back to service up to 1,000 retired aviation officers who wish […]
13 soldiers killed in latest attack on Niger’s military
Authorities in Niger say unknown assailants have killed 13 soldiers in the West African country. Saturday’s attack occurred in the town of Ayorou near the border with Mali, according to a government communique. It says five others were wounded. This is the latest unrest to hit Niger, where four United […]