Irish authorities ordered all schools in the country to close Monday and warned cyclists and motorists to stay off roads as Hurricane Ophelia bore down on Ireland and the U.K. with potentially deadly winds. Ophelia weakened to a Category 1 hurricane Sunday as it moved north-northeast across the Atlantic, with […]
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Oil rig explodes in Louisiana lake, injuries reported
A Louisiana police department says an oil rig has exploded in Lake Pontchartrain in St. Charles Parish. The Times-Picayune reports that Kenner Police Department spokesman Sgt. Brian McGregor said Sunday evening that rescue boats are being sent from the Kenner Boat Launch, and that officials with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s […]
Manhunt underway after 2 ‘dangerous’ prisoners escape from Missouri jail
A statewide manhunt is underway in Missouri after two prisoners, accused of violent crimes, escaped from jail just before 2 a.m. on Sunday, according to local authorities. The two escaped from the Pemiscot County Jail through an air duct, arrived at a room to leave and then set off an […]
Iraqi forces enter territory disputed with Kurds
Iraqi federal forces entered disputed territory held by Kurds early Monday, seeking to end a nearly month-old political fight over areas taken under control by Kurdish militias three years ago to defend the oil city of Kirkuk against the Islamic State group. The Iraqi army and federal anti-terrorist and police […]
Kaepernick files grievance against NFL over alleged collusion
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has filed a grievance against the NFL, alleging the owners colluded to keep him out of the league because of his protests during the playing of the national anthem before games. The grievance alleges the league’s owners “colluded to deprive Mr. Kaepernick of […]
WATCH: 2 men film their narrow escape from raging California wildfire
Now Playing: Drone footage shows wildfire devastation Now Playing: Wildfire victim loses home to ‘Mother Nature at her worst’ Now Playing: Flames burn near road as couple flees California wildfire Now Playing: Deadliest wildfire crisis in California’s history Now Playing: Urgent manhunt for two inmates after a jail break in […]
Man left jail days before arrest for alleged airport attack
The man charged with stashing a jar filled with explosive chemicals and nails at a western North Carolina airport was freed just eight days earlier after a short prison stint for an earlier crime. Michael Christopher Estes, 46, is charged with leaving a homemade bomb near a terminal at Asheville’s […]
Group plans protest during college talk by white nationalist
A group of activists, community leaders and students is planning to protest when white nationalist Richard Spencer speaks on the University of Cincinnati campus. School officials announced Friday that Spencer would be allowed to hold an event at some point after an attorney for Spencer’s associates said they would sue […]
Germans clash at ‘new right’ publisher’s book fair event
Police say a heated clash between left-wing and right-wing groups at the Frankfurt Book Fair has resulted in three arrests. Frankfurt police said the confrontation happened late Saturday at an event organized by German ‘new right’ publishing company Antaois involved about 400 people. Police said Sunday that three people were […]
Republican senator ‘very disappointed’ in Trump’s actions on health care
A key moderate Republican senator said she is “very disappointed” in President Donald Trump‘s ending health-care subsidies to low- and middle-income Americans under Obamacare. “I’m very disappointed in the president’s actions of this past week,” GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on “This […]