A well-known daredevil climber’s death has spurred warnings by Chinese state media against the perils of live streaming, Reuters news agency reports. Wu Yongning, 26, died in November after falling from a 62-story building in the city of Changsha. A China Daily editorial said Tuesday that the climber’s death was a […]
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Live updates: Alabama Senate election results
Last Updated Dec 12, 2017 1:09 PM EST Republican Roy Moore, the embattled former chief justice on the state’s supreme court, and Democrat Doug Jones, a widely respected former U.S. attorney, are running for Jeff Sessions old Senate seat today in a special election that’s being watched closely across the […]
Feds: Suspect taunted Trump before NYC subway bombing
NEW YORK — An immigrant from Bangladesh arrested on charges of using a weapon of mass destruction in the New York City subway system in an attempted suicide attack has been charged in federal court. Akayed Ullah was expected to appear before a magistrate judge after a criminal complaint was […]
1 killed, 21 injured in blast at natural gas facility
BERLIN — An explosion Tuesday at a major natural gas facility near Austria’s border with Slovakia left one person dead and 21 injured, and caused some gas flow disruptions to other countries, authorities said. One person was seriously injured and 20 others slightly hurt in the morning blast at the […]
Grieving dad urges Alabama voters to reject Roy Moore
A father whose daughter took her own life because “she didn’t want to be gay” stood outside GOP candidate Roy Moore’s election eve rally Monday night urging Alabamians not to vote for him and elect him to the Senate. Photos taken by political reporters in Midland City, Alabama showed Nathan […]
“I’m afraid”: Journalist believes he’ll be killed if he’s deported
HOUSTON — Advocates for a Mexican journalist detained in a remote West Texas facility asked the U.S. government to grant him asylum instead of deporting him to a country where he believes he’ll be killed. Emilio Gutierrez Soto fled to the United States a decade ago after articles he wrote […]
U.S. envoy: Trump’s tweet at U.K. leader “probably misinterpreted”
LONDON — America’s ambassador to Britain says he hopes U.S. President Donald Trump will visit the U.K. next year despite his recent Twitter dispute with Prime Minister Theresa May. Ambassador Woody Johnson told the BBC that Trump’s remarks to May were “probably misinterpreted.” He added that the president is not […]
Freed Irishman says Egypt’s jails are ISIS breeding grounds
DUBLIN — An Irish citizen recently acquitted after four years of being imprisoned in Egypt says he saw dozens of cellmates become radicalized and adopt views of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) during his brutal captivity in overcrowded jails. Ibrahim Halawa, 21, was arrested after security forces […]
Leaders ramp up climate fight, with “momentum” from Trump
PARIS — More than 50 world leaders are joining bankers, energy magnates and others Tuesday in Paris for a summit that President Emmanuel Macron hopes will give new momentum to the fight against global warming — despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s rejection of the Paris climate accord. Sean Penn, Arnold […]
Charles Jenkins, U.S. Army deserter to N. Korea, dies
TOKYO — Charles Jenkins, a U.S Army deserter to North Korea who married a Japanese abductee and lived in Japan after their release, has died. He was 77. Jenkins was found collapsed outside his home in Sado, northern Japan, on Monday and rushed to a hospital and later pronounced dead, […]