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This Is Not a Good Time to Fall Off the College Track. Students Are Doing It Anyway | Fewer than 2 in 5 students scheduled to graduate high school this spring have so far applied for college financial aid—a more than 9 percent drop from this time last year—increasing concerns that students will be unable to continue on to higher education amid a massive economic recession. Before 2020, financial aid ra... | Financial Aid | null | null |
A man dead for car accident | UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 18, 2021 The county medical examiner has identified the 20-year-old man who died after the car in which he was riding rolled Aug. 4 on Cheney-Spokane Road. Nyckolas Davis died after suffering several blunt force traumatic injuries, the Spokane County Medical Examiner said Wednesday. His sister crea... | Road Crash | null | null |
LIAT Flight 319 crash | LIAT Flight 319 was a scheduled international flight from Hewanorra International Airport in Saint Lucia to E. T. Joshua Airport in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. On 3 August 1986, the 19-seater de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Series 310 Twin Otter airliner serving the flight, which was operated by Leeward Islands Air Trans... | Air crash | null | null |
Sam Darnold has been diagnosed with a broken scapula | Carolina Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold has been diagnosed with a broken scapula following an MRI this morning. The scapula is more commonly known as your shoulder blade. Darnold reported shoulder soreness on Monday, causing the team to ask for an MRI. The injury is in his right, or throwing, shoulder and is in the s... | Famous Person - Sick | null | null |
8-year-old recovering after hit and run involving stolen vehicle | FEDERAL HEIGHTS, Colo. (KDVR) — An 8-year-old girl is recovering in the hospital after police say a driver in a stolen vehicle hit her outside her school. According to her teachers, third-grader Angie Gonzalez-Torres and her two older brothers were crossing Lowell Boulevard at 53rd Avenue Tuesday afternoon following d... | Famous Person - Recovered | null | null |
World's largest warship in Indian Ocean | India-US in joint Naval excercise | Amid border tensions with China, Indian warships began conducting an exercise with the US Navy's nuclear-powered USS Nimitz close to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Monday. The USS Nimitz is the world's largest warship. The Indian Navy carried out the exercise to test its capabilities and be battle-ready against Chi... | Military Exercise | null | null |
Old Dominion concert canceled | The concert with the country music band scheduled by Indigo Road Productions and the Jackson Generals/Jackson Baseball Club for July 17 has been canceled, according to an e-mail sent to those who’d bought tickets and a press release sent from the promoter. “The Generals and Jackson city government situation has become ... | Organization Closed | null | null |
17 November 2014 global students protests |
Monday 17 November 2014 saw hundreds of thousands of students participate in demonstrations around the world on the occasion of International Students' Day. [1] On 17 November, students mobilised in more than 40 countries to demand free education. In addition, commemorations were held for the anniversaries of Nazi rep... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Man killed in natural gas explosion at Corpus Christi plant is identified | The explosion occurred on 3952 Buddy Lawrence Drive at the Calpine Company Generation Plant Friday evening.
One person was killed. The man was identified as 36-year-old Joe Robert Reyes by the Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office on Monday.
More:Natural gas explosion leaves one person dead
A cause of death has not ... | Gas explosion | null | null |
Kiss postpones metro Detroit concert, others as Gene Simmons tests positive for COVID-19 | COVID-19 continues to shake up the concert world — this time with another batch of postponed dates for Kiss. Less than a week after guitarist Paul Stanley's diagnosis forced the band to call off several shows, Gene Simmons has tested positive and “is experiencing mild symptoms,” Kiss announced Tuesday afternoon. That’s... | Organization Closed | null | null |
Quail Fire (2020) | The Quail Fire was a wildfire that burned during the 2020 California wildfire season southwest of Winters and north of Vacaville in Solano County, California in the United States. Igniting on Saturday, June 6, within the rural confines of Quail Canyon, the fire ballooned to an estimated 1,837 acres (743 ha) and destroy... | Fire | null | null |
15 Beloved, Long-Term Celebrity Couples, Then and Now | Fast Times at Ridgemont High breakout Phoebe Cates first met Sophie's Choice actor Kevin Kline during the audition process for 1983's The Big Chill. He got the part, she didn't, and that might have been that. But Cates and Kline ended up in each other's orbit again a few years later and by 1989, they were married. The... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
2010 West African floods | The 2010 Nigerien floods were floods across Niger which left over 111,000 people homeless. Niger was already suffering acute food shortages following prolonged drought in the Sahel region. As of 24 August 2010, at least 6 to 8 people had died. The Niger river was pushed to its highest levels in 80 years. [1] The floods... | Floods | null | null |
American Airlines Flight 383 (1965) crash | American Airlines Flight 383 was a nonstop flight from New York City to Cincinnati on November 8, 1965. [1]:1 The aircraft was a Boeing 727, with 57 passengers, and 5 crew on board. [1]:1 The aircraft crashed on final approach to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport located in Hebron, Kentucky, United... | Air crash | null | null |
US$6 billion to prevent famine for 42 million people | Executive summary: US$6 billion ask We have encountered a perfect humanitarian storm, so we are making an unprecedented one-time ask to prevent famine for 42 million people. Let me explain. Last year, because of conflict, COVID and climate change, the number of people marching towards starvation doubled from 135 millio... | Famine | null | null |
NRL stands down Manly's Dylan Walker during pending assault case, and fines Sharks, Tigers and Dylan Napa for off-field issues | NRL stands down Manly's Dylan Walker during pending assault case, and fines Sharks, Tigers and Dylan Napa for off-field issues
A Victorian man who flew from Brisbane to Hobart on flight VA702 today has tested positive to COVID-19 and has not been allowed to board a flight to Melbourne
A Watch & Act warning is in place ... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Naperville train disaster | The Naperville train disaster occurred April 25, 1946, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad at Loomis Street in Naperville, Illinois, when the railroad's Exposition Flyer rammed into the Advance Flyer, which had made an unscheduled stop to check its running gear. The Exposition Flyer had been coming through o... | Train collisions | null | null |
Eclipsed: Spectacular Photos of Thursday's Annular Solar Eclipse | Type at least three characters to start auto complete. Recently searched locations will be displayed if there is no search query. The first option will be automatically selected. Use up and down arrows to change selection. Use escape to clear. A rare solar eclipse graced Northern Hemisphere skies early Thursday morning... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
About 50 people have died after a boat capsized on a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say. | About 50 people have died after a boat capsized on a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say.
The vice-governor of Tshuapa province in the north of the country said the cause of the accident was not clear.
More than 60 people survived when the boat tipped over as it was travelling from Monkoto to Mband... | Shipwreck | null | null |
Grand Canyon Airlines Flight 6 crash | The Grand Canyon mid-air collision occurred in the western United States on Saturday, June 30, 1956, when a United Airlines Douglas DC-7 struck a Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation over Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. All 128 on board both flights perished, making it the first commercial airl... | Air crash | null | null |
Locusts Could be the Next Plague to Hit China | The voracious insects already have ravaged parts of Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. China may be next. How much more can it take? Updated Feb. 22, 2020 8:31AM ET / Published Feb. 22, 2020 5:34AM ET REUTERS HONG KONG—Swarms of desert locusts have devastated crops in East Africa, hit the Middle East and moved i... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Campers' waste spark calls for fee hikes, tighter restrictions at popular Teewah Beach | There are growing calls for a major overhaul of camping at Queensland's Cooloola Recreation Area after visitors left a trail of filth at the popular Teewah Beach over the weekend.
Camper Melinda Uys said she cleaned up a "disgusting mess" after fellow campers packed up in the middle of the night during a storm on Satur... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Virgin Galactic has conducted two spaceflights | Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier outlined his long-term goals for the space tourism venture on Thursday, saying he sees the company bringing in up to $1 billion in annual revenue per spaceport in the years ahead. “The first chapter of Virgin Galactic has been to accomplish an incredibly difficult task, creating a... | New achievements in aerospace | null | null |
Mudslides on Organ Mountains left drivers stuck for hours | SAN AUGUSTINE PASS, New Mexico - Marina Gandara and her son Jacob had already spent 16 hours on the road home to Las Cruces when they encountered "mud rivers" running through Organ Mountains on Sunday night. "We got probably halfway up when there were these "mud rivers," recalled Gandara. "We did not know this at the t... | Mudslides | null | null |
2008 PDC World Darts Championship |
The 2008 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 15th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place between 17 December 2007 and 1 January 2008 at the Alexandra Palace, London, England. John Part won his third Wor... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Russia follows US in withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty | Russia says it will withdraw from an international treaty allowing observation flights over military facilities following the U.S. exit from the pact On Location: November 18, 2021 MOSCOW -- Russia said on Friday that it will withdraw from an international treaty allowing surveillance flights over military facilities a... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 crash | Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 refers to the crash of a Lockheed Super Constellation aircraft, N6915C, shortly after takeoff from San Francisco International Airport in the early morning hours of Thursday, December 24, 1964. There were 3 crewmen aboard: pilot Jabez A. Richards, 49, of Bayhead, New Jersey; Daniel W. Henne... | Air crash | null | null |
Croatia celebrates on joining EU | Croatia celebrates on joining EU
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Most Croatians have supported accession to the EU
Croatia has become the 28th member of the European Union, with crowds joining celebrations in the capital Zagreb.
Fireworks lit the sky as membership became effective at midnight (22:00 GMT), with President Ivo J... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
2021 Tunisian protests | The 2021 Tunisian protests are a series of protests that started on 15 January 2021. Thousand of people rioted in cities and towns across Tunisia, which saw looting, arson, as well as mass deployment of police and army in several cities and the arrest of hundreds of demonstrators. The protests started in the town of Si... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Ballymacarrett rail crash |
The Ballymacarrett rail crash occurred on 10 January 1945 at 7:50am in the Ballymacarrett area of Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland on the Belfast to Bangor Line of the Belfast and County Down Railway, when a train led by a heavy autotrain driving trailer ran into the back of a stopped passenger train consisting... | Train collisions | null | null |
United Airlines Trip 34 crash | United Airlines Trip 34 was a scheduled flight departing from San Francisco, California to Los Angeles, California on December 27, 1936. At 7:36 am (Pacific time), the co-pilot requested the UAL localizer beacon at Burbank be turned on. The company radio requested aircraft position, to which the co-pilot replied "just ... | Air crash | null | null |
US Withdrawal from INF Treaty and its Implications on China | INF treaty is also known as “Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty”. Initially it was a bilateral treaty mainly between US and USSR and entered into force in 1987. The fundamental requirement of this treaty was the dismantling of “Ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with the range of 500-5500 km, the... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
L'Express Airlines Flight 508 crash | On July 10, 1991, a L'Express Airlines Beechcraft C99, flying as Flight 508 originating in New Orleans, and in transit from Mobile to Birmingham, crashed while attempting to make an ILS approach to Runway 5 (since renumbered to Runway 6) at Birmingham Municipal Airport (now Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airpor... | Air crash | null | null |
Kosovo has been admitted as the 55th member association of UEFA | Kosovo's national team have played friendlies against nations including Haiti and Turkey in the past.
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Kosovo has been admitted as the 55th member association of UEFA following a vote at the European governing body's congress in Budapest, a call that has led to outrage from Serbia with th... | Join in an Organization | null | null |
Rutherford Bank Robbed Of $2,300 | The black robber – wearing a face mask, dark jacket and a hoodie -- entered the Kearny Bank (formerly Kearny Federal Savings Bank) branch at Park and West Newall avenues at 4:15 p.m., Police Chief John Russo said. He handed the teller a note with specific instructions, demanded the note back, then fled east on foot on ... | Bank Robbery | null | null |
1975 Kjalarnes helicopter crash | On Sunday, 17 January 1975, a Sikorsky S-55B helicopter crashed by the Hjarðarnes farm in Hvalfjörður, Iceland, while en route from Reykjavík Airport to Snæfellsnes. [1] Seven people were on board, including two crew members and five employees of RARIK, the Icelandic State Electricity company. [2] Everyone on board was... | Air crash | null | null |
2010 Bangladeshi protests | The 2010 Bangladeshi protests is a wave of garment worker's demonstrations and strikes across Bangladesh that began on 19 June, when hundreds of workers took to the streets for an 8-day strike over wages and low salaries in Ashulia and lasted for 11 days, smashing windows and burning tyres and trucks. Violent protests ... | Protest_Online Condemnation | null | null |
Recipe for disaster: COVID-19 and world hunger | World hunger is soaring under the shadow of COVID-19. As many as 161 million more people faced hunger in 2020 compared to the previous year – more than the total increase over the past five years combined. Most worryingly, right now more than 41 million people are suffering emergency levels of food insecurity and/or fa... | Famine | null | null |
5 things to know about Point32Health | The entity that resulted from the merger of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care will officially be known as Point32Health, the insurers announced Wednesday. Here are things to note about the name and the organization's goals: The name is inspired "by the 32 points on a compass" and "represents the role th... | Organization Merge | null | null |
The Shortest Hollywood Marriages of All Time | Romeo and Juliet weren’t the only couple to think themselves fated to be together always. Marriage vows often make mention of “’til death do us part,” and most people take that pledge seriously. That said, most people aren’t celebrities, and celebrities aren't granted the luxury of privacy, space, and a good lon... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Newcrest Cadia mine's dust report triggers community health investigation request |
Three years after its tailings dam wall collapsed in the NSW Central West, Newcrest's Cadia Valley Operations — the world's second largest gold mine — has released their report into tailings dust environmental health impacts.
The report, titled Tailings dust environmental health assessment and monitoring study review,... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
United States announces withdrawal from UNESCO | WASHINGTON -- With President Reagan's approval, the State Department Thursday formally announced U.S. withdrawal at the end of 1984 from UNESCO because of its 'hostility toward the basic institutions of a free society.' State Department spokesman Alan Romberg read a prepared statement that said the decision was made af... | Withdraw from an Organization | null | null |
Marion County's The Centers target of merger deal with Daytona's SMA Healthcare | After a brief courtship, Daytona Beach-based SMA Healthcare and The Centers announced they plan to merge, potentially forming a six-county strong behavioral health agency. Earlier this year, SMA and The Centers began low-level talks of a possible merger. But after the resignation of The Centers' CEO in September, mer... | Organization Merge | null | null |
1997 Punitaqui earthquake | The 1997 Punitaqui earthquake occurred at 01:03 UTC on October 15. It had an estimated magnitude of 7.1 Mwc. This earthquake was one of the most destructive in the epicentral area compared to other events of subduction of the same size. The extensive damage to structures was the result of an amplification effect on the... | Earthquakes | null | null |
1981 Major League Baseball strike |
The 1981 Major League Baseball strike was the first work stoppage in Major League Baseball since the 1972 Major League Baseball strike that resulted in regular season games being cancelled. Overall, it was the fourth work stoppage since 1972, but actions in 1973, 1976, and 1980 did not result in any regular season ga... | Strike | null | null |
Harris Fire | The Harris Fire was a major wildfire in southern San Diego County that began on October 21, 2007, which burned 90,440 acres (366.0 km2) in southeastern San Diego County before it was contained on November 5. Hotspots persisted until the fire was extinguished on November 16, making the Harris Fire the last of the Octobe... | Fire | null | null |
Gaulden was released | The judge made the ruling from the bench, but Gaulden remained in custody over the weekend because he was still the subject of a hold in California related to the firearm found in the back of a car when he was arrested in Los Angeles in March. When Gaulden appeared before the U.S. Magistrate Judge Tuesday, federal pros... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Release | null | null |
Volcano erupts near Iceland's capital | COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A volcano erupted near Iceland’s capital Reykjavik on Friday, shooting lava high into the night sky after thousands of small earthquakes in recent weeks. The eruption occurred near Fagradalsfjall, a mountain on the Reykjanes Peninsula, around 30 km (19 miles) southwest of the capital. Some four h... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
A violent offender who stalked his ex-partner has had his home-detention sentence slashed in half on appeal | Otago Daily Times By Rob Kidd A violent offender who stalked his ex-partner has had his home-detention sentence slashed in half on appeal. Joshua William Moffatt, 40, of Dunedin, received a nine-month term when he was sentenced in August on two charges of trespass and two of assault in a family relationship. Counsel S... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
Great Ellensburg Fire | The Great Ellensburg Fire, also known as the Independence Day Fire, was a fire that destroyed homes and the business district of Ellensburg in 1889,[1] during the same summer that major fires damaged Spokane, Vancouver, and Seattle, all major cities in the Washington Territory. [2]
The fire began on July 4 in the late... | Fire | null | null |
Ramsgate boy who swallowed magnets needed surgery at Evelina London Children's Hospital | A dad is warning other parents not to buy toys with magnets after his son swallowed them and ended up requiring surgery. Two-year-old Jimmy Bui, from Ramsgate, had to be taken to Evelina London Children's Hospital for the operation and spent three weeks recovering there. Two-year-old Jimmy Bui, from Ramsgate, require... | Famous Person - Recovered | null | null |
Bollywood couples we wish to see get married in 2021 | The end of 2020 saw some scintillating wedding shenanigans of celebrity couples like music sensation Neha Kakkar and Rohanpreet Singh and actress Gauhar Khan got hitched to Zaid Darbar - calling it a romantic end to 2020. Seems like the beginning of 2021 is about to look a lot like the end of 2020 in terms of the ... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Tara Air Flight 193 crash | Tara Air Flight 193 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Pokhara to Jomsom, Nepal. On 24 February 2016, eight minutes after take-off, the aircraft serving the flight, a Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter went missing with 23 people on board. [1][2][3]
Hours later, the wreckage was found near the village of Dana... | Air crash | null | null |
Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 crash | Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 was a regularly scheduled Allegheny Airlines flight from Boston, Massachusetts, to St. Louis, Missouri, with stops in Baltimore, Maryland, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana. On September 9, 1969, the aircraft serving the flight, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, collided in mid-air with ... | Air crash | null | null |
1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake |
The 1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake (also known as Nuweiba earthquake) occurred on November 22 at 06:15 local time (04:15 UTC) and registered 7.3 on the Mw scale. The epicenter was located in the central segment of the Gulf of Aqaba, the narrow body of water that separates Egypt's Sinai Peninsula from the western borde... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Fire in N.Macedonian COVID-19 hospital kills at least 14 | PRISTINA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Fourteen people were killed and 12 seriously injured when a fire broke out in a makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients in the North Macedonian town of Tetovo late on Wednesday, the Balkan country's health ministry said on Thursday.
The prosecutor's office said DNA analyses would be needed... | Gas explosion | null | null |
‘Accountability’ Marine gets light sentence; judge blasts command | CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — When Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller walked into a Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, courtroom Friday morning, he looked relaxed and was smiling. The infantry Marine had been fired from his job, and later charged with six violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, for a series of viral soci... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Sentence | null | null |
Canadian pensioners fighting more than $12K in fines for refusing to quarantine in a hotel | Canada's controversial hotel quarantine requirement for international air passengers has been scrapped. But it remains a thorn in the side of those who defied the rules, got fined and plan to fight their fine in court.
Thelma Perry, 80, and her husband, Glen, 87, of Barrie, Ont., are anxiously waiting for their day in... | Organization Fine | null | null |
Dutch journalist targeted in Molotov cocktail attack | A Dutch journalist has been targeted in a Molotov cocktail attack in the northern city of Groningen.
Police said that "burning material" had been thrown through the window of the home of Willem Groeneveld, who writes for the Groningen blog "Sikkom".
Groeneveld and his partner were woken by breaking glass on Wednesday n... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
Katy Perry's ex-husband Russell Brand makes confession about their failed marriage | Hannah Hargrave Singer Katy Perry's ex-husband Russell Brand has opened up about their doomed marriage in a new interview to reveal he really loved her
Katy Perry is in a happy, healthy relationship with her fiancé, Orlando Bloom , but long before they were a couple, she was married to Russell Brand , and now he's open... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
Indian Airlines Flight 440 crash | Indian Airlines Flight 440 was a flight on 31 May 1973 that crashed while on approach to Palam Airport killing 48 of the 65 passengers and crew on board. Flight 440 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu to New Delhi. A Boeing 737 named Saranga was used for the flight. As Flight... | Air crash | null | null |
Covid-19: 14,345 new cases bring total to 2,112,175 | PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded 14,345 new Covid-19 cases on Monday (Sept 20), bringing the cumulative total to 2,112,175. Sarawak recorded the highest number of cases at 3,611, followed by Johor (1,598) and Selangor (1,365). Out of the 14,345 new cases reported on Monday, 43 were imported while the remaining were loc... | Disease Outbreaks | null | null |
Utah ghost town reappears as a result of drought | An aerial view of Rockport Reservoir taken earlier this month. The reservoir's low levels allow people to see remnants of the ghost town that once existed in the area. (Devon Dewey) Editor's note: This article is a part of a series reviewing Utah and U.S. history for KSL.com's Historic section. _ PEOA, Summit County... | Droughts | null | null |
Search location by ZIP code | Sydney McLaughlin broke her world record Wednesday and won the Olympic 400-meter hurdles gold, finishing in 51.46 seconds in yet another close victory over U.S. teammate Dalilah Muhammad.
McLaughlin came from behind after the last hurdle to top the defending Olympic champion. Muhammad's time of of 51.58 also beat McLau... | Break historical records | null | null |
1972 Qir earthquake | The 1972 Qir earthquake occurred at 05:36 local time (02:06 UTC) on April 10, 1972. It had a magnitude of 6.7 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The epicentre was in the province of Fars in southern Iran. The earthquake caused the destruction... | Earthquakes | null | null |
TWA Flight 903 crash | TWA Flight 903 was a regularly scheduled flight from Bombay International Airport, India to New York-Idlewild Airport, via Cairo-King Farouk Airport and Rome-Ciampino Airport. The Star of Maryland, a Lockheed L-749A Constellation, flew the route on the night of 31 August 1950. It departed Cairo at 23:35 for Rome with 5... | Air crash | null | null |
Northwest Airlines Flight 253 crash | Northwest Airlines Flight 253 was an international passenger flight from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands, to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in the United States. The flight was the target of a failed al-Qaeda bombing attempt on Christmas Day, December 25, 2009, in which a passenger tried to set... | Air crash | null | null |
Underwater Volcano Fukutoku-Okanoba Explodes | The eruption of an underwater volcano near South Iwo Jima sent a plume soaring into flight paths and created an expansive raft of floating rock. Over the past decade, the Japan Coast Guard has occasionally spotted patches of milky blue water about 5 kilometers (3 miles) north of South Iwo Jima island. The discolored wa... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
o | State Attorney Melissa Nelson, left, arrives to the scene of a multiple shooting at the Jacksonville Landing Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, during a video game competition in Jacksonville, Fla. A gunman opened fire Sunday during an online video game tournament that was being livestreamed from a Florida mall, killing multiple p... | Riot | null | null |
Plague of locusts invades France | Science | The Guardian | Plague of locusts invades France
Record numbers of the voracious insects are devouring crops
Alex Duval Smith in Paris
Sun 17 Jul 2005 01.56 BST
In a devastating new twist to the severe drought hitting southern Europe , France is now fighting a plague of hundreds of thousands of locusts which are devouring everything f... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
Five active volcanoes on my Asia Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’ watch-list right now | In Indonesia, more than 197 million people live within 100km of a volcano, including more than 8.6 million inside a 10km radius. The country has a record of some of the most deadly volcanic eruptions in history, and right now there are ongoing eruptions at the Agung, Sinabung and Dukono volcanoes. But other volcanoes i... | Volcano Eruption | null | null |
Stephen Curry lands second $200 million contract of career with Warriors | SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry has landed the second $200 million-plus contract of his career, reaching agreement on a $215 million, four-year extension with the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday that takes him through the 2025-26 season.
Curry’s agent, Jeff Austin of Octagon, confirmed the new deal for the star poi... | Sign Agreement | null | null |
2011 Chilean Air Force C-212 crash | On 2 September 2011, a CASA C-212 Aviocar military transport of the Chilean Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea de Chile, FACH) on a flight from Santiago to Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile, crashed into the sea while manoeuvring to land. All 21 passengers and crew on board were killed. The aircraft was transporting a crew ... | Air crash | null | null |
‘Let the children live’: UN prepares to ramp up food aid to Yemen as famine risk grows | As the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) prepares to ramp up aid to Yemen, in the face of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, David Beasley, Executive-Director of the agency, issued a heartfelt plea for all warring parties to end “this horrible war.” Mr. Beasley was speaking on his return from a three-day vi... | Famine | null | null |
Spain shed 622,600 jobs and unemployment reached 16.13% in 2020 | WHEN THE pandemic struck it was natural to fear that the world economy would stay in the doldrums for years. America is defying such pessimism. Having outrun gloomy growth forecasts from last summer, it is adding fiscal rocket fuel to an already fiery economic-policy mix. President Joe Biden’s $1.9trn stimulus bill, wh... | Financial Crisis | null | null |
1963 Ankara mid-air collision crash | The 1963 Ankara mid-air collision occurred on Friday, 1 February 1963 over Ankara, Turkey when Middle East Airlines Flight 265, a Vickers 754D Viscount completing a flight from Cyprus, came in for landing and collided in the air with a Turkish Air Force Douglas C-47A; after which both planes fell directly onto the cit... | Air crash | null | null |
6 *Lovestruck* Celeb Couples Who Got Married In 2020 | If there's one thing that 2020 proved, it's that you needn't have a grand wedding to celebrate your love with your S.O. Even before the pandemic hit in March, intimate and low-key weddings were already the trend in the Pinoy showbiz scene. Here, we have six celeb couples that held the most ~understated yet beautiful~ w... | Famous Person - Marriage | null | null |
Health of Tamar River takes a dip under the impact of pollutants stirred up by 2016 floods | Health of Tamar River takes a dip under the impact of pollutants stirred up by 2016 floods
The 2016 Launceston floods are partly to blame for a decline in the health of the Tamar Estuary in Tasmania's north, according to environment authorities.
Natural Resources Management (NRM) North released the Tamar Estuary Repo... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
China invites four European foreign ministers to visit in diplomatic push | An attendant walks past EU and China flags ahead of the EU-China High-level Economic Dialogue at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee
BEIJING, May 28 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Ireland, Poland, Hungary and Serbia will visit China from Saturday, the Chinese foreign mini... | Diplomatic Visit | null | null |
Red fire bugs invade Utah from Europe | News | hjnews.com | Red fire bugs invade Utah from Europe
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A European relative of the Box Elder bug has taken up residence in Salt Lake City, its first appearance anywhere in North America.
The red fire bug is slightly smaller than its local cousin and has str... | Insect Disaster | null | null |
November 2007 strikes in France | The 2007 strikes in France were a series of general strikes, mostly in the public sector, which started on 13 November 2007. [1][2] The strike was over President Nicolas Sarkozy's and Prime Minister François Fillon's attempt to reduce early retirement benefits for 500,000 public employees. Sarkozy had stated that pensi... | Strike | null | null |
China conducts military exercises southwest of Taiwan | China announced Saturday that naval and aerial military exercises were conducted in areas southwest of Taiwan a day earlier for the second time in a month. Combat ships, early-warning aircraft and bombers were among the forces that joined the exercises “to improve integrated operational capability”... | Military Exercise | null | null |
2 die, 2 suffer critical injures in carbon monoxide poisoning near Omaha, Ark. | NEAR OMAHA, Ark. (KY3) - Boone County, Ark. investigators say a man and a child died and two women suffered critical injuries from carbon monoxide poisoning after using an alternative heating source.
Deputies responded to the home Monday (February 22) after a call for unresponsive individuals found at a home off of New... | Mass Poisoning | null | null |
2001 IIHF World U18 Championships | The 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Heinola, Helsinki, and Lahti, Finland. The championships ran between April 12 and April 22, 2001. Games were played at the Heinolan Jäähalli in Heinola, the Helsinki Ice Hall in Helsinki, and the Lahden Jäähalli in Lahti. Russia defeated Switzerland 6-2 in the final to... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Cananea Strike | The Cananea strike, also known as the Cananea riot,[1] or the Cananea massacre,[2] took place in the Mexican mining town of Cananea, Sonora, in June 1906. Although the workers were forced to return to their positions with no demand being met, the action was a key event in the general unrest that emerged during the fina... | Strike | null | null |
US-led war games in Africa wrap up after two weeks of exercises | A military exercise involving more than 7,000 U.S., African and NATO troops wrapped up on Friday in northern Africa. Known as the African Lion war games, the two-week drill — the continent’s largest — took place in Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal and involved participants from nine nations, including the United States, th... | Military Exercise | null | null |
1997 Aisin fire | The 1997 Aisin fire was a fire which shut down one of the production facilities of the Toyota-subsidiary Aisin Seiki Co. on February 1, 1997,[1] a Saturday. The event was notable as the factory was the main supplier of a motor part for Toyota cars. Due to the just in time stock keeping philosophy of the Toyota Producti... | Fire | null | null |
Illinois Central shopmen's strike of 1911 | The Illinois Central shopmen's strike of 1911 was a labor action in the United States of a number of railroad workers unions against the Illinois Central Railroad, beginning on September 30, 1911. The strike was marked by its violence in numerous locations. At least 12 men were killed in shootings across the country, a... | Strike | null | null |
2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships | The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004. A total off 139 countries were represented by 677 athletes at the championships. [1]
It was the second vi... | Sports Competition | null | null |
Most expensive celebrity divorces | Kim and Kanye's split is set to be one of the most expensive celebrity divorces ever.
The rapper and reality star have an estimated combined wealth of $3.5 billion.
According to TMZ, the couple signed a prenup before tying the knot and neither of them are contesting it.
In addition to their many homes, the couple also ... | Famous Person - Divorce | null | null |
1961 Western Australian bushfires |
In early 1961, a series of bushfires burned in the south-west region of Western Australia. [1] The devastating fires burned large areas of forest in and around Dwellingup from 20 to 24 January, at Pemberton and in the Shannon River region between 11 and 15 February,[1] and in the Augusta-Margaret River area in early ... | Fire | null | null |
1893 Quchan earthquake | The 1893 Quchan earthquake occurred at about 19:30 local time (15:06 UTC) on 17 November. It had an estimated magnitude of 6.6 on the surface wave magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. It caused severe damage in Quchan County, particularly to the town of Qucha... | Earthquakes | null | null |
Biden says Afghanistan war was a lost cause, vows to continue aid and diplomacy | WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Monday afternoon defended his decision to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, his first remarks since the Taliban ousted the Afghan national government on Sunday.
“I stand squarely behind my decision. After 20 years I’ve learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withd... | Famous Person - Give a speech | null | null |
1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash | On 16 July 1983 a British Airways Helicopters commercial Sikorsky S-61 helicopter, Oscar November (G-BEON), crashed in the southern Celtic Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean, while en route from Penzance to St Mary's, Isles of Scilly in poor visibility. Only six of the twenty-six people on board survived. It was Britain's wors... | Air crash | null | null |
Kamloops mom seeks Christmas cards for son still recovering from 2016 baseball bat attack | Jessie, however, has had a much more significant sentence, she said. He suffered catastrophic injuries to his skull and face, requiring that his skull be surgically replaced. He was in a coma for more than 10 months, had 11 surgeries, and had to learn how to eat and speak again. He’s even had to re-learn how to joke a... | Famous Person - Recovered | null | null |
Auroras expected tonight in New York, Washington and Wisconsin as solar storm barrels toward Earth | The sun lobbed four enormous blobs of plasma toward Earth, and we will soon see their effects. An aurora spotted from the International Space Station. A moderate solar storm will slam into Earth today (Sept. 27), potentially causing auroras to dance in the sky at much lower latitudes than usual. As a result, the North... | New wonders in nature | null | null |
Troubling cases involving California inmates: Water intoxication death, brutal stabbing | Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter . It’s Thursday, Dec. 16. I’m Justin Ray.
California prides itself on being a progressive state.
For instance, the state intends to support women who want to obtain an abortion, should Roe v. Wade get overturned next year. Also, Gov. Gavin Newson wants to... | Famous Person - Commit Crime - Investigate | null | null |
Central Coast residents say Kincumber Creek allegedly contaminated with toxic waste from concrete manufacturing plant |
A Central Coast concrete manufacturer has been told it has until the end of the month to provide evidence it is not polluting a local creek. Residents say Kincumber Creek, a popular recreation spot for children and fishers, has been contaminated with toxic concrete waste via a stormwater outlet linked to the manufactu... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Japanese ship MV Wakashio breaks up on Mauritius reef after causing oil spill |
A Japanese bulk carrier has broken apart after running aground on a reef in Mauritius last month, threatening a marine ecological disaster around the Indian Ocean island, authorities say.
The condition of the MV Wakashio was worsening early on Saturday (local time) and it split by the afternoon, the Mauritius National... | Environment Pollution | null | null |
Charles Martin vs. Anthony Joshua |
Charles Martin vs. Anthony Joshua was a professional boxing match contested between the undefeated and newly crowned IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin, and undefeated Olympic gold medalist Anthony Joshua. The bout took place on 9 April 2016 at The O2 Arena, London. Joshua defeated Martin via second-round knocko... | Sports Competition | null | null |
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