South Korea construction fire kills 38
At least 38 people were killed when one of South Korea’s worst fires in years broke out at a construction site near the capital By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM…
Curtain lowers on nuke plant a stone’s throw from Manhattan
One of the two operating reactors at an aging nuclear plant in the New York City area will shut down Thursday night By MARY ESCH Associated Press April 29, 2020,…
Coast Guard: Duck boat changes needed after Missouri sinking
National federal safety regulators say actions by the owners of a tourist boat that sank in Missouri in 2018 and the U.S. Coast Guard contributed to the tragedy that killed…
Lightning kills at least 10 in India amid heavy rain
A government official says lightning has killed at least 10 villagers during thunderstorms and heavy rain in eastern India April 26, 2020, 9:38 AM 1 min read 1 min read…
Officials: Man angry about stimulus check set shed on fire
Fire Marshals in Louisiana say a man set his mother’s shed on fire out of anger that he didn’t get a federal stimulus check amid the coronavirus pandemic April 21,…
UN food agency chief: World on brink of ‘a hunger pandemic’
The head of the U_N_ food agency is warning that, as the world is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, it is also “on the brink of a hunger pandemic.” By…
Study: Warming makes US West megadrought worst in modern age
A new study finds that much of the western United States is baking in what scientists call an emerging megadrought By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer April 16, 2020, 11:30…
Magnitude 5.2 quake rattles California-Nevada state line
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has rattled the remote California-Nevada state line but no damage or injuries have been reported April 11, 2020, 4:17 PM 1 min read 1 min read…
PG&E pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in wildfire
Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2018 Northern California wildfire that killed 84 people and decimated three…
Report: Pilots restarted software, causing fatal nosedive
Desperate pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max reactivated the jet’s flight control software that prevents aerodynamic stalls when nothing else worked to stop their descent By DAVID KOENIG…