VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow's forces captured five villages in a renewed ground assault in northeastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday, and Associated Press journalists in the city of Vovchansk described multiple buildings destroyed after Russian airstrikes and...
A powerful solar storm put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe overnight but has caused what appeared to be only minor disruptions to the electric power grid, communications and satellite positioning systems. The Northern lights fill the sky at the Bogus Basin ski resort on Saturday,...
On the afternoon of May 3, Roger Fortson opened the door of his Florida apartment with a gun in his hand and was immediately shot six times by a sheriff's deputy responding to a complaint about an argument. CORRECTS SERVICE BRANCH TO U.S. AIR FORCE INSTEAD OF U.S. NAVY - Chantemekki Fortson, mother...
WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — After a long week in court, Donald Trump is heading to the Jersey Shore. And he's being greeted by thousands of his friends. People cheer for a photo ahead of a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump in Wildwood, N.J.,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth could produce northern lights in the U.S. this weekend and potentially disrupt power and communications. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning when a solar...
Police made dozens of arrests as pro-Palestinian protest encampments were dismantled Friday at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, hours after police tear-gassed demonstrators and took down a similar camp at the University of Arizona. Philadelphia and...
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones on Friday, nearly eight decades after the soldiers died in a plane crash in the final days of...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Powerful storms packing hurricane-force winds killed at least one woman Friday in Florida as a week of deadly severe weather continued in the South, where uprooted trees crashed onto homes and knocked out electricity to thousands in several states. City officials in...
The Philippines placed first out of 193 countries on the 2023 World Risk Index list, which ranks countries based on susceptibility to natural disasters including typhoons, floods, earthquakes, and drought. Since its launch in 2011, the annual report, published by the Bündnis Entwicklung...
Philippine women’s U17 couldn’t follow up its brilliant victory opener against Indonesia as it suffered a 6-0 loss at the hands of North Korea in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup on Thursday, May 9, at the Bali United Training Center, Gianyar. Filipinas U17 Starting XI. (PFF/PWNFT)...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Two beaches in the Mimaropa (Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan area) have been named among the World’s 50 Best Beaches this year. BONBON Beach in Romblon and Entalula Beach in El Nido, Palawan were among the World’s 50 Best...
MIAMI (AP) — Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for the man’s family said Wednesday. Senior Airman Roger Fortson ,...
