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BANGKOK (AP) — A blast on Sunday at a building in northeastern Myanmar said to have been storing explosives for mining has killed more than 45 people, according to rescue workers and independent media reports. About 70 other people were injured in the explosion that took place around noon in the village of Kaungtup, in …
“Backrooms,” released by A24 in 3,442 locations in the U.S. and Canada, made an astonishing $81.5 million in its first three days in theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday. That’s just a few hundred thousand dollars shy of what “The Mandalorian and Grogu” earned in its first three days last weekend; And “Backrooms,” which …
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A total blackout hit St. Thomas and St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands early Sunday, the second this weekend as the U.S. territory struggles with increasingly frequent outages. The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority said in a statement that the outages stemmed from the loss of generation …
May 31 (Reuters) – An explosion has killed at least 55 people and wounded dozens more in a village in Myanmar, the BBC reported on Sunday. The report said that 25 women and 30 men had died in Kaung Tat, a village in Namkham Township in Shan State. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. …
ZURICH (AP) — Norway stunned Canada 3-2 in overtime of the bronze medal game to capture its first ice hockey world championship medal on Sunday. Noah Steen scored the winner 3:32 into overtime. The previous best result for Norway was a fourth-place finish in 1951. In a wild ending, Canada was 2-0 down when it …
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 31 (Reuters) – A man with a suspected case of Ebola in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state tested positive for meningitis, as another suspected case of Ebola emerged in Rio de Janeiro state, local health authorities said on Sunday. In Rio de Janeiro, the patient tested positive for malaria, but in neither …
HONOLULU (AP) — Authorities in Hawaii have charged a 36-year-old man with murder in the killings of three people in a remote community known for its eclectic, communal lifestyle. Jacob Daniel Baker was charged with counts of first- and second-degree murder Saturday, the Hawaii Police Department said in a news release. Baker remained jailed without …
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The mayor of Newark imposed a curfew early Sunday around an immigration detention center in New Jersey after a series of intense clashes between protestors and police. The curfew around Delaney Hall will be in place between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. until further notice, Mayor Ras Baraka said in a …
A United Airlines flight bound for Spain from Newark Liberty International Airport turned around midflight Saturday due to a possible security threat in flight. The flight departed around 6 p.m. for Palma de Mallorca, Spain, but landed back at Newark at 9:37 p.m., according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The …
Former Vice President Mike Pence told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that he’s “certainly seen evidence” that the current Trump administration is whitewashing the Jan. 6 attack. “I was offended on the anniversary of Jan. 6 when the White House put out a timeline that literally blamed Capitol Hill police for the riot that …