Norway Police Search for Suspect After U.S. Embassy Blast
OSLO, March 9 (Reuters) – Norwegian police are searching for a suspect seen on surveillance footage following an explosion during the…
Prosecutors Expand Swiss Ski Bar Fire Probe to Include Mayor, Document Shows
GENEVA, March 9 (Reuters) – Swiss prosecutors have extended their investigation into a fatal ski bar fire that killed 41 people, mostly teenagers, and added the mayor of the ski town of Crans-Montana to the list of suspects, a document showed. Mayor Nicolas Feraud is named as a defendant in one of the prosecutors’ documents …
Skier killed in avalanche in Boss Basin, first Colorado ski death of the season
Colorado rescue crews early Sunday found the body of a missing skier who was killed in a recent avalanche. The skier was reported missing in the Boss Basin area in the upper portion of Resolution Creek on March 7. Summit County Rescue Group, Vail Mountain Rescue and the Summit and Eagle County sheriff’s offices began …
U.S., Ecuador carry out joint “lethal kinetic operations” to combat drug trafficking, video shows
U.S. and Ecuadoran forces conducted joint strikes inside Ecuador as part of ongoing operations to combat drug trafficking in the South American country, according to a statement by US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The statement posted to X said SOUTHCOM Commander General Francis Donovan, at the order of Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, “directed the joint force …
Fear U.S.-Israeli war with Iran will drag on sends stocks plunging and oil price soaring
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that the “period of elevated energy prices” will be temporary, “but it will not be long,” as the Iran war continued into a second week. Oil and gas prices “shouldn’t go much higher than they are here because the world is very well supplied with oil,” Wright said on …
Skier killed in avalanche in Boss Basin, first Colorado ski death of the season
Early Sunday morning, Colorado rescue crews found the body of a missing skier who was killed in a recent avalanche. The skier was reported missing in the Boss Basin area in the upper portion of Resolution Creek on March 7. Summit County Rescue Group, Vail Mountain Rescue and the Summit and Eagle County sheriff’s offices …
Wes Moore to give commencement addresses in 2028 battleground states
Maryland Gov. Wes More is planning a series of upcoming commencement addresses in presidential battleground states in May, a lineup that quietly broadens his national profile as the first-term Democratic governor continues to draw party attention as a potential presidential contender in 2028, CBS News has learned. According to Democratic sources familiar with his planning, …
US Begins Large Military Drill With South Korea While Waging War in the Middle East
The United States has begun a large military exercise with South Korea involving thousands of troops while also waging an escalating war in the Middle East
Armed or Unarmed? US and Iran Spar Over Status of Iranian Warship Sunk by a Submarine
NEW DELHI (AP) — The United States and Iran have offered sharply different accounts of the sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean last week, with Washington rejecting Tehran’s claim the vessel was unarmed and Iranian officials insisting it was operating in a noncombat role. The United States Indo-Pacific Command on Sunday rejected …
Istanbul’s Mayor Goes on Trial With Some 400 Defendants in Corruption Case
ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is standing trial on Monday with more than 400 other defendants accused of widespread corruption in a case critics see as a politically motivated move against Turkey’s opposition. Imamoglu, who has been behind bars for nearly a year, is the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 23-year …