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 …
A federal judge on Friday ordered that President Trump’s name be removed from the Kennedy Center, “Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it.” The judge also ruled that the Kennedy Center’s board, led by Mr. Trump’s handpicked trustees, cannot move forward with its plan to close the facility in …
Hosted by Jane Pauley. Featured: Marilyn Monroe at 100; former first lady Jill Biden; children detained at the ICE facility in Dilley, Texas; living “books” at The Human Library; pickleball superstar Anna Leigh Waters; and the Undercroft beneath the Lincoln Memorial opens to the public.
PARIS, May 31 (Reuters) – More than 200 people were injured and one person died in Paris following Paris Saint-Germain’s second consecutive Champions League win, the interior ministry said on Sunday, reviving France’s heated debate about street violence. A day after PSG beat Arsenal in a nail-biting Budapest penalty shootout, cementing their place on the …