Small plane crashes into Brazilian tourist city, killing at least 10
A small plane with 10 people aboard crashed into shops in the center of the tourist city of Gramado in southern Brazil on Sunday, civil defense officials said, and initial…
22 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil
A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early Saturday killed 22 people on a highway in Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil, officials said. The Minas Gerais…
Trump jokes Canada becoming 51st US state ‘a great idea’
US President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday it would be “a great idea” for Canada to become the 51st US state, teasing on social media that “many Canadians” welcome the idea,…
Luigi Mangione sought to ‘sow terror’ in UnitedHealth executive killing, prosecutor says
NEW YORK – Luigi Mangione sought to “sow terror” by shooting dead UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street this month, a New York prosecutor said on Tuesday…
US cops find mysterious $100 million in marijuana – but no owner
A massive marijuana bust has left US cops stumped after they found $100 million worth of the drug, neatly bagged up, but without an owner in sight. Detectives were called…
Biden grants clemency to nearly 1,500 criminals: White House
WASHINGTON – Outgoing President Joe Biden said Thursday he had commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 criminals and pardoned 39 others convicted of non-violent crimes, in what the White House…
Malibu wildfire destroys homes, forces 6,300 people to evacuate
CALIFORNIA – Aided by favorable winds and weather, firefighters on Wednesday progressed in containing a wildfire in the beach community of Malibu, California, where 6,300 people evacuated their homes as…
Chinese man arrested for US military base drone overflight
A Chinese citizen has been charged with flying a drone over Vandenberg Space Force Base in California where he is alleged to have recorded images of the military facility, the…
Casings at scene of US exec murder match suspect’s gun: police
NEW YORK – Shell casings found at the scene of the brazen murder of a US insurance executive match the gun found on the man charged with the crime, the…
Brazil’s Lula undergoes brain surgery, stable in ICU
SAO PAULO – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva underwent surgery in Sao Paulo to drain a bleed on his brain linked to a fall at home in October,…