Tag: Accidents and disasters
17 migrants drown, 166 others rescued off Tunisian coast
TUNIS, Tunisia — At least 17 migrants from Bangladesh drowned and more than 300 were rescued by Tunisian and Libyan naval units after their...
G20 environment ministers meet in Italy amid floods, fires
NAPLES, Italy — With forest fires raging in the U.S. and Russia and floods devastating parts of Western Europe, environment and energy ministers from...
Nonseasonal floods kill 14 in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen — At least fourteen people have been killed by flooding in Yemen in the past 24 hours, according to security officials. Non-seasonal...
Miami-Dade’s unsafe structure’s board frustrated by delays
MIAMI — Miami-Dade County's Unsafe Structure's Board is under pressure to speed up the process for reviewing problematic structures following the collapse of the...
Indiana issues air quality alert due to smoke from wildfires
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's environmental agency issued a statewide air quality alert this week urging Hoosiers to slow down and take other steps as smoke...
South Dakota court orders sharing of crash victim’s records
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A judge overseeing the criminal trial of South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has ordered medical providers to turn over...
Experts: Spend opioid settlement funds on fighting opioids
As a possible $26 billion settlement with opioid producers looms, some public health experts are citing the 1998 agreement with tobacco companies as a...
Explosion at Texas home may have been intentional
PLANO, Texas — The explosion that destroyed a house in suburban Dallas and heavily damaged the two next door, injuring six people, may not...
50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans
Landscaping was hardly his lifelong dream.
As a teenager, Alton Lucas...
German Cabinet meets to approve financial aid after flooding
BERLIN — Germany's Cabinet is meeting Wednesday to decide on a package of immediate aid for victims of last week's floods and consider longer-term...