The Latest: Residents line up for food and water in storm-battered North Carolina mountains
Desperate residents of the storm-battered mountains of western North Carolina lined up for water and food, hunted for cellphone signals and slogged buckets from creeks to flush toilets days after ...
Dockworkers go on a strike that could reignite inflation and cause shortages in the holiday season
A strike by dockworkers at 36 ports from Maine to Texas, the first in decades, could snarl supply chains and lead to shortages and higher prices if it stretches on for more ...
Australia’s online dating industry adopts code of conduct to keep users safer
A code of conduct will be enforced on the online dating industry to better protect Australian users after research found that three-in-four people suffer some form of ...
A cruise ship bound on a round-the-world voyage leaves Belfast after a 4-month delay
A cruise ship taking passengers on a 3 ½-year around-the-world voyage has finally sailed from Belfast’s dockside, after spending four months stuck in the Northern Ireland ...
Tibetan group in India protests against China and human rights situation in homeland
Dozens of Tibetans living in India protested outside China’s embassy on Tuesday against the human rights situation in their homeland, which China annexed in 1951. Police ...
Appreciation: Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Fame player, had impact far beyond the game
The finger wag. The enormous smile. The unmistakable voice. Dikembe Mutombo played defense at a level and with a flair that few others in basketball history ever possessed, all among the many ...
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Legal Aid of West Virginia gets $235,000 in grant funds for pro bono services
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — Legal Aid of West Virginia announced on Monday that it will now receive additional funding thanks ...
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Sony’s PlayStation Network suffers hourslong outage, irking videogamers
LONDON (AP) — Sony’s PlayStation Network went down for hours on Tuesday, frustrating gamers around the world who complained they weren’t able to sign in to their accounts. PlayStation Network said on ...
A likely Russian artillery strike kills at least 7 at a Ukrainian market, officials say
An apparent Russian artillery strike hit a market in the southern Ukraine city of Kherson on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and wounding three others, authorities ...
A drone boat loaded with explosives has struck a ship in the Red Sea in a suspected Houthi attack
A drone boat loaded with explosives crashed into a ship Tuesday in the Red Sea, the British military and private security ...
School bus catches fire outside Bangkok and 25 on board are feared dead, government officials say
A bus carrying young students with their teachers caught fire in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday with 25 of those on board feared dead, according to officials and rescuers. The bus was ...
Asian markets mixed, Japanese stocks rally from Monday’s slump
Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index regaining some of its sharp losses from a day earlier. A quarterly “tankan” survey by the Bank of Japan showed ...