First Look U.S. presidential centers call for civility, diversity of thought Thirteen presidential centers have issued a joint statement warning of the effects of polarization on democracy. It is the first time the libraries have made a public, bipartisan declaration emphasizing the need for compassion, tolerance, and pluralism. | View caption Hide caption | Concern for United…
As many as 10,000 people are missing and feared dead after a storm slammed into Libya, unleashing a devastating surge of floodwaters across the country’s east. A disaster wrought by intense rainfall from Mediterranean storm Daniel intensified when two dams burst — with at least 5,300 people killed in one coastal city and thousands more…
American cave explorer Mark Dickey has been rescued from a deep cave in Turkey after he became ill during an expedition more than nine days ago and was unable to reach the surface. The dayslong rescue operation was completed successfully after a stretcher-bound Dickey, 40, was lifted from his position at a camp about 3,400…
Mysterious blue lights were seen illuminating the sky moments before a devastating earthquake in Morocco killed 2,900 people. These bizarre bursts of light were filmed by a CCTV camera at a property in Agadir, appearing approximately three minutes before the disaster. A single blue flash appears in the upper left corner of the frame in…
Disney and Charter Communications, one of the country’s biggest cable TV providers, are locked in an intense battle over carriage fees, a fight that CNN reported “could lead to the dismantling — or revolution — of the cable television bundle.” The conflict reached a critical point over Labor Day weekend “at the most inopportune time…
The powerful earthquake and aftershocks sent people racing from their beds into the streets – and toppled buildings in mountainous villages and ancient cities not built to withstand such force. More than 2,000 people are now confirmed to have died and the toll is expected to rise as rescuers struggled yesterday (Saturday, September 9) to…
The evident death of Yevgeny Prigozhin in a fiery plane crash Wednesday, exactly two months after his Wagner mercenary army captured a Russian military garrison and marched on Moscow, did not come as a surprise to Russia experts or even casual observers of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “You may recall, when I was asked about this…
In a win for the Biden administration, a federal judge Wednesday ordered Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to remove a floating barrier his state placed in the Rio Grande River to deter illegal migrant crossings. U.S. District Judge David Ezra, a Reagan appointee, issued an order for the swift removal of the 1,000-foot barrier near Eagle Pass, Texas,…