At least two people have been killed after a tornado tore through the city of El Reno in Oklahoma, destroying a hotel and damaging a mobile home park, officials said. The tornado struck the south-east of El Reno at about 22:30 local time (03:30 GMT) on Saturday. El Reno Mayor Matt White said several people […]
Two dead and an unknown number of people missing in El Reno after tornado ‘levels hotel’, officials say. Storms brought widespread damage to the small community of El Reno, Oklahoma, late on Saturday. Just before midnight local time, a tornado touched down in the town of 19,000 people. Tornado warnings were issued only minutes before […]
In Mexico, attacks by vigilante groups against suspected criminals are on the rise. Record levels of violence in Mexico and people’s frustration with the inability of police to tackle it are driving a surge in vigilante justice. Angry mobs are behind a growing number of lynchings and have even been accused of burning alleged criminals […]
Abe’s strategy is to keep Japan out of Trump’s crosshairs as US threatens new tariffs on import of autos and auto parts. A round of golf always seems to be on the agenda whenever President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe get together. So on Sunday, during a four-day state visit to Japan, […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – For nearly three weeks, Baltimore has struggled with a cyber-attack by digital extortionists that has frozen thousands of computers, shut down email and disrupted real estate sales, water bills, health alerts and many other services. But here is what frustrated city employees and residents do not know: A key component of […]
US President Donald Trump has dismissed concerns about recent North Korean missile tests, appearing to contradict his own national security adviser. In a tweet issued shortly after his arrival in Japan on Sunday, Mr Trump called the missiles “small weapons”. US National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Saturday that the tests violated UN resolutions […]
DAYTON, Ohio — City buses flashed “United Against Hate” on their electronic signboards. Coffee shops and record stores chalked anti-KKK messages on their sidewalk sandwich boards. Banners denouncing hate hung from buildings. Saturday was supposed to be the day when a group affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan would descend upon Dayton, Ohio, in a […]
Dozens of people turned out for a ‘sidewalk sit-in’ on Saturday morning in Penticton. Protesters were voicing opposition to the city’s proposed bylaw to ban sitting or lying on certain sidewalks during the summer months. “The people that this bylaw is targeting are not out here to be feared. They’re out here because they have […]
TORONTO – Canadian pop act Walk off the Earth are paying tribute to their late bandmate Mike Taylor with a new track named in his memory. “Mike’s Song” is an ode to their former keyboardist, who was affectionately known as “Beard Guy” by his fans. Taylor died last December from what the band said were […]
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — New evidence has emerged linking the embattled head of Colombia’s army to the alleged cover-up of civilian killings more than a decade ago. The documents, provided to The Associated Press by a person familiar with an investigation into the extrajudicial killings, come as Gen. Nicacio Martínez Espinel faces mounting pressure to resign […]