Mystery fireball spotted over L.A. that panicked residents thought was a meteor was actually wingsuit jumpers performing a Red Bull stunt Three skydivers with pyrotechnics and LED lights on their suits jumped from a helicopter at 4,000ft  They soared above downtown L.A. then landed with parachutes at the InterContinental hotel  The stunt was in celebration […]

Chirlane McCray’s ThriveNYC mental health initiative, in a damage-control road show, invited reporters Thursday to watch cops and clinicians working together in a model program to help the homeless and mentally ill. But the $2 million “triage center” at the old Police Academy building on East 20th Street is only making a dent in the […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on three senior officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) election commission, accusing them of obstructing the democratic process during December’s presidential election. The U.S. Treasury sanctioned Corneille Nangaa, president of the country’s election commission, CENI; Norbert Basengezi, his deputy and Marcellin Mukolo Basengezi, […]

THE destructive cyclone in Mozambique has already taken hundreds of lives, but how is it the dangerous weather system different to a hurricane? We explain what the difference is and why there is one. What is the difference between a hurricane and a cyclone? A hurricane and a cyclone are the same thing. They are […]

Crowd cheers as coastguard braves icy waters and saves small puppy from drowning in freezing Milwaukee River Brave coastguard seen jumping into Milwaukee River to save a puppy Moving ice nearly drowns the dog before he can reach it as onlookers scream Finally pulls it from the water – which doesn’t get above 4 C […]

BANGKOK — Authorities in China and Myanmar are failing to stop the brutal trafficking of young women, often teenagers, from the conflict-ridden Kachin region for sexual slavery in China, according to a report by Human Rights Watch. The report released Thursday says women are often tricked into traveling to China in search of work or […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his allies would be “strangled financially” if they continued to hold onto power. “As President Trump clearly stated, the toughest sanctions are yet to come. Unless Maduro’s usurpation ends, he and his cronies will be strangled financially. The […]

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian experts have begun analyzing the cockpit voice and flight data recorders, the so-called black boxes, of doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 alongside international investigators, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Transport said on Thursday. The flight crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa on March 10, killing all 157 aboard. The international investigators […]

Calgary police have charged three men after a stabbing in the community of Coach Hill in August that left two men injured. The victims were found in the 600 block of Coach Grove Road S.W. around 2:45 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018. The men, both in their 20s, were rushed to hospital in serious […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s response to Fox News’ Laura Ingraham and a guest mocking her for pronouncing her own name correctly is epic. Ingraham’s going to need some ice for that burn. Sorry, she said what?? Controversial Fox News host whom your grandparents somehow still take seriously, Laura Ingraham, went after freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on […]