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Wisconsin kayaker who faked his death and fled to Eastern Europe is in custody, online records show

Dec. 11, 2024 01:40 AM EST

GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning and left his wife and three children to go to Eastern Europe is in police custody, online records show. Ryan Borgwardt, 45, was booked into the Green Lake County Jail on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Victim...

Fishing boat capsizes after colliding with sand barge in South Korea, killing 7

Dec. 09, 2024 00:53 AM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fishing boat capsized after colliding with a sand barge in waters off South Korea’s southeastern coast early Monday, leaving seven crew members dead and one missing, according to local coast guard and fire departments. The 29-ton fishing boat, which...

AP's top albums of 2024: Beyoncé, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Mk.gee and more

Dec. 05, 2024 10:19 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Ten of the top albums of the year, as chosen by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman. “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé She rode in on a white horse, in patriotic chaps and wielding an American flag. She declared, this “ain’t a Country album”...

At least 27 people died and more than 100 are missing after a boat capsizes on Niger River, authorities in Nigeria say

Nov. 29, 2024 13:49 PM EST
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 27 people died and more than 100 are missing after a boat capsizes on Niger River, authorities in Nigeria say.

Nigeria confirms that at least 27 people died and more than 100 are missing after boat capsized

Nov. 29, 2024 13:47 PM EST

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 27 people died and more than 100, mostly women, were missing on Friday, after a boat transporting them to a food market capsized along the River Niger in northern Nigeria, authorities said. About 200 passengers were on the boat that was going from the...

Today in History: November 29, the Sand Creek Massacre

Nov. 29, 2024 00:02 AM EST

Today is Friday, Nov. 29, the 334th day of 2024. There are 32 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 29, 1864, a Colorado militia launched an unprovoked attack on an encampment of Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribal members, killing an estimated 230 people. ...

A migrant boat sinks near the Greek island of Samos, killing 6 children and 2 adults

Nov. 26, 2024 01:01 AM EST

SAMOS, Greece (AP) — Eight people, including six children, died when a small boat carrying an unspecified number of migrants sank off the coast of the Greek island of Samos, officials said Monday. In a separate incident on a different island, an elderly man died as a group of 27...

Dartmouth sorority, two members of fraternity face charges after student who attended party drowned

Nov. 23, 2024 08:49 AM EST

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — A sorority at Dartmouth College and two members of a fraternity are facing charges related to the death of a student who drowned after attending an off-campus party this summer. Won Jang, 20, of Middletown, Delaware, had been reported missing in July after the...

Deadly alcohol poisoning casts shadow over the Laotian backpacker town

Nov. 23, 2024 08:39 AM EST

VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass poisoning case that has killed at least six tourists and potentially injured scores of others. News broke earlier this week that two Australian teens became...

What to know about a Wisconsin man who faked his own death and fled to Eastern Europe

Nov. 22, 2024 15:51 PM EST

GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning this summer and left his wife and three children has been located in Eastern Europe and is communicating with law enforcement, but he has not committed to returning home, authorities said. Ryan Borgwardt began...