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Today in History: December 7, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Today is Saturday, Dec. 7, the 342nd day of 2024. There are 24 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched an air raid on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing more than 2,300 Americans. The United States...
Car rams and injures orchestral musicians in Belgrade during a protest over station roof collapse
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra said four of its musicians were injured Friday in an incident during a weekly 15-minute traffic blockade commemorating the 15 people who died when a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station in a northern Serbian city last month. ...
Self-defense or too much force? That's the question for jurors as subway chokehold trial wraps
NEW YORK (AP) — A defense lawyer asked jurors to put themselves in frightened subway riders' shoes Monday at the trial of a Marine veteran charged with choking an irate, homeless man to death after an outburst on a New York underground train. Prosecutors countered that Daniel Penny...
Thousands march in Serbia to mark 1 month since a roof collapse killed 15 people
NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Thousands joined a protest march on Sunday in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad that marked one month since a concrete canopy ouside of the city's railway station collapsed, killing 15 people and injuring two. Protesters held a huge banner with a red...
Today in History: November 26, Mumbai terror attacks of 2008 begin
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 26, the 331st day of 2024. There are 35 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 26, 2008, teams of heavily armed militants from the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant and a crowded train station...
Britain on alert after 2nd major storm of the season batters country, leaving at least 2 dead
LONDON (AP) — Britain remained Monday on high alert after the second major storm of the season battered the country over the weekend, leaving at least two people dead and disrupting road and rail travel. Hundreds of homes in England and Wales battled the floodwaters on Monday and...
Prosecutors in Serbia arrest 12 people over roof collapse at train station that killed 15
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Twelve people have been arrested in Serbia in connection with a roof collapse earlier this month at a train station in the northern city of Novi Sad that killed 15 people and severely injured two others, prosecutors said Thursday. The suspects, who have not...
Suicide car bomb kills 12 troops at a security post in northwestern Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber killed 12 members of the security forces and wounded several others after detonating an explosive-laden vehicle at a security post in northwestern Pakistan, officials said Wednesday. The attack, one of the deadliest in recent months,...
51-year-old man is charged with murder after 3 are stabbed in New York City rampage
NEW YORK (AP) — A man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbings of three people in a string of random attacks across Manhattan, police said Tuesday. Ramon Rivera, 51, was taken into custody after he was found with blood on his clothes and the...
Pakistan PM approves military operation against separatists following surge in violence in southwest
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's Prime Minister on Tuesday approved a long-awaited “comprehensive military operation” against separatist groups in the restive southwest, more than a week after an outlawed group killed 26 people in a suicide bombing at a train station, officials said. ...
