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4 people found dead in eastern Romania as rainstorms leave hundreds stranded
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Four people in eastern Romania have been found dead after torrential storms dumped unprecedented rain, leaving hundreds stranded in flooded areas, emergency authorities said Saturday. Rescue services scrambled to save people in the hard-hit eastern...
Power outages bring frustration to New Orleans residents post-Francine
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two days after Hurricane Francine knocked out power for nearly half a million people in Louisiana, Alexandra Canary was still waiting for the electricity in her area to come back online. As her fridge continued to thaw out, the New Orleans resident began to clean...
Francine weakens and moves inland after lashing Louisiana
MORGAN CITY, La. (AP) — Francine weakened Thursday after striking Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of utility customers, sent storm surge rushing into coastal communities and raised flooding fears in New Orleans and beyond. As the...
An ER nurse says it was 'second nature' to rescue a man trapped in hurricane floodwaters
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Perhaps it was fate that a man's pickup truck got trapped in rising floodwaters unleashed by Hurricane Francine not far from where Miles Crawford lives. The 39-year-old off-duty emergency room nurse is professionally trained in saving lives — quickly — and...
US and UK pledge almost $1.5 billion to help Ukraine during diplomats' visit to Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States and Britain pledged nearly $1.5 billion in additional aid to Ukraine on Wednesday during a visit to Kyiv by their top diplomats as Ukrainian officials renewed their pleas to use Western-provided missiles against targets deeper inside Russia. ...
New president of UN General Assembly calls for unity to tackle borderless issues
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Cameroon’s former prime minister took over the presidency of the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, issuing “a clarion call” to the world’s divided nations to come together and take action to address global challenges from climate change and poverty to conflicts and...
Emergency crews rescue man trapped in deep trench in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Emergency crews rescued a worker who became trapped when a deep trench collapsed Thursday at a construction site at a hillside home in Los Angeles. Responders worked for nearly six hours in oppressive heat to free the adult male construction worker trapped in...
2 people are rescued from a disabled yacht off the Australian coast
SYDNEY (AP) — Two people were rescued unharmed Tuesday after spending a night aboard a disabled yacht in heavy seas off the Australian coast. The 60-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman were rescued at 7:30 a.m. from their 19-meter (62-foot) yacht, which was abandoned 300...
Gov. Gavin Newsom calls California lawmakers into a special session to find ways to cut gas prices
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers will come back in a special session after they wrap up their legislative year on Saturday to debate measures proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom aimed at reducing gas price spikes at the pump. Newsom called the Legislature into the special...
Major power outage hits Venezuela's capital, with Maduro government blaming 'sabotage'
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans spent most of Friday in the dark as a major outage knocked out power in the capital, Caracas, and several states. President Nicolás Maduro's government blamed the outage, which it said began about 4:50 a.m., on “electrical sabotage.” ...
