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Today in History: January 26, Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna and 7 others die in helicopter crash
Today is Sunday, Jan. 26, the 26th day of 2025. There are 339 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 26, 2020, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others were killed when their helicopter plunged into a steep hillside in dense...
Four tourists drowned off the eastern coast of the Dominican Republic and two others were rescued
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Four tourists have drowned off the eastern coast of the Dominican Republic near the popular tourist town of Punta Cana. Civil Defense officials said the victims include two Polish citizens and a man from Portugal, with a fourth body recovered on...
Nigerian army says it killed 76 extremists during a weeklong operation in Borno State
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian troops killed 76 Islamic militants in the country's northeast during operations conducted in various parts of Borno state, the military said Thursday. The operations took place between Jan. 7 and Jan. 13, Nigerian army spokesperson Edward Buba said...
Student detained in Slovakia after 2 people fatally stabbed at high school
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — An 18-year-old student fatally stabbed two people at a high school in northern Slovakia on Thursday, authorities said. One other person was in critical condition, the Slovak rescue service said. The stabbings took place in Spisska Stara Ves, a small...
South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies after hundreds of miners were trapped for months in one of the country's deepest mines...
Hurricane-force winds cause widespread damage in Alaska's largest city
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of residents across Alaska’s largest city were still without power Monday, a day after a powerful storm brought hurricane-force winds that downed power lines, damaged trees, forced more than a dozen planes to divert, and caused a pedestrian bridge over a...
A landslide in a Myanmar jade mining area kills at least 12 and leaves many missing
BANGKOK (AP) — An overnight landslide at a jade mining area in northern Myanmar has killed at least a dozen people and left many others missing, according to a resident, rescuers and independent media on Monday. They said about 50 houses were buried or damaged. The accident...
Thousands of students protest in Serbia against violation of civil rights, spy agency crackdown
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's striking university students protested outside the Balkan country's top court on Sunday to draw their attention to what they say have been violations of their civil rights under the populist authorities, including pressure from the secret service. ...
A young gorilla rescued from aircraft hold recovers at Istanbul zoo
ISTANBUL (AP) — A young gorilla rescued from a plane’s cargo hold is recovering at an Istanbul zoo, officials said Sunday, while wildlife officers consider returning him to his natural habitat. The 5-month-old gorilla was discovered in a box on a Turkish Airlines flight from...
Sam Moore, who sang ‘Soul Man’ in Sam & Dave duo, dies at 89 because of surgery complications
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave that was known for such definitive hits of the era as “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I'm Comin,’” has died. He was 89. Publicist Jeremy Westby said Moore died Friday...
