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A boat capsizes in Nigeria drowning at least 40 people, president says
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A boat carrying mostly farmers capsized on a river in northwest Nigeria, drowning at least 40 people, President Bola Tinub u said Sunday. The accident happened in Zamfara state, as farmers were trying to get to their land, Tinubu said in a statement. The...
At least 8 people have died trying to cross the English Channel
NICE, France (AP) — At least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French maritime authorities said Sunday. The tragedy occurred Saturday just before midnight when authorities spotted a boat, carrying dozens, in distress near a...
Several people have died trying to cross the English Channel from France, authorities say
Several people died early Sunday during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French authorities said. A rescue operation is underway, and survivors of the tragedy have been taken to the sports hall in the northern town of Ambleteuse, according to a...
Salvagers launch new attempt to tow an oil tanker blown up by Yemen's Houthi rebels
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A new attempt has begun to try to salvage an oil tanker burning in the Red Sea after attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a European Union naval mission said Saturday. The EU’s Operation Aspides published images dated Saturday of its vessels...
4-year-old child drowns after wandering from home in Mississippi
CANTON, Miss. (AP) — A 4-year-old boy drowned in a pond in central Mississippi after wandering away from his family's apartment while his father took a shower, a police chief said. A Madison County law enforcement dive team recovered Kaleb Jamison's body Tuesday night, nearly 12...
After migrant boat tragedy, Senegal's president vows sanctions against people smugglers
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal promised severe sanctions against people smugglers during his visit on Wednesday to the town of Mbour, the departure point of a boat that capsized on Sunday, killing at least 37 people. “We will relentlessly track...
Today in History: September 12, Voyager 1 leaves the solar system
Today in History Today is Thursday, Sept. 12, the 256th day of 2024. There are 110 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 12, 2013, Voyager 1, launched 36 years earlier, became the first man-made spacecraft ever to leave the solar system. ...
A residential care worker gets prison in Maine for assaults on a disabled man
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A residential care center employee in Maine is going to prison after pleading guilty to what prosecutors described as “grotesque and pervasive” assaults on a disabled man. Zachery Conners, 26, was among four workers accused of abuse including waterboarding,...
At least 4 migrants have died and others remain missing after a boat capsized off Senegal
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Senegal over the weekend, leaving at least four people dead and several others missing, local authorities said on Monday. The artisanal fishing boat left the town of Mbour, nearly 80 kilometers (50 miles)...
Libya’s coast guard intercepts 64 Europe-bound migrants, days after a deadly shipwreck
CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s coast guard intercepted dozens of Europe-bound migrants on a boat and returned them to shore, authorities said Saturday, a few days after a shipwreck off the North African country left nearly two dozen dead or missing. The boat was carrying 64 migrants and...
