In ‘Blitz,’ Steve McQueen shows wartime London through a child’s eyes

It was a single photograph that started Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen on the journey to make “Blitz.” As a Londoner, the German bombing raids on the city during World War II are never all that far from his mind. Reminders of it are everywhere. But the spark of inspiration...

El Salvador's congress approves sending troop contingent to Haiti

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Congress approved a proposal Wednesday to send a contingent of soldiers to Haiti under the auspices of the United Nations to handle medical evacuations in the troubled Caribbean nation. Patricia Aguilera, legal affairs director for...

Explosion confirmed at Camp Minden’s Goex facility, employees evacuated

MINDEN, La. (AP) — A small explosion Wednesday at a Louisiana plant that makes black powder is under investigation. No injuries were reported at Goex Industries LLC and all of its employees were evacuated shortly after the 7 a.m. blast, according to multiple media outlets. Estes...

Israeli strikes pound Lebanese coastal city after residents evacuate

TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli jets struck multiple buildings in Lebanon's southern coastal city of Tyre on Wednesday, sending up large clouds of black smoke, while Hezbollah confirmed that a top official widely expected to be the militant group's next leader had been killed in an Israeli strike. ...

A 60-year-old woman is arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after 3 found dead in British care home

LONDON (AP) — A 60-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter Wednesday after three people were found dead in a care home in southern England. The arrest was announced hours after Dorset police said they were investigating whether carbon monoxide poisoning caused the...

Israeli weapon seen in rare AP photos of Beirut airstrike appears to be a powerful smart bomb

JERUSALEM (AP) — In all but the blink of an eye, an Associated Press photographer's camera captured the moments that a battleship-gray Israeli bomb plummeted toward a Beirut building before detonating to bring the tower down. The airstrike came 40 minutes after Israel warned...

Calmer weather helps contain Oakland, California, fire that forced evacuations

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Firefighting crews took advantage of calmer weather Sunday to increase containment of a small wildfire in Oakland, California, that burned two homes and forced more than 500 people to evacuate. Most residents were allowed to return home Saturday but a...

Firefighters battle 'diablo wind' to extinguish Oakland fire that burned 2 homes

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crews continue to battle strong winds while they work to extinguish a brush fire in Oakland that ignited Friday afternoon, burning two homes and forcing 500 evacuations before it was contained. The firefight will continue through the evening and at least Sunday...

Crews halt fast-moving brush fire that burned 2 Oakland homes, forced 500 evacuations

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A fast-moving fire fed by strong winds burned two homes Friday and damaged several others in a hillside neighborhood in the city of Oakland, where hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate before more than 100 firefighters stopped the progress of the flames, authorities...

Hundreds of Oakland residents ordered to evacuate their homes as a brush fire threatens neighborhood, fire official says