Climate change added 41 days of dangerous heat around world in 2024

People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change, according to a group of scientists who also said that climate change worsened much of the world's damaging weather throughout 2024. The analysis from World...

A Maui program kept Lahaina families together by paying households to take in fire survivors

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — The Lahaina home Tamara Akiona shared with 10 people was never quiet, and she loved it that way. Akiona, her husband, uncle, stepdaughter, and her best friend’s family filled the house once owned by her grandparents, with four bedrooms, two living rooms and...

14 dead and hundreds injured in magnitude 7.3 quake in Vanuatu. Some people are trapped in rubble

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck off Vanuatu killed at least 14 people, injured hundreds more and caused widespread damage across the South Pacific island nation, officials said early Wednesday. Frantic rescue efforts got underway after the...

Costa Rican rescue teams find one survivor after plane crash leaves 5 people dead

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — The sole survivor of a plane crash near Costa Rica’s capital, in which five other people died, is in serious condition in a hospital, the local Red Cross said on Tuesday. The 31-year-old woman was one of six people on board the small aircraft when it...

Small plane carrying six people crashes near Costa Rica's capital

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — A small plane carrying six people crashed southeast of Costa Rica’s capital on Monday, but the condition of those aboard was not immediately known. The Central American country’s civil aviation authorities said that the Cessna 206 Stationair crashed...

Ready Capital: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Ready Capital Corporation (RC) on Thursday reported a loss of $9.3 million in its third quarter. The New York-based company said it had a loss of 7 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 25 cents per share. ...

Red Cross launches international emergency appeal urging donors to provide resources for Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Tuesday launched an international emergency appeal asking donors to provide resources for Lebanon during the Israel-Hezbollah war. IFRC also called on all parties to protect paramedics in the...

Mexican newspaper offices hit by gunfire in Sinaloa state capital

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Assailants fired a dozen gunshots at a building housing the newspaper El Debate in the embattled northern Mexico state of Sinaloa, the media outlet said Friday. The newspaper is based in the state capital, Culiacan, where rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel have...

Lebanese Red Cross says at least 18 killed in an Israeli strike in northern Lebanon