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With shaking hands, Daniel Delgado kissed a photo of his wife, Monica Hernandez, before lighting a candle in a supermarket parking lot in Erwin, Tenn. Family members hugged pictures printed on poster board, some collapsing into them in tears as search helicopters flew overhead in the direction of the hills.Continue Reading

When Mafer González set foot on land after a gruelling 10-hour boat journey from the Colombian island of San Andrés last October, she said it felt like her soul had returned to her body. González and the 17 other Venezuelan migrants who’d crossed the Caribbean waters to Nicaragua in a smallContinue Reading

Hello, royal watchers. This is your regular dose of royal news and analysis. Reading this online? Sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox. One week, she was in Tanzania, recognizing progress in that African country in the fight against a preventable and blinding eye disease.  The next week, Sophie, DuchessContinue Reading

When Iran fired roughly 200 missiles toward Israel on Tuesday, Israeli air defences, with some assistance from the U.S., were able to shoot down most of them while sustaining minimal damage, according to officials. Israel has vowed to strike back, as fears mount over further escalation of hostilities between the two countries. Continue Reading

World Zahraa Badreddine brought her children to Ain el-Delb from southern Lebanon in an effort to protect them, deciding like hundreds of thousands of others to flee escalating attacks between Israel and Hezbollah, only to have two of her sons die along with dozens of others when airstrikes levelled theContinue Reading

World For some time, there was a question of whether a two-year-old beaver would be allowed stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or released into the wild. That question has been resolved. Nibi the beaver will be educational animal after court battle over futureThe Associated Press · Posted: Oct 04,Continue Reading

World An employee at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was killed on Friday morning in a car bomb attack, Russian investigators said, in an attack the plant blamed on Ukraine. Ukraine disparages Andrei Korotkiy, killed when a car bomb detonated outside his house, ofThomson Reuters ·Continue Reading

World Prosecutors in Los Angeles are reviewing new evidence in the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez to determine whether they should be serving life sentences for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion more than 35 years ago, the city’s district attorney said Thursday. D.A. George Gascón saysContinue Reading

World A U.S. judge ripped into a former county clerk for her crimes and lies before sentencing her Thursday to nine years behind bars for a data-breach scheme spawned from the rampant false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential race. Judge deems Tina Peters ‘defiant’ andContinue Reading