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1 dead and 3 missing after boat carrying mostly family members sinks near Alcatraz Island
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One person died, three people were missing and 16 were rescued from the waters off San Francisco after a pontoon boat sank Tuesday afternoon while carrying mostly family members as part of a memorial service, authorities said.Crews arriving on the scene near Alcatraz Island found a three-deck pontoon vessel almost fully under water with the motor still running and leaking fuel, San Francisco Fire Chief Dean Crispen said.
By Tuesday evening, authorities were searching for the missing in open ocean on the western side of the Golden Gate Bridge. The... Read More
Franceâs National Assembly will give final approval to assisted-dying bill after years of debate
PARIS (AP) — France’s National Assembly is set to give final approval Wednesday to a bill allowing adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication, the culmination of years of debate over end-of-life care.The lower house of parliament is widely expected to approve the measure after backing it in three previous readings, completing parliament’s work on the legislation announced by French President Emmanuel Macron over three years ago.
The proposed measure primarily provides for medically assisted suicide, by allowing patients to receive and... Read More
Death toll from Bangkok bar fire rises to 32 as 2 more die in hospital
BANGKOK (AP) — Survivors and family members of victims of a deadly bar fire in Bangkok visited a nearby police station on Wednesday to seek compensation, gather belongings and share statements from the blaze.The fire, which broke out on Sunday night, killed at least 32 people and left more than 70 injured, 24 of whom are still in critical condition, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
The cause of the fire at the Rong Beer Na Ladprao bar is still under investigation.
Most of the people who were killed were found trapped in windowless... Read More
Tehran threatens to halt all Mideast energy exports after US reimposes its blockade on Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military early Wednesday reimposed a blockade on Iranian ports over Tehran’s attacks on ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, sparking new strikes on nations hosting American forces as an interim deal to end the war further unraveled.Days of retaliatory strikes across the Middle East by Iran — and both nations’ attempts to assert control of the waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas trade passes during peacetime — threaten to push the region back to all-out war.
The U.S... Read More
Former Obama counsel Kathryn Ruemmler to testify in Epstein probe
WASHINTON (AP) — Kathryn Ruemmler, the former top lawyer at Goldman Sachs who was White House counsel to President Barack Obama, is set to face questioning before a House committee Wednesday about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.Ruemmler is the latest prominent figure called before the House Oversight Committee as lawmakers investigate the network of powerful people connected with Epstein. The bipartisan inquiry has already included testimony from more than a dozen high-profile witnesses, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and former President Bill Clinton, as... Read More
Top Stories
- Asian shares rise after rally on Wall Street as data show US inflation slowing
- Death toll from Bangkok bar fire rises to 32 as 2 more die in hospital
- Tehran threatens to halt all Mideast energy exports after US reimposes its blockade on Iran
- 26 Meta employees sue, alleging AI-driven layoff picks hit workers on medical and parental leave
- House passes bill to 'ditch the switch' and make daylight saving time permanent
- US reimposes its blockade on Iran after Tehran's attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz
- Trump administration orders ICE to suspend most vehicle stops after 2 deadly shootings
- Gibraltar ushers in a new era as British territory's border fence with Spain is removed
- Trump will speak on elections in primetime address after pushing debunked conspiracies
- Writers Guild of America seeks to block Paramount's buyout of Warner in latest merger challenge
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