Police in southern Germany say a woman got a shock while airing out her home when a 25-centimeter (10-inch) Chinese mitten crab scurried in from the terrace through the open door. Freiburg police said Thursday that they received a call reporting the unwanted home invader in the nearby town of...
Provincial governments across China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they may reach the country's 1.4 billion people. Developers are speeding up final testing, the Chinese foreign minister said during a UN meeting last...
Dozens of Spanish police stormed a university on Tuesday and arrested a rapper who had barricaded himself inside after being sentenced to jail on charges of glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty in his songs. Pablo Hasel had a deadline of last Friday to hand himself over to the police to...
Donald Trump has waded in after Beto O’Rourke ended his presidential bid, saying the Democrat “quit like a dog”. It is the second time in the space of a week the US president has compared his foes to dogs. At a White House press conference on Sunday announcing the death of...
A New York state couple’s wedding is off — for now — after an 11th-hour court order in a fight between couples and the state over a 50-person limit on social gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic. A federal appellate judge in Manhattan on Friday granted a state request that effectively...
Walmart said in early February that it is expanding its list of locations where the COVID-19 vaccine will be available. In central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Valley, the Walmart at 3400 Hartzdale Drive in Camp Hill will offer vaccinations. Only state-designated priority groups will be able to get the shot at that location. How...
Surveillance cameras captured the moment a man threw suspected battery acid on another man's face near 13th Street and Cleveland Avenue in Milwaukee Friday night, Nov. 1. The incident prompted city leaders to speak out after claims the crime was racially motivated. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett on Monday, Nov. 4...
WASHINGTON/TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The United States on Friday backed the re-election of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, a conservative and U.S. ally, who was certified the winner of last month’s presidential contest despite widespread misgivings about the vote count. The Honduran electoral tribunal declared Hernandez winner of the...
In another stellar win for the Trump administration, today the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists pushed the Doomsday Clock forward to 2 minutes from midnight. The last time the Bulletin got this grim was in 1953, after the US and USSR tested their first hydrogen bombs. What’s the Doomsday Clock? Since...
The crash took place on the FDR Drive in New York City, and it’s obvious to us that the entire debacle could have easily been avoided had the Mercedes driver not been so reckless. Also, the fact that the dark sedan basically slid into the concrete barrier under braking tells...