A Spanish soccer player’s death is now under investigation as possible involuntary manslaughter, after he suffered a fatal injury in an on-field collision during a match. The country’s National Police said Tuesday that proceedings were opened and prosecutors will also be involved. Tenerife forward Jesús de Miguel died after he suffered cardiac arrest from the…
Five people, including two children, were rescued this week in the South Pacific island nation of Kiribati after three months drifting at sea in a 20-foot skiff, authorities said. Another four remained missing. Villagers rescued the group Sunday off Fanning Island in Kiribati, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported, after they had drifted an estimated 3,355 miles…
Berlin — Poland launched a large-scale security operation this week along its border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, the country’s national police chief said, and the Polish prime minister said the effort may have prevented a sabotage or provocation operation targeting the NATO member. Additional police and counterterrorism units, as well as troops from…
Millions of Americans gained an hour of sleep this weekend when the twice-a-year time change commonly known as daylight saving ended for 2026. Most of the U.S. “fell back” an hour when the clocks changed at 2 a.m. on Sunday. Here’s what to know about what’s formally known as daylight saving time as it ended…
Daylight saving time for 2026 started early Sunday, meaning most Americans lost an hour of sleep overnight. The annual ritual of having the clocks “spring forward” an hour ahead takes place on the second Sunday of March. What is daylight saving time, exactly? By shifting clocks forward an hour, daylight saving time effectively moves an…
Millions of Americans will gain an hour of sleep this weekend when the twice-a-year time change commonly known as daylight savings ends for 2026. Most of the U.S. will “fall back” an hour when the clocks change at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November. Here’s what to know about what’s formally known as…
Britain’s King Charles III continued his nine-day tour of the Caribbean Thursday under mounting pressure to issue a formal apology for the U.K. royal family’s historic role in the transatlantic slave trade and to support calls for reparations. Charles was to visit Guyana on Thursday before traveling to Antigua and Barbuda for a meeting of…
Page, Arizona — Doug Herrera still lives in the house his father built, though his dad died some time ago from cancer. Herrera wonders if that illness could have been linked to pollutants from nearby uranium mining. Now, he worries that a possible new neighbor — a proposed $10 billion mega data center — could imperil…
Hurricane Trudy brought heavy rain and powerful winds to parts of Mexico’s Pacific coast on Sunday, impacting sections of the country’s western and southwestern states that were already targeted by Hurricane Simon last week. The National Hurricane Center, which is based in Miami, warned that hurricane and tropical storm conditions could materialize in areas under weather…
The Colombian navy on Wednesday announced its first seizure of an unmanned “narco sub” equipped with a Starlink antenna off its Caribbean coast. The semisubmersible vessel was not carrying drugs, but the Colombian navy and Western security sources based in the region told AFP they believed it was a trial run by a cocaine…
