2 hydropower workers pulled alive from tunnel in Nepal
After nine days, rescuers in Nepal reached a group of workers trapped underground in a tunnel, pulling out two men. Chris Livesay has more. Source link
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Smuggler who brought migrants through tunnel under U.S.-Mexico border pleads guilty
More than a year and a half after the discovery of an underground tunnel beneath the U.S.-Mexico border, a key figure in the smuggling network has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to bring migrants into the United States. Prosecutors said Mexican smuggler Luis Carlos Davalos-Lopez helped run an illicit operation that charged migrants as…
Gloria Steinem, trailblazing figure in women’s liberation movement, dies at age 92
Gloria Steinem, a co-founder of Ms. Magazine and a trailblazing figure of the women’s liberation movement in the latter half of the 20th century, has died. She was 92. The Gloria Steinem Foundation said in a social media post Thursday that she “passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some…
Trump says Venezuelan oil could replenish depleted U.S. stockpiles. Will it?
President Trump has framed last week’s deal for the U.S. government to take a stake in Venezuela’s oil reserves as a boon not just for gas prices, but also for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which has dropped to historically low levels. “One of the things I am going to do with the Venezuelan Oil is…
Ratko Mladic, so-called “Butcher of Bosnia,” convicted of genocide, dies in prison at 84
Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general who oversaw atrocities in Bosnia in the 1990s, has died in prison at age 84, the Serbian state RTS television and the official Bosnian Serb television reported. The reports said Mladic died in a U.N. prison hospital in The Hague, Netherlands. A family member of Mladic, who spoke on…
New York City changed forever on 9/11. A look back at what unfolded.
New York City is pausing to remember the 9/11 terror attacks that forever altered the city and the country. The annual reading of names and moments of silence were held Thursday morning at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in Lower Manhattan. It’s a somber ceremony when New Yorkers and the nation vow to “never forget” what…
Supreme Court temporarily allows White House ballroom construction to continue
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily allowed construction of the White House ballroom to continue, freezing for now a lower court decision that would have halted above-ground work on the project. Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stay that will remain in place until the Supreme Court takes further action. His order is…
Skeletal remains believed to be person sacrificed during ritual unearthed by archaeologists in Peru
Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled the skeletal remains of an adult they believe was buried as an offering near the base of Huaca Pucllana, an ancient adobe pyramid in Peru’s capital of Lima. The remains are believed to be those of a man who may have been sacrificed during a ritual in which a canal linked…
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in White House ballroom legal fight
Washington — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to intervene and allow him to construct a new 90,000-square-foot ballroom in place of the demolished White House East Wing. The request for emergency relief to the Supreme Court comes one week after a federal appeals court ruled the White House lacked authority to…
“Harry Potter” fans divert undersea power cable to avoid Dobby’s memorial in Wales
The construction of a multimillion-dollar electricity connection project between Ireland and the U.K. was slightly diverted after “Harry Potter” fans complained the infrastructure would disturb a memorial for Dobby, the fictional elf in the popular book series. The CEO of Etchea Energy, Simon Ludlam, told the “Energy Revolution” podcast his company had initially planned to…
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