Nearly two dozen people were injured when a Metrolink commuter train carrying nearly 200 passengers crashed into a semi truck on Tuesday (September 06) morning in Los Angeles, fire department officials said. The collision occurred around 10:40 a.m. local time in Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. The department said 21 people were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries. The driver of the truck was uninjured. Dozens of […]
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U.S. urges Bahrain to free jailed rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab
The United States voiced concern on Tuesday (September 6) about the detention of leading Bahraini democracy campaigner Nabeel Rajab and called on the Manama government to release him immediately. The call by the U.S. State Department came just two days after The New York Times published a letter by Rajab that said he was facing prosecution for his work exposing human rights abuses in Bahrain and criticizing the war in Yemen. Prosecutors in Bahrain filed […]
Hurricane Newton roars across Mexico resort
by Pedro Juarez Mejia LA PAZ, Mexico (AFP) — Hurricane Newton charged across Mexico’s northwestern resort of Los Cabos on Tuesday, blowing away trees and tin roofs but apparently sparing the region of major damage as thousands of tourists hunkered down. The storm packed winds of 145 kilometers (90 miles) an hour when it made landfall before dawn at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. But the region prized by American and Canadian […]
Mexico arrests drug cartel honcho wanted in US
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexican authorities have arrested a suspected lieutenant of the Sinaloa drug cartel who is wanted in the United States, officials said Monday. National Security Commissioner Renato Sales said the suspect, Martin “N,” was arrested on Friday in Zapopan, western Jalisco state. Sales said the suspect crashed his vehicle and injured a police officer when he was captured under a warrant to extradite him to the United States. While he did […]
Newton becomes hurricane rushing toward Mexico resort
by David SANTA CRUZ MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Tropical Storm Newton grew into a hurricane on Monday as it rushed toward Mexico’s popular northwest resorts of Los Cabos, two years after powerful Odile wreaked havoc in the region. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that “preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion” in parts of the Baja California peninsula and that Newton would make landfall on Tuesday. The Mexican […]
U.S. Coast Guard rescued three men and dog off the coast of Virginia
U.S. Coast Guard rescued three men in a boat (to say nothing of the dog) after the fishermen became disabled off the coast of Wachapreague during impact with Tropical Storm Hermine, Virginia, the Coast Guard said The U.S. Defense Department released a video on Sunday (September 4) showing a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, lifting three fishermen and their dog from a stranded and then […]
UN condemns Davao terror blast, expresses support for Phl gov’t
(Eagle News) — The United Nations on Sunday (September 4) condemned the attack carried out by still unidentfied suspects in Davao City, the hometown of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, urging that the perpetrators of this dastardly act be brought to justice. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued the statement on Sunday stressing “the need to ensure accountability and to bring to justice the perpetrators of these terrorist attacks.” He also expressed his deepest […]
Clinton kicks off fall campaign, with press in tow
by Michael Mathes NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton embarks Monday on a campaign swing across battleground states, bringing traveling press aboard her plane for the first time as she seeks to regain momentum against her White House rival Donald Trump. Clinton, the Democratic nominee, will attend events with working families in Cleveland, Ohio and Hampton, Illinois celebrating Labor Day, the US holiday that traditionally kicks off the fall campaign season and the […]
Floods, landslides wreak havoc on Mexico’s Acapulco resort
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AFP) — Floods and landslides caused by a tropical depression have damaged or affected some 70 homes and schools and trapped around 200 people in the Mexican resort town of Acapulco, authorities said Sunday. Torrential rains which began Saturday morning caused 33 rock and landslides on interstate highways and the Ayutla-Cruz Grande federal highway, Guerrero state authorities said. The downpour also caused a road to collapse in central Acapulco, sending two cars falling […]
Oklahoma rocked by one of its strongest earthquakes
By Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton PAWNEE, Oklahoma (Reuters) – One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in Oklahoma rattled the area northwest of Pawnee on Saturday, fuelling growing concern about seismic activity linked to energy production, a federal agency said. The magnitude 5.6 quake, which was felt from South Dakota to Texas, prompted the closure of some 35 wastewater disposal wells in the area, officials said. It shallow quake struck 9 miles (14 km) northwest of […]
US job creation slower but points to steady growth
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – by Douglas Gillison The US labor market slowed precipitously in August but continued a six-year streak of monthly job creation, according to figures released Friday by the Labor Department. The economy added 151,000 new positions for the month, a sharp drop from July’s revised total of 275,000 new non-farm positions and also well below analyst expectations. Leading up to Friday’s disclosure, markets had been intently awaiting the new numbers as […]
Hurricane Hermine hits Florida with strong winds and flooding
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Hermine swept onto Florida’s Gulf coast early Friday with winds and heavy rain causing flooding and cutting power to tens of thousands of people, with officials warning of “life threatening” conditions. The Category One storm made landfall around 1:30 am local time (0530 GMT) near St Marks, just south of Florida’s capital Tallahassee, with 80 mile (130 kilometer) per hour winds extending 45 miles from the hurricane’s eye, the […]
