A fire broke out at a hotel in the South Korean city of Bucheon, killing at least six people and injuring 11, officials said. Kim In-jae, the director of Bucheon’s public health department, said in a briefing that three of the victims who were injured were in serious condition. Lee Sang-don, an official with the
LONDON (AP) — A 61-year-old man appeared in a Dublin court Thursday after being arrested in connection with an Irish Republican Army bombing that killed three Northern Ireland policemen in 1982. Martin John McCauley was arrested Wednesday on an extradition warrant related to the murders of Royal Ulster Constabulary Sgt. Sean Quinn and constables Allan
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would have spared the life of death row inmate Marcellus Williams and instead ordered a hearing to proceed on Williams’ innocence claim, with just a little over a month to go before his scheduled execution. The ruling late Wednesday came hours after
Software engineer Kenna Ofoegbu in Houston, Texas tries hard to keep his three kids cool during the summer and that means air conditioning. Yet their house has lost power three times in just the past two and a half months. One of those outages lasted three days. That time, Ofoegbu and his wife decided to
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Navy says there was “no deeper message” in the choice to blast the famed Imperial March — Darth Vader’s theme song in the “Star Wars” films — from one of its warships as it cruised down the River Thames through London this week. A bystander captured the spectacle Monday on video
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court , taking a step toward membership and opening the possibility of more prosecutions of Russian officials for war crimes. Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, voted Wednesday to ratify the ICC statute. Membership of the ICC is a requirement for joining the
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A court in Pakistan on Thursday allowed investigators to question a man in their custody for four more days about his role in spreading misinformation that sparked widespread rioting in the U.K. earlier this month, officials said. The court’s decision came a day after authorities charged the suspect Farhan Asif, 32
The Democratic National Convention will kick off its fourth and final night Thursday. After a week of Democrats’ most prominent figures rallying the party faithful, Vice President Kamala Harris will accept her party’s nomination for president during a speech in which she’s widely expected to offer her vision and policy agenda to the American people.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sphen, the elder partner in a world famous same-sex penguin couple celebrated in Australian schoolbooks and an annual gay rights parade, has died at 11 years old, a Sydney aquarium said on Thursday. Sphen and his male gentoo penguin partner Magic, now aged 8, came to international attention in 2018 when
NEW YORK (AP) — A gold rush is here. The precious metal hit an all time high this week. The spot price for gold closed Tuesday above $2,514, according to data from FactSet. That’s the highest closing price recorded for the commodity to date. Here’s what you need to know. What is the price of
