Shipwreck from only WWII battle in America found off AlaskaDaryl Weathers remembers trying to pull men from the sea off Alaska's Aleutian Islands after a US Navy destroyer hit a mine left by the Japanese following the only World War II battle fought on North...
Afghan schools hit as militants seek soft targetsA suicide bomb attack on a group of teenagers studying for university exams in Kabul on Wednesday shocked Afghanistan but it was only the latest in a series of attacks on schools which have proved an...
Anger at Italy bridge operator as hunt for survivors goes onItalian rescuers searched for survivors among towering slabs of concrete wreckage in Genoa on Wednesday after a bridge collapse killed 39 people and sparked a furious government reaction against the v...
Trump yanks ex-CIA chief’s clearance, hitting vocal criticPresident Donald Trump abruptly revoked the security clearance of ex-CIA Director John Brennan on Wednesday, an unprecedented act of retribution against a vocally critical former top US official. Late...
‘Devastating’ dolphin loss in Florida red tide disasterA state of emergency has been declared in Florida as the worst red tide in a decade blackens the ocean water, killing dolphins, sea turtles and fish at a relentless pace. More than 100 tons of dead se...
US, Mexico announce new strategies on cartelsUS Drug Enforcement Administration officials unveiled some additional strategies in combating Mexican drug cartels Wednesday in Chicago alongside members of the Mexican government, military and federa...
Japanese emperor tries to make amends for his father’s warFor his last time, Japan's Emperor Akihito addressed a memorial service Wednesday marking the end of World War II. Once again, he expressed "deep remorse" for the war. It was in keeping with what by a...
Pennsylvania priests molested over 1,000 childrenHundreds of Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania molested more than 1,000 children — and possibly many more — since the 1940s, and senior church officials, including a man who is now the archbishop...
Facebook says it was ‘too slow’ to fight hate speech in MyanmarFacebook has been “too slow” to address hate speech in Myanmar and is acting to remedy the problem by hiring more Burmese speakers and investing in technology to identify problematic content, the comp...
Victory offers Muslim candidate new platform to oppose TrumpPresident Donald Trump, meet Ilhan Omar. Just two years ago, the Minnesota Democrat became the first Somali-American elected to a state legislature. Now she's likely to become one of the first two Mus...
‘Hijab is like a key’: Myanmar blogger battles bias with beauty campaignMuslims in Buddhist-majority Myanmar usually keep a low profile for fear of intimidation, but Win Lae Phyu Sin, one of the community's rare bloggers on beauty care, has gone the other way. The 19-year...
Not just land heat waves, Oceans are in hot water tooEven the oceans are breaking temperature records in this summer of heat waves. Off the San Diego coast, scientists earlier this month recorded all-time high seawater temperatures since daily measureme...
Florida school opens for class with new security measures after massacreThe Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people in February opened on Wednesday for a new school year with three armed guards and other new security measures that some parents and students wor...
Spacewalkers install bird trackers, send satellites flyingSpacewalking cosmonauts set up an antenna for tracking birds on Earth and sent a series of tiny satellites flying from the International Space Station on Wednesday. Russian Sergey Prokopyev used his g...