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Apr. 2—A new lawsuit alleges a former employee of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Fe/Del Norte sexually abused a girl during a summer program more than a decade ago. The complaint, filed March 26 in the state’s First Judicial District Court, does not name the accuser, who is now 19, or the worker […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A crowd of people, some weeping, gathered at a rain-soaked amusement park in South Korea to bid farewell to a beloved giant panda before her departure to China on Wednesday. Fu Bao has been a major attraction at the Everland theme park near Seoul since she was born there in […]

A likely tornado moved or rolled mobile homes and uprooted trees in Kentucky and buildings were damaged in Tennessee as severe weather swept across those and other states Tuesday, putting millions under weather alerts, officials said. No deaths have been reported in what the National Weather Service called a major spring storm, but officials in […]

As several dozen opponents of the proposed Jackson County stadiums sales tax watched the ballot measure go down in defeat, a cry went up from the crowd. “It’s a blowout!” someone shouted. Becky Nace, a former Kansas City Council member who led an opposition group, held up her arms in an “X” in celebration at […]

Apr. 2—Around noontime on Monday, two drivers were hospitalized after what Goshen police are calling distracted driving. At 11:48 a.m., Kathy Smith, 72, of Elkhart, was traveling north in the 4000 block of U.S. 33/Elkhart Road, coming to the intersection of Midway Road when she unexpectedly rear-ended a 2010 Honda Civic driven by Oswaldo Gamboa, […]

Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines have issued tsunami warnings after a massive earthquake hit Taiwan Tuesday. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said tsunami warnings are in effect for coastal regions of the country. Taiwan experienced a 7.5 magnitude earthquake at 8:58 a.m. on Apr. 3, 2024. The depth was about 35 kilometers, or 21 miles, […]

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan’s east coast on Wednesday, setting off tsunami warnings on the island and its neighbouring countries. The epicentre is located about 18km (11mi) south of Taiwan’s Hualien city, according to the US Geological Survey. It is Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years, said seismology officials. Tsunami waves of up […]

Forest City, a luxury estate in Malaysia, has thousands of empty apartments. I spent a night in one of these apartments and found they weren’t as luxurious as they were branded to be. Dozens of vacant units in the estate are listed for rent on Airbnb. Forest City is a luxury development in southern Malaysia. […]

Donald Trump’s lawyers are making another attempt to have Judge Juan Merchan remove himself from the New York hush money trial. As they did the first time around, attorneys for the former president point to political work by the judge’s daughter. But they also argue that a recent gag order against Trump is a factor. […]

The square footage of so-called mother-in-law units? Pretty small. But interest in building and renting out these “accessory dwelling units”? It seems to be growing by the day. With Boise-area housing prices out of reach for many residents, officials have tried to get creative about ways to increase the density – and thereby, they hope, […]