ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian troops have rescued 13 hostages who were kidnapped by an extremist group in the northwestern state of Kaduna, the country’s army said on Saturday. The army said in a statement that “the troops successfully overwhelmed the terrorists, forcing them to abandon their captives.” Several kidnappers were killed and others captured,
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Two power outages at the Redmond Municipal Airport late Friday night shut down the automated weather station incoming pilots depend on for required weather reports, leading to cancellation of three late-night arrivals and also affected departing flights Saturday morning, an official said.
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: odd room service requests, the cruise passengers stranded for months at their departure port, plus how a rogue bag of Cheetos caused havoc in a New Mexico cave. Unusual guest requests Far be it from us to say folks are getting a little entitled,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cooler weather is helping firefighters make progress against three Southern California wildfires. And officials in northern Nevada are hopeful that almost all evacuees from a blaze there will be back home Saturday. Authorities have started scaling back evacuations at the largest blaze. The Bridge Fire east of Los Angeles
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Roadside explosions in the Somali capital have killed five people and wounded eight others. An explosive device had been planted on a spot in a street where many young people had gathered to take photos on Saturday afternoon. That’s according to the district commissioner of Mogadishu’s Kahda district. The
Continue ReadingBy Madisen Keavy Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO COUNTY, California (KOVR) — Thousands of illegal marijuana plants were seized in a two-day operation in south Sacramento County this week, and authorities say it was the result of drug-cartel operations Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Sgt. Amar Gandhi said 36,524 illegal marijuana plants
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The head of NATO’s military committee says that Ukraine has the solid legal and military right to strike deep inside Russia to gain combat advantage, reflecting the beliefs of a number of U.S. allies. Adm. Rob Bauer was speaking at the close of the committee’s annual meeting on Saturday, also
Continue ReadingHILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — Portland State’s game against South Dakota on Saturday was canceled because of a whooping cough case, the Vikings announced. “A case of pertussis (whooping cough) got into the Viking team two days ago. Pertussis is a highly contagious disease that affects the lungs. As a result, many team members have been
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s prime minister says at least 15 people have been killed and 40 others seriously injured after a tanker truck carrying gasoline flipped over and exploded. Prime Minister Garry Conille provided the figures in an X post on Saturday. Radio Caraibes earlier reported that 17 people had been killed. Haiti’s hospitals
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer McRae Click here for updates on this story BOULDER, Colorado (KCNC) — Witness testimony continues as people inside a King Soopers store in Boulder took the stand and described what they saw and heard on March 22, 2021. Ahmad Alissa is accused of shooting and killing 10 people, including Boulder Police Officer Eric
Continue ReadingGREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — More than 44 years after a nursing student was slain in her home in Kansas, her former neighbor has been sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison. The investigation into the 1980 shooting death of 23-year-old Mary Robin Walter, of Great Bend, had gone cold until 2022, when officials
Continue ReadingBy Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — At least three people have been killed and 49 injured in a train collision in Egypt, the country’s health ministry said Saturday. Thirty ambulances and reinforcement medical teams were sent to the scene of the collision in the city of Zagazig, the capital of Al Sharkia governorate, the ministry
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El general de división Ricardo Trevilla Trejo nació el 8 de enero de 1961 en Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche. Cuenta con más de cuatro décadas de experiencia en el ámbito militar, según la información de Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena). Su carrera académica y administrativa Ingresó al Heroico Colegio
Continue ReadingBy WCCO News Staff Click here for updates on this story FAIRBAULT, Minnesota (WCCO) — A man is dead after being found unresponsive in a manhole in Fairbault. The Fairbault Fire Department said they responded Friday morning to a report of the man unresponsive in the manhole on the 1900 block of Second Avenue Northwest.
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Window Rock, Arizona (CNN) — Nearing the end of the annual Navajo Nation parade route last Saturday, the Arizona Republican Party’s float — pulled by an 18-wheeler and adorned with Trump-Vance campaign signs — came to a halt. Some parade watchers, who lined Highway 264 with their lawn chairs, began booing.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein faces mounting legal and health troubles some seven years after scores of women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against him, helping launch the global #MeToo movement. On Thursday, he was indicted on additional sex crimes charges in New York ahead of a
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Two passenger trains collided in Egypt’s Nile Delta on Saturday, killing at least three people, two of them children, authorities said. The crash happened in the city of Zagazig, the capital of Sharqiya province, the country’s railway authority said in a statement. Egypt’s Health Ministry said the collision injured at least 40
Continue ReadingBy Peter D’Oench Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A victim’s brother is praising a good Samaritan who he said may have saved his teenage sister’s life after a traffic accident Friday morning. CBS News Miami spoke with the brother off camera at the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial
Continue ReadingBy Tiffany Chan, Cheryl Fiandaca Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A Massachusetts State Police recruit died “following a medical crisis suffered during a training exercise” at the academy in New Braintree, the agency said. The trainee, 25-year-old Enrique Delgado-Garcia, had been on life support at a Worcester hospital, according
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A child was dragged off a dock and underwater in a rare attack by a river otter at a marina in Washington state on Thursday, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said. The otter pulled the young child underwater with the mother still on the dock at Bremerton
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