PASADENA, Calif. — A speeding car barreled through a red light, struck a curb and flew into a power pole and an unoccupied building, killing three people, seriously injuring three others and knocking out electricity to hundreds of residents in Pasadena, California, authorities said. The violent single-vehicle crash happened around 2:30 a.m. Saturday as a … Read more
Two U.S. citizens and one Russian were among 20 people detained at protests in Tbilisi while Georgian lawmakers were debating a “foreign agents” bill that has sparked a political crisis, the interior ministry said on Monday. The protesters were among several thousand opponents of the bill who heeded a call from Georgia’s opposition to stage … Read more
The Kansas City Chiefs’ quest for a third consecutive Super Bowl will begin in front of the entire country. The Chiefs will open the 2024 NFL campaign by playing in the first game of the season, when they host the Baltimore Ravens. The game will take place Thursday, Sept. 5, on NBC and Peacock, which shares a … Read more
A California man who was ordered to keep his boat out of sight has had the last laugh, by commissioning an artist to paint a realistic image of it on the fence that obscures it. Etienne Constable, from Seaside, California, was told in July last year by local government officials that he had to build … Read more
An Idaho emergency room doctor who connected adventure-seeking to acts of altruism died on Friday in an avalanche that he apparently triggered while skiing. The Sawtooth Avalanche Center reported that a skier was killed on Friday while backcountry skiing on Donaldson Peak in Idaho’s Lost River Range. The Custer County coroner identified the skier as … Read more
A 1968 missing person case has finally been put to rest after authorities were able to positively identify remains that were discovered nearly 40 years ago at a beach in St. Augustine, Florida. The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office announced last week that remains found in a shallow grave on Crescent Beach in 1985 were … Read more
The Atlanta Hawks on Sunday won the right to select the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft on June 27. Defying the odds, Atlanta entered the 2024 draft lottery with only a 3% chance to land the top pick. The Washington Wizards, the Houston Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs rounded out the … Read more
At least seven people have been killed in a spate of weekend shootings across the country, including in Georgia, Florida and Ohio. Two were killed following a shooting at an Atlanta nightclub early Sunday morning. Officers responded to the Elleven45 Lounge at 2110 Peachtree Rd. NW at around 2:28 a.m. and found six people who … Read more
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A New Hampshire man is facing charges after police say he knocked over a portable toilet containing a woman and child who became trapped inside. Witnesses told Manchester police that the man and woman had been arguing near the port-a-potty at Derryfield Park on Wednesday. When the woman, who apparently didn’t know … Read more
The first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died nearly two months after he underwent the procedure, his family and the hospital that performed the surgery said Saturday. Richard “Rick” Slayman had the transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital in March at the age of 62. Surgeons said they believed the pig kidney … Read more