More than 100 people died when an artisanal gold mine collapsed in the Central African Republic on Tuesday, a senior official with a local mining association said. A prosecutor confirmed that a mine collapse had occurred in the village of Zamboye, near the border with Cameroon, but said the death toll and other details were … Read more
CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WCYB) — Update: Milligan identified the victims of the bike team crash Wednesday morning. The school said sophomores Haylan Engdahl and Brayden Rodgers died. They added that many other cyclists are “seriously injured” and ask to keep the Milligan community in their prayers. ____________ Ballad Health CEO Alan Levine said Wednesday that … Read more
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military announced Wednesday its first criminal investigations into the conduct of troops in Gaza, focusing on the murders of five-year-old Hind Rajab and her family and 15 Palestinian paramedics. The military said it would not investigate three other attacks that killed aid workers from World Central Kitchen and Doctors Without Borders. … Read more
Federal Reserve officials indicated at their last meeting that they would need to raise interest rates soon unless there was more progress in reducing inflation, minutes released Wednesday showed. “Many participants assessed that tightening policy would probably be necessary if inflation did not decline,” said the summary of the meeting, held on July 28 and … Read more
Clips from what appears to be Grand Theft Auto VI have hit the internet, possibly spoiling aspects of the game ahead of Rockstar Games’ deep debut on Netflix next week and its long-awaited release in November. I’ve seen three clips apparently showing the game, although two have been removed from the site I watched them … Read more
SAN DIEGO – San Diego Padres minor league catching coordinator Oswaldo José Pirela was detained by immigration authorities in El Paso, Texas, and remained in custody, according to ICE detainee and family records. His sister Daniela Pirela said in a phone interview that her brother, who grew up in Venezuela, was detained at El Paso … Read more
This image plots the orbital paths of all known stars orbiting the enormous black hole at the center of the Milky Way. One of the stars, S301, comes very close to the black hole. At its closest point, the star travels at more than 15,000 miles per second. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics hide … Read more
One of the most popular drugs in the world can potentially do a number on your eyesight, new research suggests. Scientists in Taiwan studied the medical records of men taking tadalafil, the active ingredient in the erectile dysfunction medication Cialis, and found that when compared to similar people not taking the drug, tadalafil users were … Read more
BREAKING, Kim Yo Jong said she was not aware of any conversations between her brother and US President Donald TrumpPublished August 19, 2026August 19, 2026The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has denied any ongoing communications between US President Donald Trump and her brother, maintaining that the United States continues to engage in … Read more
President Donald Trump will nominate Dr. Heidi Overton as his new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, he said Wednesday in a social media post. “Dr. Heidi has been a ROCK STAR in my Administration,” Trump wrote. Overton, a physician, is a White House domestic policy official who regularly briefs the president on various … Read more