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CCTV footage showed floodwaters and debris sweeping through Gyirong Port near the Nepal-China border on Wednesday, after massive flash floods struck the area. Rescue efforts continued on Wednesday as massive flash floods in a border area of Nepal and China killed at least 98 people…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America.” The move comes amid the president’s repeated threats and taunts that he would do so amid his escalating trade war with Canada. “This is official, effective immediately,” Trump said after signing…
Welcome to the daily Inside Scoop newsletter. Valley communities in the Himalayan region are buried under dense mud a day after intense flash flooding. Rescuers are struggling to get to survivors, foreign correspondent Janis Mackey Frayer reports from Nepal. Also, legal analyst Misty Marris walks…
NEW YORK — Peter Cullen, a prolific voice actor who enlivened scores of TV series, specials and movies, including Optimus Prime in the syndicated 1984 series “Transformers” and Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh cartoon franchise, has died. He was 85. His agent, Kevin Motley,…
Major tech companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon are calling for a society-wide defensive surge to defeat what they describe as an impending wave of hacks driven by artificial intelligence. In a joint letter issued Thursday, the companies — along with more than…
MIAMI — Tristan Tate, the “manosphere” influencer accused of sex crimes in the United Kingdom, made a surprise appearance on the witness stand Thursday, telling a judge he deserves bail and freedom from the ants and roaches populating his cell. U.S. Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis…
Selena Gomez is fighting back against a federal lawsuit alleging she defrauded investors in Wondermind, the mental health startup she co-founded with her mother. In a motion filed in Delaware federal court on Wednesday, Gomez’s lawyers asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by…
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Dolly formed Thursday in the Atlantic Ocean far from land, and forecasters said it could bring heavy rain to portions of the Caribbean. The storm was about 1,555 miles (2,500 kilometers) east of the Leeward Islands and had maximum sustained winds…
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with shooting a man and lying about it during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis was released from a Texas jail Thursday, after a judge refused to order his return to Minnesota. Christian Castro was released…
At least 359 people have been killed and 910 feared missing in catastrophic floods that swept through the Himalayan region. More than 500 foreigners, including 65 Americans, are among those missing. Two U.S. citizens rescued by the Nepal army following catastrophic floods are reported to…