Iraqis have a mandatory day off as temperatures soar above 50 degrees Celsius (123 F), part of a heat wave enveloping much of the already scorching Middle East. Gulf residents cranked up their air conditioners and elsewhere in the Middle East those who could headed to the beach to escape Thursday's soaring temperatures, high even by the standards of the region. … [Read more...]
Nine Dead Trying to Migrate to Britain Through Eurotunnel
The crush of migrants trying to enter Britain through the tunnel connecting it to France turned deadly again Wednesday with reports of another man killed making the attempt -- one of an estimated 37,000 thwarted crossings this year. … [Read more...]
Eight Year-old Maddy Middleton Was Lured, Raped, Beaten and Strangled
The murder of Maddy Middleton keeps taking one horrifying turn after another. The freckled eight year-old disappeared on Sunday afternoon, spurring a massive manhunt that scoured all of Santa Cruz, California. … [Read more...]
Serial Killer Profiled as Online Perv
Neal Falls, the suspected serial killer slain by an escort in West Virginia, may have had a very disturbing online alter ego. The suspected serial killer gunned down by a West Virginia prostitute led a double life that may have included a bogus Facebook profile with a picture of a Barbie doll standing over bloodied and dismembered figurines. … [Read more...]
Hundreds Watch 90th Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim
Hundreds of spectators braved the marshy mud and mosquitoes in Virginia Wednesday to watch the 90th annual Chincoteague pony swim – even if it meant losing a shoe. … [Read more...]
911 Dispatcher Resigns After Hanging Up on Friend of Dying Teen
A 911 call dispatcher at the Albuquerque Fire Department has resigned after audio was released from a recent emergency call in which he told a teen, who called to report her friend had been shot, to "deal with it yourself" before abruptly hanging up. … [Read more...]
Israeli Hunt for Ambushed Soldier Results in Possible War Crimes
It took Second Lt. Hadar Goldin’s comrades a few minutes to discover that he was missing after a burst of gunfire on the outskirts of Rafah, in southern Gaza, pierced a painstakingly negotiated truce that was barely an hour old. … [Read more...]
Falling Tree Hurts Eight California Children at Museum
Eight children were injured, two of them critically, when a large pine tree uprooted and fell onto a group attending a summer day camp outside Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon. The 75-foot-tall, 75 year-old pine crashed without warning shortly before 5 p.m. local time just outside the Kidspace Children's Museum in Pasadena, city fire spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said. … [Read more...]