Hawaii wildfires: Furious Maui inferno survivors demand to know why island’s famed emergency warning system did not alert them as flames engulfed entire town in ten minutes Residents say they had just five to ten minutes to escape as fire encroached Many say they heard no warning system despite state boasting the largest integrated outdoor all-hazard public safety warning system […]

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British Airways supersonic Concorde that set New York to London record at 1,350mph – more than twice the speed of sound – gets tour of the Hudson as it’s moved from Intrepid Museum to Brooklyn shipyard for makeover The historic jet once clocked more than twice the speed of sound but it traveled at snail’s pace as it was transported […]

Nicola Sturgeon says she wants the police probe into the SNP finances ‘to be over’ as the former First Minister says the investigation and her subsequent arrest has been ‘difficult’ and ‘traumatic’ The former First Minister said the major investigation was ‘traumatic experience’ She was arrested as part of a police probe into the SNP’s funding and finances  Nicola Sturgeon has […]

One tornado that wreaked havoc in northeastern Colorado’s Yuma County this week unleashed wind at speeds as fast as 150 miles per hour along a six-mile path of destruction, according to preliminary results of a National Weather Service damage survey. This tornado hit Tuesday and damaged irrigation pivots, trees, power poles, and two houses, the NWS survey team found. It […]

LIL Tay's supposed death has shocked the internet as questions about how she and her brother died continue to mount. The teenage influencer and rapper, whose real name was Claire Hope, rose to fame in 2017. A statement was posted to her Instagram page on Wednesday saying that both she and her brother had died, reading: "We have no words […]

What to bring to a book club potluck, what side dish to make to please a crowd at a child’s birthday party and what to do with all those cherry tomatoes. By Tanya Sichynsky Sound the Recipe Matchmaker alarm, because we are so back. Last week, I asked you to send in your hyper-specific recipe requests so that I could […]

Explosion in Russia A German army official was arrested by the German police on charges of engaging in espionage activities for the Russian government, on Wednesday. The accused individual, identified as Tomas H, is a German citizen and an employee of the governmental agency responsible for the equipment of the German armed forces, known as the Federal Office of Bundeswehr […]

By GONZALO SOLANO (Associated Press) QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An Ecuadorian presidential candidate known for speaking up against corruption was shot and killed Wednesday at a political rally in the capital amid a wave of startling violence in the South American country. President Guillermo Lasso confirmed the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio and suggested organized crime was behind his slaying, less […]