The national disaster response agency said Thursday that heavy rains and floods that devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend killed at least 32 people and left 24 missing. After bad weather disrupted Christmas celebrations in the eastern, central, and
According to Dr Chris Murray, director of a health research center at the University of Washington in Seattle, a dangerous new Covid-19 variant is unlikely to be spread in China. His remarks on CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Friday come as US
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased last week but remained in a range, indicating that the job market in the United States remains tight, even as the Federal Reserve works to cool labour demand as part of
On Christmas Day, a New Jersey woman was charged with murder after fatally shooting her husband, a figure in local Republican politics. According to an Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office release, Township of Hamilton Police responded to a residence in the 5200 block
Tesla shares fell more than 10% on Tuesday, deepening a year-long selloff, prompting CEO Elon Musk to tell employees not to be “too bothered by stock market craziness.” Musk made the remarks in a companywide email on Wednesday, which CNBC obtained. He
A fire that raged through a Cambodian hotel casino killed at least ten people and injured 30, according to police, and neighbouring Thailand dispatched firetrucks to help fight the blaze in a busy border region. Social media videos appeared to show people
According to relatives, the family of a Virginia father who went missing days before Christmas discovered a blood trail leading from his abandoned car to nearby woods. Jose Guerrero‘s girlfriend stated that a “big amount of blood” was discovered in the back
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said his department will investigate Southwest Airlines‘ scheduling system after thousands of flights were cancelled, infuriating passengers across the country. Southwest cancelled 70% of its flights on Monday and Tuesday as it works to recover from severe winter
Authorities in Washington state requested surveillance or other videos on Tuesday as they investigate what has been described as intentional damage to power substations. On Christmas Day, vandalism at four substations south and southeast of Tacoma knocked out power to more than
Three people were killed after falling through ice on a lake in central Arizona. They were walking on Woods Canyon Lake, about 30 miles from Payson in central Arizona, when they fell through. Narayana Muddana, 49, Gokul Mediseti, 47, and Haritha Muddana
Residents of Mississippi’s largest city are “tired of apologies,” but officials say they have no choice but to deal with ongoing water outages caused by extreme weather. The city of Jackson advised residents to pick up water from any of four locations
The House Ways and Means Committee plans to release Donald Trump‘s tax returns on Friday, according to a committee spokesperson. The committee voted last week on a party-line vote to make the returns public, and it had planned to release the documents
Authorities have identified Johntae Raymon Hudson, 19, as the victim of a fatal shooting Friday in a department store at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. Hudson, of St. Paul, died from “multiple gunshot wounds,” according to the Hennepin County medical
Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County sought sanctions against Republican Kari Lake on Monday, less than 48 hours after a judge rejected Lake’s bid to be declared the winner of Arizona’s governor race. Hobbs and the county sought sanctions against Lake
Broken pipes left thousands of residents of Jackson, Mississippi, without running water Monday after a winter storm as the city struggled to return pressure to its frail water system. In a statement issued Monday, Jackson officials stated that there were “significant leaks
Authorities hailed quick-thinking kayakers as heroes after assisting in the rescue of a pilot whose single-engine plane crashed Monday morning into an icy creek in Maryland. According to Maryland State Police, the plane crashed into Beards Creek in Edgewater near the Lee
