Were warning signs ignored? Things to know about this week’s testimony on the Titan sub disaster
Last year, five people hoping to view the Titanic wreckage died when their submersible imploded in the Atlantic Ocean. This week, a Coast Guard panel that’s investigating the Titan disaster ...
A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot it
A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday. The bear was killed ...
Georgia State Election Board approves rule requiring hand count of ballots
Georgia’s State Election Board on Friday voted to approve a new rule that requires poll workers to count the number of paper ...
AI may breathe new life into Three Mile Island to supply power to Microsoft’s data centers
The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant said Friday that it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant ...
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Rochester woman arrested for $250,000 fraud against elderly landlord
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A Rochester woman was arrested on a variety of fraud and identity theft charges after allegedly stealing her elderly landlord’s personal information and using it to defraud ...
Colorado supermarket shooter was sane when he killed 10 people, prosecutor says
A mentally ill man carefully amassed the guns and ammunition to kill as many people as possible before pursuing and fatally shooting 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in ...
MCSO: Man blocks traffic on I-390, found with stolen pistol
A Rochester man was accused of falling asleep in his car on Rt. 390 with a stolen pistol in his car. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy found ...
Japan and China reach deal over Fukushima water release and move closer to resolving seafood ban
Japan and China announced Friday that they have reached a deal resolving their disputes over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi ...
JoJo was a teen sensation. At 33, she’s found her voice again
Joanna Levesque shot to stardom at 13. Two decades later, “JoJo” — as she’s better known — has written a memoir and says the song responsible for her meteoric rise, “Leave (Get Out),” was foreign ...
Hezbollah hits northern Israel with 140 rockets
Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets Friday, a day after the militant group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to retaliate against Israel for a mass bombing attack, ...
Kentucky sheriff charged in killing of judge at courthouse
A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed at the local courthouse on Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced. The district judge, who was not immediately ...
‘Water is flooding everywhere’ as torrential rains sweep through West and Central Africa
Houses swept away to the very last brick. Inmates frantically fleeing the city’s main prison as its walls got washed away by water rising from an overflowing dam.