James Partridge
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have captured another three provincial capitals in southern Afghanistan, including in Helmand, the scene of some of the heaviest fighting in the past two decades, as the insurgents press a lightning offensive that is gradually encircling the capital, Kabul. The loss of Helmand’s provincial capital comes after years of … Read more
MOSCOW, Aug 12 – One person died and 15 people were injured after a blast in a bus in the city of Voronezh in central Russia on Thursday evening, the RIA news agency reported, citing regional health department. According to Russian authorities, only one person was killed when the bus exploded at the bus stop.REUTERS Representatives of Russia’s FSB security service have arrived at the scene to investigate the bus, it said. … Read more
LAME DEER, Mont. — Wildfires in Montana threatened rural towns and ranchland and victims of a California blaze returned to their incinerated town even as the region faced another round of dangerous weather. Firefighters and residents scrambled to save hundreds of homes as flames continued to advance on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in southeastern … Read more
A British man allegedly botched a bank robbery because of a handwritten stickup note that was so sloppy the teller couldn’t read it. That would-be robbery was part of a short-lived spree in East Sussex by 67-year-old Alan Slattery that included a second failed stickup and one successful theft of $3,300, Sussex Police said in … Read more
A man broke into a San Jose house and raped a child in an apparently random attack, authorities said. Dupree Kenneth Hornsby, 24, grabbed the 8-year-old girl while she played in the Damsen Drive house the morning of Aug. 6, officials said. Hornsby allegedly locked the door and sexually assaulted the girl, the Santa Clara … Read more
A Carnival ship that set sail from Texas had 27 COVID-19 positive people aboard Wednesday, the highest number of reported cases on a US ship since the cruise industry opened back up this summer. The Carnival Vista arrived in Belize City with 26 infected crew members and one infected guest, according to the Belize Tourism Board. … Read more
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin sought to reassure Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani Thursday as the Taliban captured the second and third-largest cities in the country and President Joe Biden ordered thousands of troops to help evacuate US embassy staff from the capital, Kabul. The State Department said Austin and … Read more
A Florida COVID-19 patient died days after giving birth via emergency C-section. Kristen McMullen, 30, had been battling the virus and pneumonia for two weeks before her death last Friday, according to NBC News. She delivered daughter Summer Reign on July 27, six days after being initially hospitalized for COVID-19. After the birth she was … Read more
The Food and Drug Administration has approved an additional booster vaccination dose for those with weak immune systems or who have received organ transplants, it announced on Thursday. The FDA said that a third dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine may increase protection in those that are “immunocompromised” or have undergone a solid-organ transplant. … Read more
The mutilated body of a missing teen mom in Venezuela was found inside her freezer. Ana Gabriela Medina Blanco, 19, was stabbed up to 50 times with a screwdriver, and left in the freezer in the fetal position with her hands tied and her head between her legs, according to The Sun. Police were trying … Read more