Day: January 23, 2024

Death toll in China landslide rises to 25 as more than 1,000 first responders look for survivors

12:10 pm January 23, 2024

The death toll from a landslide in southwestern China has now risen to 25 on Tuesday as more than 1,000 first responders are combing through the rubble in a mountainous village as part of a desperate search for survivors. One of the rescuers working the disaster scene in Liangshui says there are unstable soil conditions, […]

Coast Guard rescues 20 fishermen stranded on Lake Erie ice floe

12:09 pm January 23, 2024

The U.S. Coast Guard launched a rescue operation on Monday to help save 20 people who were stranded on an ice floe on Lake Erie, officials said. The group was stuck on the ice about half a mile off the shore of Catawba Island State Park near Port Clinton, Ohio, the Coast Guard said. Rescuers […]

Machete-wielding suspect injures 3 NYPD cops in unhinged attack

12:08 pm January 23, 2024

A machete-wielding mad man attacked and injured three members of the NYPD in Brooklyn on Monday, according to Fox 5. The attack occurred at around 3:30 p.m. when police responded to a report of a 40-year-old emotionally disturbed man inside an East Flatbush apartment on New York Avenue. Police were speaking to family members of […]

Zelenskyy proposes dual citizenship for Ukrainian diaspora

12:05 pm January 23, 2024

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Monday a legislative initiative to grant dual citizenship to the nation’s diaspora for the first time. The president made the remarks in a video address marking Unity Day, the state holiday marking the 1919 unification of Ukraine. “Today I am submitting to the Verkhovna Rada [Ukrainian parliament] a key draft […]

Pennsylvania Republican Party endorses York County attorney for state attorney general

12:01 pm January 23, 2024

Pennsylvania’s Republican Party on Monday endorsed York County’s district attorney, Dave Sunday, for state attorney general out of a three-person field. The party’s endorsement came the day before candidates could begin collecting the required number of voter signatures to get on Pennsylvania’s primary ballot. State committee members met via video link to vote on Monday […]