Day: May 14, 2024

52 confirmed dead, 20 missing after flash floods devastate Indonesia’s Sumatra Island

12:11 pm May 14, 2024

Rescuers on Tuesday searched in rivers and the rubble of devastated villages for bodies, and whenever possible survivors, of flash floods that hit Indonesia’s Sumatra Island over the weekend. Monsoon rains and a landslide of mud and cold lava from Mount Marapi caused rivers to breach their banks. The deluge tore through mountainside villages in […]

2 workers dead, 1 missing after Polish coal mine caves in, authorities say

12:09 pm May 14, 2024

Two miners were killed and one remains missing after a cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in southern Poland early Tuesday in which 12 other miners were hurt, mining authorities said Tuesday. The cave-in happened around 3:30 a.m. some 2,800 feet underground in an area where 15 miners were working, said Rajmund Horst, the deputy […]

North Carolina Republican congressional runoff shows Trump’s sway in GOP state politics

12:04 pm May 14, 2024

A Republican primary runoff for a North Carolina congressional district on Tuesday could demonstrate yet again the strong influence former President Donald Trump has on GOP politics across the country. Voters will choose between attorneys Kelly Daughtry and Brad Knott in the runoff for the reconfigured 13th Congressional District. Daughtry finished first, and Knott second, […]

Speaker Johnson to attend Trump trial in Manhattan in show of support

12:04 pm May 14, 2024

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is expected in downtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning to show solidarity with former President Trump during his criminal trial. Johnson’s office told Fox News Digital early on Tuesday that he would be in New York City for the trial, making him the latest Trump ally in Congress to appear beside the […]

Killer whales attack and sink sailing boat off Gibraltar

11:37 am May 14, 2024

An unknown number of orcas rammed a sailing yacht in Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar on Sunday morning, causing it to later sink, the latest attack in a trend that has been terrifying sailors in the region for the past four years. The latest incident took place at around 9 a.m. when crew […]