Heavy rain brought serious flooding across parts of the Southern U.S. on Saturday, where rapidly rising floodwaters inundated roadways and spurred some evacuations. Meanwhile, snow and sleet made for messy weather in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Throughout Saturday and into […]
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Jakarta – The world’s deadliest tsunami hit nations around the Indian Ocean two decades ago before social media platforms flourished, but they have since transformed how we understand and respond to disasters — from finding the missing to swift crowdfunding.
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Two U.S. Navy pilots ejected safely over the Red Sea after their F/A-18 fighter aircraft was mistakenly shot down early Sunday in what military officials are calling “an apparent case of friendly fire.” One of the pilots has minor injuries,
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will mark World AIDS Day on Sunday by debuting the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the White House. It will be displayed on the South Lawn as the Bidens commemorate the day with
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for labor secretary is one of the few Republican lawmakers to sign on to the Protecting the Right to Organize Act — otherwise known as the PRO Act — legislation that would make it easier for
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Hundreds of Indonesians fled for higher ground Wednesday as they ran through disaster drills in the region worst hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ahead of its 20th anniversary next month. Children burst down the stairs in a rush
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When riots broke out in Indonesia’s capital in 1998 leading to dictator Suharto’s downfall, activists were detained, women raped, and stores owned by ethnic Chinese ransacked in unrest many say was stoked by the army. The military figure in charge
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Boeing machinists on Wednesday rejected a new contract proposal that would’ve ended a weekslong work stoppage against the embattled aerospace company — and the union said the strike will go on. Sixty-four percent of workers voted to reject the new
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At least seven people are dead and others are injured after a gangway collapsed at a landing dock on Sapelo Island off the coast of Georgia, according to the state’s Department of Natural Resources. At least 20 people went into
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Prabowo Subianto will be sworn in Sunday as president of the world’s third-largest democracy, Indonesia, with the wealthy ex-general accused of rights abuses taking over eight months after a landslide election win. The 73-year-old fiery nationalist will take an oath
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