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Scientists warn the developing El Niño event could become the most powerful on record, with unusual marine sightings already surfacing along the California coast. The event, which began in June 2026 and is forecast to persist into early 2027, has…
NOAA has raised the odds of a record-breaking “super El Niño” to 69 percent, warning the 2026-27 event could become the strongest observed since modern tracking began in 1950. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center issued the…
North Beach in San Francisco was temporarily shut down Saturday after a 58-foot fishing boat carrying roughly 1,000 gallons of diesel ran aground at Point Reyes National Seashore. The fishing vessel ran aground Friday morning, prompting a multi-agency response as…
The FBI returned 48 stolen ancient Egyptian artifacts to Egyptian officials on Friday after tracing them to an illicit trafficking network. The handover ceremony in Los Angeles marked the end of a probe that found the objects had been smuggled…
Portuguese President António José Seguro has enacted a law banning most face coverings in public spaces. Seguro, 63, signed the measure last month after it cleared parliament in July, with fines for violators running from 150 euros to 3,000 euros…
The death toll from Russian drone strikes on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih has climbed to 14, with more than 120 others wounded, Ukrainian officials confirmed. Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, reported the attack on…
Jessica Bowie, 35, asked a bumbling series of questions while being recruited into ISIS through social media messages, according to a federal criminal complaint. The Albany, New York woman — who also went by the name Aisha Saif — appeared…
Several people were injured on Friday at a Swedish school by a person armed with a sword, the Fagersta municipality in central Sweden said in a statement. A call came in regarding ongoing deadly violence at a school in Fagersta,…
Eight people died when a charter plane crashed Thursday while approaching a remote radar site in western Alaska. The aircraft, carrying two pilots and six passengers, went down near Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, according to federal officials…
A new study has documented thousands of baleen whales gathering in “feeding frenzies” far above the Arctic Circle as warming waters redraw the marine food map. The research, published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, tracked a mass migration…
A NYC couple has gone viral after revealing they accidentally broke an obscure Venetian dress code during a morning jog. Julia Latoff, a dietitian based in New York City, and her boyfriend Mike Naccarella, an endurance athlete, were vacationing in…
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has reached 5,000 cases as responders warn it is spreading faster than any previous epidemic. Data from Congo’s Ministry of Health showed the outbreak had recorded 5,021 cases, including 2,378 deaths as of Sunday, as it rages…
Four Americans were killed in a helicopter crash near Mount Ololokwe in northern Kenya on Wednesday. The four tourists were traveling with three others inside the chopper at around 9:13 a.m. Local time when it went down near the mountain,…
The British newlyweds killed in a Greek helicopter crash during their honeymoon have been identified as Alex Cromie, 31, and Marie Ebert, 30. The couple died alongside their pilot, Giorgos Raikos, 55, when the private helicopter crashed and erupted into…
Tourists who ignored warning signs at a Thai waterfall were swept away by a sudden flash flood while posing for selfies on August 15. The vacationers slipped into a restricted zone at Mae Sa Waterfall in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park…
Spanish authorities have opened an investigation after Toñi, the oldest known Iberian orca, was spotted with fresh wounds that conservation groups believe were caused by shotgun pellets. Toñi, estimated to be around 60 years old, was found in the Strait…