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May 1, 2024

Drone footage shows devastation in Ukraine's strategic eastern city of Chasiv Yar as Russians near

New drone footage shows Chasiv Yar, a strategic city in eastern Ukraine that once had a population of 12,000, deserted with barely a building left intact.

May 1, 2024

Magnitude 4.1 earthquake rattles California's Inland Empire

A small earthquake was felt across a wide swath of Southern California on Wednesday, centered between Riverside and Orange counties just outside Corona.

May 1, 2024

Fire severely damages LA County fire station

Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 164 in Huntington Park, California, has reportedly sustained severe damage from a Wednesday morning fire.

May 1, 2024

Tourists airlifted from Kenyan reserve as freak floods continue

Tourists were evacuated by air Wednesday from the Maasai Mara national reserve in Kenya as devastating flash floods continued encroaching on the African nation.

May 1, 2024

New US sanctions against Russia target weapons development, ban uranium imports for nuclear power

The U.S. has imposed new sanctions on hundreds of individuals and companies linked to Russia's weapons development program, 16 Chinese entities, and individuals tied to Alexei Navalny's death.

May 1, 2024

Democrats advance election bill in Pennsylvania long sought by counties to process ballots faster

A bill was approved by Pennsylvania's House of Representatives that will help counties manage influxes of mail-in ballots during elections, to avoid a repeat of the drawn-out vote count in 2020.

May 1, 2024

Heavy rains leave at least 10 dead in southern Brazil

Heavy rains in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state have left at least 10 people dead and 21 others missing since Monday, according to national authorities.

May 1, 2024

2-year-old dead in Arizona after bounce house was swept away by wind

One child was killed and a second injured in Casa Grande, Arizona, after a bounce house was swept up by strong winds, according to local authorities.

May 1, 2024

1 injured in Oslo knife attack

Norwegian police said Wednesday that a man brandishing two knifes stabbed one person and threatened multiple others in the center of Oslo.

May 1, 2024

Colombia's president says country will break diplomatic relations with Israel over war in Gaza

As tensions escalate between Colombia and Israel over the Israel-Hamas war, Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced his government will break diplomatic relations with Israel.