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October 17, 2024

3 workers remain hospitalized after collapse of closed bridge in rural Mississippi killed co-workers

Three construction company workers remain hospitalized and are in critical condition after a Mississippi bridge collapsed as it was being prepared for demolition.

October 17, 2024

Former Mexican public security chief gets more than 38 years, $2M fine for taking cartel bribes

Mexico’s ex-public security secretary Genaro García Luna was sentenced to more than 38 years in prison and a $2 million fine for taking millions in bribes to protect the Sinaloa cartel.

October 17, 2024

Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay $880M to clergy sexual abuse survivors

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse in the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese.

October 15, 2024

Pumpkin weighing 2,471 pounds wins California contest

With his winning gourd this year weighing in at 2,471 pounds, Minnesota horticulture teacher Travis Gienger remains the reigning champion of an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in California.

October 15, 2024

Canada-India ties could take a long time to recover

India and Canada have expelled each other's top diplomats over the 2023 assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar and allegations of other crimes.

October 15, 2024

North Korea blows up parts of inter-Korean road and rail links in a symbolic display of anger

In a move that underlines North Korea's growing anger with South Korea, North Korea has blown up sections of unused rail routes and roads that once connected the two countries.

October 14, 2024

Lilly Ledbetter, namesake of Fair Pay Act, dead at 86

Lilly Ledbetter, the former Alabama factory manager whose discrimination lawsuit led to the passage of watershed Obama-era legislation, died Saturday. She was 86.

October 13, 2024

NASA spacecraft to scour Jupiter's icy moon in search of life-supporting conditions

A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa. The craft, named Europa Clipper, will determine if conditions there could support life.

October 13, 2024

Indian politician with Bollywood ties shot dead in Mumbai weeks before key state election

Baba Siddique, 66, a senior politician in India’s financial capital Mumbai, has been fatally shot weeks before a key state election, according to authorities.

October 13, 2024

Former Scottish leader Alex Salmond, who nearly got Scotland's independence from UK, dies at 69

Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland and a prominent advocate for Scottish independence, has died at the age of 69 in Ohrid, North Macedonia.