Bahamas’ count of missing people post-Dorian drops to 1,300 – official
The Bahamian government now believes there are 1,300 people missing after Hurricane Dorian plowed into the islands, a sharp decline from the 2,500 listed on...
Oil protesters cause partial shutdown of Houston Ship Channel in Texas
The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday closed part of the Houston Ship Channel to vessel traffic near Baytown, Texas, after 11 Greenpeace USA protesters suspended...
Leader of Canada’s opposition party distances self from anti-abortion comment
The leader of Canada’s main opposition Conservative Party on Thursday distanced himself from comments by a candidate opposing abortion, which could hurt his chances with...
Cockpit coffee spill forces commercial jet to make emergency landing
A commercial flight with 326 people on board was forced to make an emergency landing when hot coffee was accidentally spilled over the cockpit control...
For $3,000, resting under a redwood for eternity
For $3,000, Better Place Forests allows people to have their ashes scattered under Redwood, tanoak and madrone tree groves....
Tocagen’s brain cancer treatment fails late-stage study, shares crash
Tocagen Inc’s shares fell nearly 80% after its experimental treatment failed to extend life of brain cancer patients in a study, the latest in a...
Mugabe’s family says burial to be private, in snub to successor
Zimbabwe’s former president, Robert Mugabe, will be buried at a private ceremony at a date still to be decided, his family said on Thursday, in...
Thousands demand justice for slain protesters in Sudan
Thousands protested outside the presidential palace in Khartoum on Thursday, calling for the appointment of top judicial officials and justice for demonstrators killed since December....
U.S. Open champ picks Jennifer Lawrence to play her
U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu said Wednesday she’d love to be played by actress Jennifer Lawrence should a film about her life ever be produced....
Brazil’s Bolsonaro hopes to return to work on Friday after surgery: spokesman
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, currently in hospital recovering from a hernia operation, hopes to resume presidential duties on Friday, his spokesman Otavio Rego Barros said...