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Ecuador declares state of emergency due to energy crisis 20 Apr 2024 - 10:44 am
View showing the low water level of the Guavio reservoir that feeds the Guavio Hydroelectric Power Plant in Gachala, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia, on April 16, 2024. (Photo by Jhojan Hilarion / AFP)
Man sets self on fire outside Trump trial 19 Apr 2024 - 10:22 pm
Fire extinguishers are left at the park across from Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City after a man reportedly set himself on fire during the trial of US President Donald Trump, in New York City on April 19, 2024. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
US deports 50 migrants to violence-gripped Haiti 19 Apr 2024 - 12:21 am
File: A protester burns tires during a demonstration following the resignation of its Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Clarens Siffroy / AFP)
Britain's Prince Harry formally confirms he is now a US resident 18 Apr 2024 - 10:57 pm
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Law enforcement officials in 4 states report temporary 911 outages 18 Apr 2024 - 07:39 pm
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Google just fired 28 employees who protested its contract with Israel 18 Apr 2024 - 04:44 pm
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Elephant escapes circus, roams streets of Montana 18 Apr 2024 - 08:01 am
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Ecuador tells workers to stay home amid energy crisis 17 Apr 2024 - 10:59 pm
View showing the low water level of the Guavio reservoir that feeds the Guavio Hydroelectric Power Plant in Gachala, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia, on April 16, 2024. (Photo by Jhojan Hilarion / AFP)
NASA confirms space station debris hit Florida man's home 16 Apr 2024 - 07:54 pm
This handout from NASA shows recovered stanchion from the NASA flight support equipment used to mount International Space Station batteries on a cargo pallet that survived re-entry through Earth's atmosphere on March 8, 2024, and impacted a home in Naples, Florida. NASA said on April 15, 2024 it was analyzing an object that crashed from the sky into a Florida man's home -- which could well be a piece of debris jettisoned from the International Space Station. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP)
Trump enters courtroom for landmark New York criminal trial 15 Apr 2024 - 05:00 pm
Former US President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court as he attends the first day of his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, in New York City on April 15, 2024. Photo by Adam GRAY / AFP.
FBI opens criminal investigation into Baltimore bridge collapse 15 Apr 2024 - 03:27 pm
Part of the steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of the container ship Dali after the bridge collapsed in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024. Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP
They got their son a pet octopus. Weeks later, there were 50 more 14 Apr 2024 - 09:58 pm
Terrance relaxes in her den two months after her eggs began hatching in February. Photo courtesy of Cameron Clifford.
Chicago shooting kills 8-year-old girl and wounds 10 people including small children, police say 14 Apr 2024 - 07:32 pm
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20 suspected Haitian migrants found dead on boat in Brazil: police 13 Apr 2024 - 11:07 pm
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'Face justice': New Yorkers ready for Trump criminal trial 13 Apr 2024 - 03:22 pm
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on April 12, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP
Sheila Isham, artist whose work spanned continents, dies at 96 13 Apr 2024 - 10:59 am
Sheila Isham at her studio in Sagaponack, N.Y., in 1982. Photo by Diana Walker.
Powerful storm causes damage from Texas to Pennsylvania 13 Apr 2024 - 09:35 am
A strip mall is damaged by tornado in Katy, a suburb city near Houston, Texas, the United States, April 10, 2024. Photo by Chen Chen/Xinhua.
Delta eclipse flight from Dallas veered off path of totality 13 Apr 2024 - 08:57 am
Dark skies can be seen out of the window of Delta flight 1010 on Monday. Pic: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post