South Korea says North Korea fired cruise missiles in 3rd launch of such weapons this month
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles into waters off its western coast Tuesday in of such weapons this month, South Korea’s military said, as the North continues to flaunt its expanding arsenal of weapons designed to overwhelm its rivals’ defenses.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the South Korean and U.S. militaries were analyzing the launches that were detected around 7 a.m. It did not immediately provide more details, including the number of missiles fired,
Life-threatening injuries for man pinned between vehicle, building
A man in his 50s has life-threatening injuries after he was pinned between a vehicle and a building in the Broadview Avenue and Gerrard Street East area on Monday evening.
Police say it happened at around 7:14 p.m. when a 59-year-old man got out of his car in a narrow laneway before the car was set in motion and pinned him against a wall.
The man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The investigation is ongoing. Police are
Eglinton Crosstown: Reconstruction nearly done at Yonge, but what about repaving elsewhere?
Advocates call for inclusive dementia care for 2SLGBTQ+ community
When Sharon Hunter’s long time partner Stacy was diagnosed with dementia in 2020, “everything just kind of shattered,” she says.
Having fought and won the battle to change the laws against same-sex adoption years earlier, she says it’s been gut-wrenching to see her once formidable partner “sink in the quicksand” of dementia.
“I’ve exhausted myself throwing ropes … and doing everything I can to get her out, and I can’t. And so I
Investigators detail how an American Airlines jet crossed a runway in front of a Delta plane at JFK
The pilots of an American Airlines plane taxied across the wrong runway last year in New York — into the path of another jetliner that was taking off — after the captain became distracted and confused about takeoff instructions and the co-pilot lost track of their plane’s location, according to documents released Monday.
Disaster was averted because an air traffic controller — using an expletive — shouted at pilots of the other plane, a Delta Air Lines flight, to .
The National Transportation Safety Board on Monday released documents related to its
Woman seriously injured after shark attack in Sydney Harbor
SYDNEY (AP) — A woman suffered serious leg injuries after being attacked Monday by a suspected bull shark in Sydney Harbor, local authorities said.
The victim, a woman reported to be in her late 20s, was bitten on the right leg as she swam at Elizabeth Bay in Sydney’s east at about 8pm on Monday.
A witness said a local bystander helped the woman, who had dragged herself to safety onto a nearby wharf, by applying tourniquets to stem the bleeding until paramedics arrived.
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US Steel agrees to $42M in improvements and fines over air pollution violations after 2018 fire
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Steel has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Pittsburgh-based company of violating federal clean air laws by operating plants without its desulfurization controls for more than three months, emitting clouds of sulfurous gas into surrounding towns.
The settlement with environmental groups Clean Air Council and PennEnvironment and the Allegheny County Health Department was filed in federal court Monday for a judge to review, the groups said.
PennEnvironment and the other plaintiffs accused the steel producer of more than 12
Arkansas authorities capture man charged with murder who escaped local jail
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas authorities on Monday captured a detainee being held on murder charges who a local jail.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said officers captured Jatonia Bryant on the east side of Pine Bluff, about 40 miles (more than 60 kilometers) southeast of Little Rock, when he was walking in the area. Bryant was taken into custody without incident, the sheriff’s office said in a release.
Bryant and Noah Roush were discovered missing Jan. 22 from
Chicago to extend migrant shelter stay limits over concerns about long-term housing, employment
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago will again extend its 60-day limit on shelter stays for asylum seekers, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced, just days ahead of a deadline that could have evicted nearly 2,000 migrants.
Johnson said Monday the idea is to give people more time to resettle and find work. The policy change adds 30 to 60 more days for roughly 14,000 migrants already living in the city’s 28 shelters, which include warehouses and park district buildings
Ex-Peruvian intelligence chief pleads guilty to charges in 1992 massacre of six farmers
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The controversial intelligence chief of former on Monday pleaded guilty to charges in the 1992 massacre of six farmers who were accused of being members of a rebel group, taken from their homes by soldiers and executed in the town of Pativilca.
Vladimiro Montesinos, 78, pleaded guilty to charges of homicide, murder and forced disappearance, for which prosecutors are seeking a 25-year-sentence. The former spy chief’s defense is hoping that the sentence will be reduced