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All of the people reported missing in the deadly tornadoes that swept through Kentucky last week have been accounted for, Gov. Andy Beshear said Saturday. Beshear had said Thursday that the number of people unaccounted for in the state was at just over a dozen, down from more than 100 earlier in the week. “Right…Continue Reading
SEATTLE — Washington state Sen. Doug Ericksen, a staunch conservative, has died at age 52.Ericksen’s death Friday came weeks after he said he had tested positive for the coronavirus while in El Salvador, though his cause of death wasn’t immediately released. The state Senate Republican Caucus confirmed his passing Saturday.Ericksen, a Ferndale Republican, reached out…Continue Reading
KARACHI, Pakistan — A powerful gas explosion in a sewage system in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, killed at least 12 people and injured 11 others Saturday, police and a health official said.Police spokesman Sohail Jokhio said the blast was apparently caused when something ignited gas that had accumulated in the sewer beneath a local bank…Continue Reading
There will be no live audience or musical guest for this year’s final episode of “Saturday Night Live” due to Covid-19, the show and singer-songwriter Charli XCX announced. “SNL” cited the recent spike in the omicron variant, and said there will also be limited cast and crew on set, according to a series of tweets.…Continue Reading
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police on Sunday identified a 61-year-old man as a prime suspect behind a fire that engulfed a mental clinic in an eight-story building where he was a patient, killing 24 people who were trapped inside. The government also announced plans to inspect tens of thousands of similar buildings nationwide. Authorities believe…Continue Reading
Karnataka’s tourism tagline is, ‘One state, many worlds’. But what attracts little discussion is the many languages within the many worlds of the State. The Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF), in its landmark tenth edition this year, opened here on Saturday with ‘Multilingualism and endangered languages’ as a dominating theme. The highlight of this year’s festival…Continue Reading
Will the COVID-19 pandemic ever end? What will our lives look like from here on? Should we be sending children to school? And do we know where the virus came from? These were only some of the volley of questions that Gagandeep Kang, Professor of Microbiology at Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, answered at…Continue Reading
The Mail on Sunday reported he tendered his resignation a week ago Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator David Frost. File | Photo Credit: AP The Mail on Sunday reported he tendered his resignation a week ago Britain’s Brexit minister David Frost has resigned over the “political direction” of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government, the Mail…Continue Reading