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Passenger ordered to pay more than $5,000 in fuel costs after flight diverted due to bad behavior
Lilit Marcus, CNN | Posted Sept. 13 - 10:05 p.m. | Save Story
A problematic airline passenger has been hit with an unusual form of punishment — he has to pay back the airline for the cost of fuel.
Congo court sentences Utahn, 2 other Americans and 34 more to death on coup charges
Jean-Yves Kamale and Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 13 - 1:29 p.m. | Save Story
A military court in Congo has convicted 37 people, including three Americans, on charges of taking part in a coup attempt and sentenced them to death.
Russia says it could 'combine' with China if they faced a threat
Dmitry Antonov, Reuters | Posted Sept. 11 - 9:53 p.m. | Save Story
Russia said on Wednesday that its partnership with China was not aimed against third countries, but the two powers could "combine potential" if faced with a threat from the United States.
France foiled 3 attack plots targeting the Paris Olympics, prosecutor says
Associated Press | Updated Sept. 11 - 8:36 a.m. | Save Story
France's counterterrorism prosecutor says authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted events this summer.
Biden seeks 'full accountability' after death of US citizen in West Bank
Susan Heavey, Reuters | Posted Sept. 11 - 7:31 a.m. | Save Story
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday Israel must do more to ensure that incidents like the fatal shooting of an American protester against settlement expansion never happen again, calling her death "totally unacceptable."
Man accused of plot to attack New York Jewish center was in Canada on student visa
Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters | Posted Sept. 10 - 3:36 p.m. | Save Story
A Pakistani man accused of plotting to attack a New York City Jewish center in support of Islamic State was in Canada on a student visa, Canada's immigration minister said on Tuesday.
Viral Olympian Raygun ranked No. 1 breaker in the world by sport's governing body
Sam Joseph, CNN | Updated Sept. 10 - 2:25 p.m. | Save Story
Australian breaker Rachael Gunn, the Olympian widely known as B-Girl Raygun who went viral after her performance at the Paris Games, is now ranked the No. 1 breaker in the world.
Swiss city councilor apologizes for firing gun at a Mary and Jesus poster
Jamey Keaten, Associated Press | Updated Sept. 10 - 8:51 a.m. | Save Story
A city councilor in Switzerland has apologized after she fired a sporting pistol at an auction poster of a 14th-century Madonna and child painting and posted images of their bullet-ridden faces on social media.
Kate, princess of Wales, says she'll return to public duties
Associated Press | Updated Sept. 9 - 10:58 a.m. | Save Story
Kate, the princess of Wales, says she has completed chemotherapy and will return to some public duties in the coming months. The 42-year-old wife of Prince William is expected to undertake a light program of engagements until the end of the year.
Typhoon Yagi leaves 46 dead in Vietnam, pounds factories
Phuong Nguyen and Minh Nguyen, Reuters | Updated Sept. 9 - 8:25 a.m. | Save Story
Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, left dozens dead in northern Vietnam and widespread damage to infrastructure and factories as it churned westwards, preliminary government estimates showed on Monday.
How do you get a grumpy 4-ton elephant to a new home 120 miles away? Elephant movers
Gerald Imray, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 8 - 9:12 a.m. | Save Story
When it comes to the business of moving elephants, Amir Khalil and his team might be the best.
Paris mayor wants to keep the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower permanently
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 7 - 4:11 p.m. | Save Story
The huge multicolored interlocking Olympic rings that adorned the Eiffel Tower in Paris for the 2024 Summer Games were supposed to come down after the Paralympics for athletes with disabilities end on Sunday.
A dormitory fire in Kenya kills 18 students and injures 27. Dozens unaccounted for
Evelyne Musambi, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 6 - 9:56 p.m. | Save Story
Kenya's deputy president says a fire in a school dormitory has killed 18 students and injured 27 others. Officials say 70 children are unaccounted for.
'Hearts have been shattered:' Utah Jewish community reacts to hostage deaths
Shelby Lofton, KSL-TV | Posted Sept. 3 - 9:28 p.m. | Save Story
Utah's Jewish community is mourning the lives of the six hostages killed in Gaza.
US charges Hamas leader, other militants in connection with Oct. 7 massacre in Israel
Eric Tucker, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 3 - 8:32 p.m. | Save Story
The Justice Department has announced criminal charges against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other militants in connection with the Oct. 7 rampage in Israel.
Bangladesh floods leave 71 dead, fears of waterborne disease rise
Ruma Paul, Reuters | Posted Sept. 3 - 1:01 p.m. | Save Story
The death toll from floods in Bangladesh rose to 71 on Tuesday with millions of people still stranded in devastated areas and increasing concern about outbreaks of waterborne disease as the inundation recedes.
Boy who broke an ancient jar learns how the museum is piecing it back together
Alexis Triboulard and Julia Frankel, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 3 - 11:32 a.m. | Save Story
A 4-year-old boy whose curiosity led to the destruction of a 3,500-year-old jar has returned to the museum in northern Israel where it happened, welcomed by forgiving curators who are using the accident as an educational opportunity.
$72.5M coin collection going up for auction after being banned from sale for a century
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN | Posted Sept. 3 - 10:21 a.m. | Save Story
A vast accumulation of coins, notes and medals, amassed over more than six decades is up for sale after previously being held to save against a disaster.
Attempted jailbreak at a Congo prison kills 129 people as chaos erupts
Jean-Yves Kamale, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 3 - 9:33 a.m. | Save Story
Congolese authorities say that an attempted jailbreak in the country's main prison left 129 people dead, including some who were shot and others who died in a stampede at the overcrowded facility.
On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world
Gabriela SÁ Pessoa, Associated Press | Posted Sept. 2 - 6:58 p.m. | Save Story
The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil has divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians had difficulty and doubts about navigating other social media in its absence.
Massive protests sweep Israel after 6 hostages killed in Gaza
Emily Rose and Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters | Updated Sept. 1 - 7:01 p.m. | Save Story
Massive protests swept Israel on Sunday following the death of six hostages in Gaza as frustration mounted over the failure of the country's leadership to secure a ceasefire deal that would free Israeli captives.
China, Philippines accuse each other of ramming ships in South China Sea
Neil Jerome Morales and Joe Cash, Reuters | Updated Sept. 1 - 8:42 a.m. | Save Story
The Philippines and China exchanged accusations of intentionally ramming coast guard vessels in disputed waters of the South China Sea on Saturday, the latest in an escalating series of clashes in the vital waterway.
Family confirms death of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Josef Federman, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 31 - 10:05 p.m. | Save Story
The family of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin says he has been killed in the Gaza Strip. The family issued a statement early Sunday, hours after the Israeli army said it had located bodies in Gaza.
UN will continue to engage the Taliban in Afghanistan despite new laws restricting women
Associated Press | Updated Aug. 31 - 4:17 p.m. | Save Story
A U.N. spokesman says the United Nations will continue to engage all stakeholders in Afghanistan including the Taliban, even though they issued a ban on women's voices and bare faces in public and severed ties with the U.N. mission.
Claw machine games are Rio de Janeiro's new public enemy
David Biller, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 31 - 9:21 a.m. | Save Story
Police in Brazil are investigating whether organized crime may be the invisible hand behind the claw.
Brazilian judge suspends X platform after it refuses to name a legal representative
Barbara Ortutay and Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press | Updated Aug. 30 - 5:32 p.m. | Save Story
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's social media giant X nationwide after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country.
The plot to attack Taylor Swift's Vienna shows was intended to kill thousands, a CIA official says
Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press | Updated Aug. 29 - 7:35 p.m. | Save Story
The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna earlier this month sought to kill "tens of thousands" of fans before the CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted the planning and led to arrests, the CIA says.
Captain of superyacht that sank off Sicily declines to answer prosecutors' questions
Associated Press | Posted Aug. 28 - 3:05 p.m. | Save Story
The captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people, has decided not to respond to prosecutors' questions.
Australia latest country to adopt 'right to disconnect' rules
Art Raymond, Deseret News | Posted Aug. 27 - 9:41 p.m. | Save Story
While companies can still send off-hours messages, new regulation allows employees to ignore communications or delay responding until they're back on the clock.
The Church of Jesus Christ donates $5M to treat malnutrition
Hanna Seariac, Deseret News | Posted Aug. 27 - 7:04 p.m. | Save Story
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated $5 million to a nonprofit organization that makes ready-to-use foods to treat malnutrition in children and mothers.
Israel rescues a hostage from an underground tunnel in Gaza
Melanie Lidman, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 27 - 6:22 p.m. | Save Story
The Israeli military has rescued one of the scores of hostages abducted during the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that ignited the war in Gaza.
World's oldest man, born same year the Titanic sank, celebrates 112th birthday
Amarachi Orie, CNN | Posted Aug. 26 - 7:35 p.m. | Save Story
John Alfred Tinniswood was born the same year the Titanic sank, and when New Mexico and Arizona became U.S. states.
Matching sets of dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean
Ashley Strickland, CNN | Posted Aug. 26 - 12:47 p.m. | Save Story
Matching sets of footprints discovered in Africa and South America reveal that dinosaurs once traveled along a type of highway 120 million years ago before the two continents split apart, according to new research.
Libya's eastern government says all oilfields to close
Ayman Werfali, Reuters | Posted Aug. 26 - 10:33 a.m. | Save Story
Oilfields in eastern Libya that account for almost all the country's production will be closed and production and exports halted, the eastern-based administration said on Monday, after a flare-up in tension over the leadership of the central bank.
Ice cave collapse in Iceland kills 1 tourist, leaves 2 missing
David Keyton and Danica Kirka, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 26 - 9:42 a.m. | Save Story
Rescuers in Iceland are working to cut through the remnants of a collapsed ice cave as they search for two tourists missing for more than 24 hours since a glacier caved in. One person died and another was severely injured. The search resumed early Monday.
North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees tests of 'suicide drones'
Joyce Lee, Reuters | Posted Aug. 26 - 7:20 a.m. | Save Story
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched as new "suicide drones" took off and destroyed test targets including a mock tank, and urged researchers to develop artificial intelligence for the unmanned vehicles, state media reported on Monday.
Bayesian yacht captain faces manslaughter probe after deadly sinking in Sicily
Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN | Posted Aug. 26 - 6:55 a.m. | Save Story
The captain of the luxury Bayesian yacht that sank near Porticello, off the coast of Sicily, last week will face an investigation into multiple counts of manslaughter and negligent shipwreck, the Italian prosecutor's office announced Monday.
Why mpox vaccines are only just arriving in Africa after 2 years
Jennifer Rigby, Reuters | Posted Aug. 25 - 6:28 p.m. | Save Story
The first 10,000 mpox vaccines are finally due to arrive next week in Africa, where a dangerous new strain of the virus — which has afflicted people there for decades — has caused global alarm.
5 people die in shelling of a Russian border region while Russian fire hits a hotel with reporters
Associated Press | Updated Aug. 25 - 1:19 p.m. | Save Story
Russian officials say five people died in Ukrainian shelling in Russia's border region of Belgorod while Russian forces struck a hotel in eastern Ukraine, leaving one journalist missing and two others injured.
Should access to drinking water be at the top of the global agenda?
Emma Pitts, Deseret News | Posted Aug. 25 - 10:17 a.m. | Save Story
Dr. Liam Fox says having clean drinking water could soon become the greatest problem facing the world in the 21st century, but it doesn't have to be.
Mexico president decries US critique of judicial reform as 'interventionist'
Ana Isabel Martinez, Reuters | Posted Aug. 24 - 3:59 p.m. | Save Story
Mexico's president on Friday blasted the U.S. ambassador's criticism of his judicial reform bill as disrespectful, pointing to what he called a long history of "interventionist policy" across the Americas led by the U.S.
Israeli evacuation orders cram Palestinians into shrinking 'humanitarian zone' where food is scarce
Julia Frankel and Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 24 - 2:13 p.m. | Save Story
The Israeli military is issuing evacuation orders for southern Gaza at an unprecedented pace. Over the last month, the orders have sent hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fleeing into already crowded tent camps.
Italian prosecutors open shipwreck and manslaughter investigation into superyacht sinking
Giada Zampano, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 24 - 11:17 a.m. | Save Story
Prosecutors in Italy have opened an investigation into culpable shipwreck and multiple manslaughter after a superyacht capsized during a storm off the coast of Sicily, killing seven people onboard.
US expands area in Mexico to apply for border asylum appointments, hoping to slow push north
Edgar H. Clemente and MarÍa Verza, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 23 - 9:36 p.m. | Save Story
The CBP One app has been around, but as of Friday migrants in Mexico's southernmost states bordering Guatemala will be able to apply for appointments to seek U.S. asylum.
A 7th body is recovered from sunken superyacht off Sicily, believed to be Mike Lynch's daughter
Associated Press | Posted Aug. 23 - 5:32 p.m. | Save Story
Italian rescuers on Friday brought ashore the last of seven bodies from a superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily, the Coast Guard said.
An Iceland volcano erupts again but spares the nearby town of Grindavik for now
Marco Di Marco And David Keyton, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 23 - 11:24 a.m. | Save Story
Lava is continuing to spew from a volcano in southwestern Iceland, the sixth time since December the volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes Peninsula.
'Indescribable' crew errors led to Sicily shipwreck, yacht maker says
Matteo Negri, Reuters | Updated Aug. 22 - 9:50 p.m. | Save Story
A series of "indescribable, unreasonable errors" by the crew led to the shipwreck in which British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and six others died earlier this week, the yacht manufacturer's CEO told Reuters on Thursday.
The biggest diamond in over a century is found in Botswana — a whopping 2,492 carats
Sello Motseta, Associated Press | Updated Aug. 22 - 8:31 p.m. | Save Story
The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana. The country's president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world at a viewing ceremony Thursday.
Taylor Swift calls cancellation of Vienna shows 'devastating' and explains her silence
Associated Press | Posted Aug. 22 - 10:27 a.m. | Save Story
Two weeks after organizers scrubbed Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna amid a foiled terror plot, the singer issued her first statement on the cancellation.
Body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is recovered from wreckage of superyacht
Associated Press | Posted Aug. 22 - 6:54 a.m. | Save Story
The Italian coast guard said Thursday the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered off the coast of Sicily from the wreckage of a superyacht whose builders had called it unsinkable.
Delta and American Airlines extend suspension of flights to Israel as the war in Gaza grinds on
Associated Press | Posted Aug. 21 - 5:47 p.m. | Save Story
Delta Air Lines is extending its suspension of flights between the U.S. and Israel by another month, through Oct. 31, in response to the ongoing war in Gaza.
Divers find 5 bodies during search of superyacht wreckage after it sank off Sicily, 1 still missing
Nicole Winfield, Danica Kirka and Andrea Rosa, Associated Press | Updated Aug. 21 - 1:10 p.m. | Save Story
Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily found the bodies of five passengers Wednesday and searched for one other.
Utah's Venezuelans keep focus on election, warn of influx if Maduro maintains power
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Aug. 20 - 5:04 p.m. | Save Story
Many of Utah's Venezuelans are still laser-focused on the nation's presidential vote and warn of another influx from the South American nation if Maduro maintains power.
Search resumes for 6 missing when yacht sank off Sicily, including tech magnate Mike Lynch
Andrea Rosa, Silvia Stellacci and Nicole Winfield, Associated Press | Updated Aug. 20 - 12:05 p.m. | Save Story
Police divers have resumed searching for six people believed trapped in the hull of a superyacht that sank in a storm off Sicily.
US intelligence officials say Iran is to blame for hack of Trump's presidential campaign
Eric Tucker, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 19 - 9:46 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. intelligence community says Iran is to blame for the hack of Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
Former Saudi official alleges crown prince forged king's signature on Yemen war decree
Jon Gambrell, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 19 - 8:03 p.m. | Save Story
A former Saudi official has alleged that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman forged his father's signature on the royal decree that launched the kingdom's yearslong, stalemated war against Yemen's Houthi rebels.
X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's content orders
Luana Maria Benedito, Reuters | Posted Aug. 19 - 7:41 p.m. | Save Story
Media platform X said on Saturday it would close its operations in Brazil "effective immediately" due to what it called "censorship orders" by Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes.
Blinken says Israel OKs a plan to break the cease-fire impasse and urges Hamas to do the same
Matthew Lee, Associated Press | Posted Aug. 19 - 6:07 p.m. | Save Story
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge differences holding up a cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza, and he called on Hamas to do the same.
