1 crew member rescued after US fighter jet shot down in Iran, officials tell AP
It marked a major escalation in the conflict just two days after President Donald Trump said the U.S. has “beaten and completely decimated Iran”
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Singapore will stop covering the medical bills of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients
Singapore’s government has been covering the medical bills of COVID-19 patients throughout the pandemic. But it says unvaccinated people will soon be on… -
Why marigolds, or cempasúchil, are the iconic flower of Día de los Muertos
The musky smell of marigolds, or cempasúchil, were thick throughout Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles on Saturday, and Angie Jimenez couldn’t wait… -
Oil companies face 'big tobacco moment' in Congress over their climate policies
The House Oversight Committee will hear from chief executives of four global oil companies on Thursday as part of its investigation into what Rep. Carolyn… -
Celtics games have been shut down in China after one player's pro-Tibet tweet
On Wednesday afternoon, Enes Kanter, a center for the Boston Celtics, traded his uniform for a t-shirt bearing an image of the Dalai Lama, and read a… -
A mysterious 'A Team' just rescued dogs from a volcano's lava zone in La Palma
Drone operators were preparing to launch a daring rescue mission to carry several dogs out of a volcano’s lava zone when they realized something had… -
Researchers put a date on when the Vikings arrived in Canada: exactly 1,000 years ago
It’s long been known that the Vikings were the first Europeans to make the long journey to the Americas, arriving in what is now Canada sometime around… -
Haiti faces disasters and chaos. Its people are most likely to be denied U.S. asylum.
Many Haitians see U.S. immigration policy as historically racist and anti-Black. -
A New Zealand city is taking its official wizard off the payroll after over 2 decades
Christchurch, New Zealand, is parting ways with its official city wizard after more than two decades. His offensive remarks about women and the local…
