12+ hour, 52+ min ago   (465+ words) A woman carrying a sunflower was the first to enter. She carefully placed the flower next to the coffin before standing to the side as others filed past. Behind her was Caterina Borelli, an artist from Rome. “I think she…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (128+ words) News-Times BRIDGEPORT — Four people were rescued after a boat struck rocks and capsized off the shore of Seaside Park at about 7 p.m Saturday, a city official said Bridgeport police and fire officials, the United States Coast Guard and…...

18+ hour, 5+ min ago   (647+ words) An Iranian commercial ship was struck early Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed, Iranian state media say. Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired drones and missiles toward southern Saudi Arabia, putting new…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (250+ words) Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani named Brig. Gen. Mamane Sani Kiaou chief of staff of the armed forces in a decree read on state television late Friday. No reason was given for the change. Kiaou replaces Maj. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou, a…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (522+ words) Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho were convicted of inciting subversion earlier this year under a Beijing-imposed national security law. Lee and Chow, who pleaded not guilty, received prison terms of 7 years, and 7 years and 3 months. Ho was given…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (865+ words) Frontman Caleb Followill was working on new music last spring and about to join his bandmates on a European tour when he broke his foot playing with his kids one night before bed. “I thought I was in better shape…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (568+ words) On the island of Kauai, intense wind and surging waves damaged oceanfront resorts, ripped apart roads and knocked out power, prompting tourism officials to urge visitors to stay away for now. On Lanai, a harbor that supplies much of the…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (651+ words) Standing next to new Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori, Rubio told reporters that while the U.S. has “the capacity to act unilaterally," it would rather work with its allies because that is “the most effective way to do it." His comments came…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (335+ words) The central bank for the 21 EU member countries that use the euro currency raised its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.50% at a meeting held in Berlin, away from the bank’s Frankfurt headquarters. Bank President Christine Lagarde said…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (836+ words) Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes declined in August to their slowest annual pace in more than a year as home shoppers grappled with rising mortgage rates and home prices. Existing home sales fell 2% last month from July to a seasonally…...