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A white sedan submerged to its windows in brown floodwater on a residential street in Japan at night, with emergency vehicle lights glowing in the distance

Chiba Got Three Times Its August Rain in Half a Day, and Japan Had Never Sent That Alert There Before

Eight people are dead in the prefecture that borders Tokyo after a night of…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 14

Yellow police tape across a suburban street with two marked police SUVs and a white investigation van parked outside single-story houses

A Licensed Daycare in Hopkins Was Also Someone’s Home, and Three People Died Inside It

Police in Hopkins, Minnesota, were called to an in-home daycare on Wednesday morning and…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 12

An ambulance with flashing red and blue lights stopped behind a large fallen tree and tangled power lines blocking a flooded residential street at dusk, with unlit houses on both sides.

The Midwest Derecho Set Off Every Alert It Was Built to Trigger, and Three People Still Died

A confirmed derecho crossed 300 miles of the Midwest on Tuesday with 99 mph…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 11

Residents stand in a wet street looking at a cracked and partly collapsed two-story building with rubble and broken furniture spilled across the pavement, jungle hillsides behind the rooftops

Colombia’s 7.4 Earthquake Struck 66 Miles Down, and Chocó Still Took the Worst of It

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit western Colombia at 7:34 on Monday morning, strong enough…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 10

NYPD Harbor Unit and US Coast Guard boats sweep searchlights across dark choppy water near the illuminated Statue of Liberty at night, with an overturned white powerboat hull partially submerged in the foreground

Liberty Island Boat Capsizing Kills a Woman and an Infant as the Coast Guard Probes an Illegal Charter

A 22-foot pleasure boat carrying roughly 14 people capsized in New York Harbor late…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 9

Abandoned striped sun loungers, tilted umbrellas and a child's inflatable ring left on an empty pebble beach beside turquoise water, with forested mountains behind and emergency vehicles with blue lights parked in the distance

Russia’s Beach Alert Lasted Ten Minutes. Seven People Died After It Was Called Off.

Seven people, three of them children, were killed on a crowded pebble beach at…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 3

Aerial view from a rescue aircraft of a scorched blue and white roll-on roll-off ferry adrift at sea, black smoke pouring from its upper decks, with tugboats and small orange inflatable boats alongside and people in life jackets in the water

Indonesia Is Searching for 41 People From the Mutiara Sentosa 2. The Manifest Is the Problem.

A passenger ferry bound for Makassar caught fire in the Java Sea early Sunday,…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 2

Yellow police tape stretched across a wet parking lot at dusk, emergency vehicle lights reflecting on the asphalt, with a desert canyon rim on the horizon

Idaho Police Won’t Confirm a Death Toll at an In-N-Out That Opened Eight Days Ago

Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks stood in front of reporters on Saturday evening…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 1

Empty wood-paneled courtroom with a vacant jury box, an American flag beside the judge's bench, and a bare defense table with one chair pushed back

Colt Gray Gets Life Without Parole for the Apalachee Killings, and the Judge Called the Motive Fame

A Georgia judge sentenced Colt Gray to life in prison with no possibility of…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 28

Massive wildfire advancing through pine forests toward a city skyline with thick smoke and firefighting aircraft dropping flame retardant

France’s Bordeaux Wildfire Triggers the Country’s Biggest Peacetime Evacuation Since World War II

A wildfire in France’s Gironde region has burned through 42,000 hectares and forced more…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 27

Police emergency lights and yellow tape at Seattle Center near the Space Needle after a mass shooting at the Bite of Seattle festival

Mass Shooting at Seattle’s Bite of Seattle Festival Leaves Multiple People Shot Near the Space Needle

A gunman opened fire inside the Bite of Seattle food festival at Seattle Center…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 26

Emergency lights illuminating Berlin Tiergarten park at night with Brandenburg Gate in background after vehicle attack at Pride parade

Vehicle Rams Crowd at Berlin Pride Parade, Killing 1 and Injuring at Least 17

A van plowed into a crowd gathered for Berlin’s Christopher Street Day celebrations on…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 25

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JD Vance speaking into a podcast microphone with American and Israeli flags behind him

JD Vance Accuses Israeli Officials of Running a $45 Million Covert Campaign to Kill the Iran Deal

Ruins and memorial at the Morandi Bridge collapse site in Genoa, Italy

Italy’s Former Highway Chief Gets 12 Years in Prison for the Genoa Bridge Collapse That Killed 43

Heavy smoke rises from a scaffolded commercial tower under renovation in a European city center as firefighters and emergency vehicles respond at street level

Several Dead, Six Missing After Fire Rips Through Brussels Construction Site Elevator Shaft

Yellow police tape reading Police Line Do Not Cross stretched across a cordoned residential street in Biddeford, Maine, with law-enforcement SUVs and an officer in the distance

One Dead in Biddeford ICE Shooting, the Second Fatal ICE Encounter in a Week

Aerial view of a burning pub in Bangkok with thick smoke and emergency vehicles responding at night

At Least 27 Dead After Fire Engulfs Popular Bangkok Pub, Dozens Trapped in Restrooms

Emergency vehicles and police responding to a shooting at a Toronto street festival at night with CN Tower visible in background

Two Dead, Three Wounded in Mass Shooting at Toronto’s Salsa on St. Clair Festival

A weathered oyster farmer and military veteran in a worn work jacket stands on a gray, overcast Maine harbor dock lined with fishing boats

Graham Platner Drops Out of the Maine Senate Race, Reopening Democrats’ Fight Against Susan Collins

President Donald Trump speaks at a podium beside a seated NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, with NATO, US and Turkish flags behind them and press photographers in the foreground

Trump Orders Trade with Spain Cut Off and Demands Greenland at the Ankara NATO Summit

Police vehicles with blue lights and emergency helicopters outside a Bavarian school building cordoned off with emergency tape

Teenager Arrested After School Attack in Schongau, Bavaria Leaves Four Seriously Wounded

Fire trucks and emergency vehicles line the streets around a glass high-rise in Midtown Manhattan as crowds evacuate

Buckling Columns Force Mass Evacuations Around a Midtown Manhattan High-Rise as Officials Warn of Possible Collapse

FBI headquarters building in Washington DC at dusk with Fulton County official ballot boxes in foreground

FBI Orders All Field Offices to Surge 260 Analysts Into Fulton County Election Probe

Aerial view of Kyiv skyline at dawn with multiple plumes of smoke rising from residential apartment buildings after Russian drone and missile attack, emergency vehicles on streets below

Russia Unleashes Its Most Massive Attack on Kyiv of the Entire War, Killing at Least 13

Underwater view of damaged Nord Stream gas pipeline resting on the Baltic Sea floor with debris and bubbles

Germany Files First Criminal Charges Over the Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage

Thousands of protesters march through a South African city as riot police line the route during nationwide anti-migrant demonstrations

South Africa Arrests Over 900 as Nationwide Anti-Migrant Protests Turn Violent on ‘Deadline Day’

The United States Supreme Court building facade at golden hour with dramatic clouds and visitors on the front plaza

Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Appeal of E. Jean Carroll Sexual Abuse Verdict, $5 Million Judgment Stands

Emergency vehicles with blue lights and police tape on a cobblestone street in a German town at dusk

Five Dead in Shooting at Youth Center in Stade, Germany as Police Detain Suspect

The United States Supreme Court west facade lit by late golden light under dark storm clouds, the Equal Justice Under Law pediment inscription visible above the columns

Supreme Court Hands Trump Unreviewable Power Over TPS, Clearing Removal of 350,000 Haitians and Syrians

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Jeffrey Epstein Suicide Note Released: What the Unsealed Document Says and Why It Took 7 Years