Family returns to Lebanon to find a crater where their 50-year-old home once...
BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — In eastern Lebanon's city of Baalbek, the Jawhari family gathered around a gaping crater where their home once stood, tears streaming as they tried to make sense of the...
View ArticleRetailers bank on Black Friday to energize bargain-hungry holiday shoppers
NEW YORK (AP) — After weeks of pushing early deals, retailers in the United States and some other countries tried to seduce customers with promises of bigger discounts on Black Friday, the sales event...
View ArticleChina sentences journalist detained at meal with Japanese diplomat to 7 years...
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Beijing on Friday sentenced a prominent Chinese journalist to seven in years in prison for espionage, his family said. Dong Yuyu, a commentator and editor, was taken away by...
View ArticleFishers at a Lebanese port hope ceasefire with Israel means normal life is...
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah brought hope for normality back to many in southern Lebanon on Friday, including fishermen who have long launched their single-engine...
View ArticleGreat Lakes, Plains and Midwest forecast to be hit with snow and dangerous...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The first big snow of the season threatened to bury towns in New York along lakes Erie and Ontario during a hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend, while winter storm...
View ArticleUN halts aid shipments through Gaza's main crossing after looting. It blames...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Sunday it is halting aid deliveries through the main cargo crossing into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip because of the threat...
View ArticleIsraeli strikes hit southern Lebanon, but tense ceasefire holds
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli jets Sunday launched an airstrike over a southern Lebanese border village, while troops shelled other border towns and villages still under Israeli control, Lebanon's...
View ArticleClimate solution: Sails make a comeback in shipping, to dent its huge carbon...
SAINT-MALO, France (AP) — Had he continued working aboard fuel-powered cargo ships, Yann Jourdan reckons he'd be earning perhaps four times what he now gets as captain of a sailboat that instead uses...
View ArticleGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Ukraine for his first visit in 2 1/2 years
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Ukraine for the first time in more than 2 1/2 years Monday, just weeks after he was criticized by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for...
View ArticleChief of International Criminal Court lashes out at US and Russia over...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The president of the International Criminal Court lashed out at the United States and Russia for interfering with its investigations, calling attacks on the court...
View ArticleHow to sum up 2024? The Oxford University Press word of the year is 'brain rot'
LONDON (AP) — Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University Press said Monday that the evocative phrase “gained new...
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2 arrested after shots fired near bowling alley
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) - Two men were arrested last week after firing gunshots out of a vehicle. Around 10:45 p.m., Friday, Grand Junction police officers responded to reports of gunshots near...
View ArticleGarfield County deputy rescues dog on Thanksgiving
GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - One Garfield County resident knows what she's thankful for this holiday season: the rescue of her beloved pet. It all began when Garfield County Deputy Carter Hailey...
View ArticleSuspect arrested on kidnapping, assault charges
DELTA, Colo. (KREX) - A man was arrested over the weekend in connection to an alleged kidnapping in Delta. Around 8:12 a.m., Saturday, the Delta Police Department was alerted of a vehicle heading...
View ArticleWoman driving drunk who killed bride still in her wedding dress sentenced to...
A woman who admitted to drinking and who was driving well over twice the speed limit when she smashed into a golf cart, killing a bride who had just got married at a South Carolina beach, was...
View ArticleColorado ranked among top 10 in recreation economy
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — A recent analysis done by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis found Colorado ranking within the top 10 states for its recreation economy at $17.1 billion, coming behind...
View ArticleKey players in Syria's long-running civil war, reignited by a shock rebel...
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s long civil war has reclaimed global attention after insurgents seized most of its largest city and dozens of nearby towns and villages. The stunning advance on Aleppo by rebel...
View ArticleIsraeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon after fire exchanges with Hezbollah that...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people on Monday after the Lebanese militant...
View ArticleThe Princess of Wales will help kick off a Qatari state visit to the UK
LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales will help kick off the emir of Qatar’s trip to Britain on Tuesday as the U.K. government enlists one of the most popular royals to ensure the success of a state...
View ArticleTip-A-Cop to be held Wednesday
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - The Mesa County Sheriff's Office, Colorado State Patrol and the Grand Junction Police Department are teaming up to support Special Olympics Colorado. They're doing so...
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