Flood and landslide hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing 14
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A flood and a landslide hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing 14 people, officials said Saturday. Torrential rain pounding the area since Thursday triggered a landslide in...
View ArticleMexican officials say 3 bodies recovered in Baja California during search for...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities said Friday that three bodies were recovered in an area of Baja California near where two Australians and an American went missing last weekend during an...
View ArticleThe Kentucky Derby could be a wet one. Early favorites Fierceness, Sierra...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Twenty horses stampeding toward the first turn in a battle for position. A screaming crowd of 150,000 and maybe some showers that dampen the Churchill Downs dirt strip. It's the...
View ArticleKevin Spacey denies new allegations of inappropriate behavior to be aired on...
LONDON (AP) — Kevin Spacey, the Oscar-winning actor, has denied new allegations of inappropriate behaviour from men who will feature in a documentary on British television that is due to be released...
View ArticleGeorgian protesters against 'Russia-style' media law mark Orthodox Easter...
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Several thousand Georgians marked Orthodox Easter with a candlelight vigil outside Parliament on Saturday evening as daily protests continue against a proposed law that critics...
View ArticleWhat we learned from local votes ahead of looming UK general election
LONDON (AP) — Millions of voters in England cast ballots Thursday in an array of local elections, the last big test before a looming U.K. general election that all indicators suggest will see the...
View ArticlePanamanians vote in election dominated by former president who was banned...
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panamanians head to the polls Sunday to vote in an election that has been consumed by unfolding drama surrounding the country’s ex-president, despite not even being on the ballot....
View ArticleAs Putin begins another 6-year term, he is entering a new era of...
Just a few months short of a quarter-century as Russia's leader, Vladimir Putin on Tuesday will put his hand on a copy of the constitution and begin another six-year term as president wielding...
View ArticleThe American paradox of protest: Celebrated and condemned, welcomed and muzzled
NEW YORK (AP) — They’re hallmarks of American history: protests, rallies, sit-ins, marches, disruptions. They date from the early days of what would become the United States to the sights and sounds...
View ArticleAustralian police shoot dead a boy, 16, armed with a knife after he stabbed a...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A 16-year-old boy armed with a knife was shot dead by police after he stabbed a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth, officials said Sunday. The incident occurred...
View ArticleKing Charles III’s openness about cancer has helped him connect with people...
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III’s decision to be open about his cancer diagnosis has helped the new monarch connect with the people of Britain and strengthened the monarchy in the year since his...
View ArticleA Holocaust survivor will mark that history differently after the horrors of...
KIBBUTZ MEFALSIM, Israel (AP) — When Hamas fighters invaded southern Israel on Oct. 7, the militant group that rules the Gaza Strip perpetrated the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust. So...
View ArticleNetanyahu's Cabinet votes to close Al Jazeera offices in Israel following...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his government has voted unanimously to shut down the local offices of Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera,...
View ArticleA look at commencement ceremonies as US campuses are roiled by protests over...
Commencement ceremonies are being held at colleges and universities across the U.S. As many campuses have been roiled by protests over the Israel-Hamas war, some school administrations have taken...
View ArticleMay 5, 2024 Road Report
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Road conditions for the Western Slope and the surrounding areas are brought to you by Montrose Ford Nissan.
View ArticleSierra Nevada records snowiest day of the season from brief but potent...
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record for the season on Sunday...
View Article3 bodies in Mexican well identified as Australian and American surfers killed...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Relatives have identified three bodies found in a well as those of two Australian surfers and one American who went missing last weekend, Mexican authorities said Sunday. Baja...
View ArticleCommercial jet maker Airbus is staying humble even as Boeing flounders....
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — In the latest round of their decades-long battle for dominance in commercial aircraft, Europe’s Airbus established a clear sales lead over Boeing even before the American...
View ArticleDehydration program sets local food bank apart
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — In 2023 the Food Bank of the Rockies distributed nearly 82 million pounds of food to people across Colorado and Wyoming. The Western Slope location does something unique...
View ArticlePanama's new president-elect, José Raúl Mulino, was a late entry in the race
PANAMA CITY (AP) — José Raúl Mulino said he was practically retired from politics just over six months ago. Now, he’ll be Panama’s president for the next five years. Standing before a pack of...
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