PRAGUE (AP) — Czech firefighters were battling a major chemical blaze in eastern Czech Republic on Friday after a freight train derailed and carcinogenic benzol from damaged tank wagons caught fire.
Michael E. Aaron, Trustee and Jacqueline Aaron, Trustee to Kenneth Bonner Jr. and Julie Bonner, JTWD. Lots 7 and 8, Blk. 15, Woodlands Phase IV. Weatherford.
Six Clinton High School students were named students of the month for September. Front from left, are Atticus Thompson and Lyssa Day; back, Alexis Tyler, Chisum Roper and Aspen Ford. Not pictured is Scout Acosta.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The number of babies born in South Korea rebounded for the first time in nine years in 2024, welcome news for a country grappling with one of the the world’s most serious demographic crises.
(AP) — A child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state o_cials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious — but preventable — respiratory disease since 2015.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Mourners in Israel on Friday were burying the remains of one of the last hostages released in the first phase of the ceasefire between Hamas militants and Israel, as negotiators discussed a second phase of the deal that could end the war in Gaza and see the remaining live hostages returning home.
Madi Ashcraft placed seventh in the class for the (maintainer) competition at the Southwest District Livestock show.
(AP) — More than 50 years after a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation landed him in federal prison, Leonard Peltier remains defiant.
Officials recently gathered at the State Capitol to reveal the 2025-2026 state map soon to be available to travelers. The bi-fold map highlights Route 66 in anticipation of the Mother Road turning 100 in 2026. Next year, the nation will celebrate the anniversary with a year-long series of events, promotions, concerts and birthday parties from Chicago to the Santa Monica Pier.