A pre-dawn explosion and fire leveled a home, injured one person, and damaged at least two others Wednesday in Victorville, authorities said. The blast occurred shortly before 3 a.m. (1000GMT) in the San Bernardino County desert community. Victorville is about an hour’s drive northeast of Los Angeles. A woman with burns was airlifted to a…

WINFIELD, Ala.—Homes and buildings were damaged and trees were blown down as a line of intense thunderstorms rolled across several Southern states, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of injuries. In the west Alabama town of Winfield, Wednesday’s storms damaged buildings in the downtown area, authorities said. Building walls collapsed and roofs were lying…

DHAKA, Bangladesh—A massive fire swept through a crowded river ferry in Bangladesh early Friday, leaving at least 39 people dead and 70 injured, officials said. Many passengers leapt from the vessel into cold waters to escape the blaze. It took 15 fire engines two hours to control the fire and another eight to cool down…

KARACHI, Pakistan—A powerful gas explosion in a sewage system in a southern Pakistan city killed at least 10 people and injured 13 others Saturday, police and a health official said. Police spokesman Sohail Jokhio said the blast was apparently caused when something ignited gas that had accumulated in the sewer beneath a bank building in…

KARACHI, Pakistan—A powerful gas explosion in a sewage system in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, killed at least 12 people and injured 11 others Saturday, police and a health official said. Police spokesman Sohail Jokhio said the blast was apparently caused when something ignited gas that had accumulated in the sewer beneath a local bank building…

MANILA, Philippines—A powerful typhoon slammed into the southeastern Philippines on Thursday, toppling trees, ripping tin roofs, and knocking down power as it blew across island provinces where nearly 100,000 people have been evacuated. Coast guard personnel were rescuing residents stranded by chest-deep waters in a southern province, where pounding rains swamped villages in brownish water….

Makes 24 tassies For the Pastry 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 3 ounces cream cheese, softened 1 cup all-purpose flour For the Filling 1 cup chopped pecans, divided 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted 1 large egg, room temperature 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract Pinch of kosher salt 1 cup packed light brown sugar Preheat oven…

Kansas City Southern said on Sunday it planned to accept Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd’s $27.2 billion cash-and-stock acquisition offer as superior to its $29.6 billion deal to sell itself to Canadian National Railway Ltd. Canadian National now has until the end of Friday to submit a better offer or lose its deal with Kansas City…

During my first summer living in Charleston, I decided to do a deep-dive into the famous tomato pie. I had eaten it before then—in fact, I used to make it when I lived up North—but frankly, nothing compares to local ingredients. It must be those low-country breezes that make Southern tomato pie such a delicacy….

The Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA), a national nonprofit trade organization, released its 2021 State of Asia America Report on June 30, showing the south has become an increasingly attractive choice for homeownership among members of the Asian community. It has the highest Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) homeownership rate in the…