JAKARTA (Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Indonesia’s Northern Sumatra province on Saturday, killing one, said the country’s meteorology and geophysics agency, BMKG. Nine people were injured in the quake, which was felt in a few towns and prompted people to flee their homes, BMKG chief Dwikorita Karnawati told reporters. Five houses were damaged…
One Dead After Indonesia Earthquake of Magnitude 5.8 in Northern Sumatra: Agency
Man Arrested in Fatal Stabbing of New York City EMS Worker
NEW YORK—A man has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a veteran emergency medical worker with New York City’s fire department, police said Friday. Peter Zisopoulos, 34, was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the fatal attack on EMS Lt. Alison Russo-Elling, police said in a news release. Russo-Elling was…
Missouri Man Pleads Guilty in Deaths of 2 Wisconsin Brothers
HARRISONVILLE, Mo.—A northwest Missouri man pleaded guilty Friday to killing two brothers from Wisconsin after they came to his farm in 2019 to collect a debt from a cattle contract. Garland Nelson, of Braymer, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 24-year-old Justin Diemel and 35-year-old Nicholas Diemel, of Shawano…
United Airlines to Halt Service at New York’s JFK Airport in October
WASHINGTON—United Airlines said on Friday it will suspend service in late October to New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK). Earlier this month, United had threatened to take the action if the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) did not grant the air carrier additional flights. United has been flying just twice daily to San Francisco and…
Suspected Chinese Hackers Tampered With Widely Used Customer Chat Program: Researchers
Suspected Chinese hackers tampered with widely used software distributed by a small Canadian customer service company, another example of a “supply chain compromise” made infamous by the hack on U.S. networking company SolarWinds. U.S. cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said in a blog post it had discovered malicious software being distributed by Vancouver-based Comm100, which provides customer…
Tropical Storm Orlene Strengthening in Pacific Off Mexico
MEXICO CITY—Tropical Storm Orlene strengthened in the eastern Pacific on Friday and forecasters expected it to become a hurricane while heading for a projected landfall on Mexico’s northwestern coast Monday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Orlene had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph) early Friday evening. It was centered about 265 miles…
Comedian Trevor Noah to Leave ‘The Daily Show’ After 7 Years
WASHINGTON—Comedian Trevor Noah, host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, said he was going to leave the program after hosting it for seven years, indicating he wanted to dedicate more time to stand-up comedy. The 38-year-old comedian—who moved to the United States in 2011 and was born in Johannesburg, South Africa—had big shoes to…
North Korea Launches Fourth Missile Test in a Week
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the east sea on Saturday, South Korea’s military said, the fourth launch in a week as Pyongyang continues its provocative streak on the Korean Peninsula. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said that North Korea fired the two short-range ballistic missiles between 6.45 a.m. and 7.03 a.m. (local…
Stocks End September Down 9.3 Percent, Worst Month Since March 2020
Wall Street closed out a miserable September on Friday with the S&P 500’s worst monthly skid since March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic crashed global markets. The benchmark index ended the month with a 9.3 percent loss and posted its third straight losing quarter. It’s now at its lowest level since November 2020 and is…
Parks in the Clear Over Sacred Kakadu Site
The Commonwealth is immune from criminal prosecution after allegedly illegally disturbing an Aboriginal sacred site at a former movie set in Kakadu National Park, a court has determined. The Northern Territory’s Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority filed a criminal charge against the director of Parks Australia in 2020 for carrying out uncertified work at Gunlom –…
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