SEOUL, South Korea — A typhoon barreled through the Korean Peninsula on Thursday, damaging buildings, flooding roads and toppling utility poles before weakening into a tropical storm. No casualties have…
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Lightning crank up power play, rout Bruins 7-1 in Game 3
TORONTO — Ondrej Palat, Mikhail Sergachev and Alex Killorn scored power-play goals Wednesday night to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 7-1 rout of the Boston Bruins in Game…
FBI shifts resources to ongoing unrest in Portland, Oregon
ORTLAND, Ore. — The FBI chief in Portland, Oregon, said Wednesday he is shifting the agency’s resources to focus more heavily on crimes committed during nightly racial injustice protests in…
Oil industry shuts platforms, rigs, refineries before storm
NEW YORK — The energy industry braced Wednesday for catastrophic storm surges and winds as Hurricane Laura cut a dangerous path toward the coastlines of Texas and Louisiana. Oil and…
Review: In ‘Copperfield,’ Iannucci brings Dickens to life
It’s not hard to draw a straight line from Charles Dickens to Armando Iannucci. In each there’s a passion for human frailty and absurdity, and, above all, a richness of…
Argument preceded fatal shooting at Amsterdam park; Three suspects released
Before 24-year-old Bas van Wijk was shot dead at Oeverlanden Park early this month, there was irritation between his group of friends and another group, the Public Prosecution Service (OM)…
Two shootings on one Amsterdam street; Rapper seriously hurt
Vechtstraat in the Rivierenbuurt in Amsterdam was rocked by two shootings in twelve hours. In both cases the victim was taken to hospital for treatment. One of the victims was…