Aretha Franklin, the American singer known to millions of fans around the world as the “Queen of Soul,” has died at the age of 76. Franklin passed away Thursday in her hometown of Detroit, where she had been under hospice care after a long battle with cancer. Born March 25, 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee, Franklin […]
MONTECITO, CALIFORNIA — Flash floods and mudslides have killed at least 17 people and demolished a number of homes north of Los Angeles, where wildfires last month stripped the hills of trees and vegetation. At least 17 people were unaccounted for as the search for survivors expanded Wednesday with the arrival of a large search-and-rescue team […]
A two-vehicle crash involving an SUV and an ambulance on Thursday afternoon resulted in the death of a passenger in the SUV, troopers revealed. According to the report, at 1:46 pm on Thursday, troopers were alerted to the incident at the intersection of Knik Goose Bay Road and Shady Lane. Troopers responded to the scene to […]
PENTAGON —The U.S. military has confirmed three U.S. service members were killed and two others injured when a joint U.S.-Niger military patrol was attacked Wednesday in southwestern Niger. A U.S. defense official confirmed to VOA Thursday that the soldiers killed in the attack were members of the U.S. Army’s special forces, also known as Green […]