Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he is withdrawing the Pacific nation from the International Criminal Court, which has begun a probe into accusations of crimes against humanity involving Duterte’s deadly anti-drug crackdown. Duterte’s office released a written statement Wednesday that Manila is “withdrawing its ratification of the Rome Statute effective immediately,” referring to the 1998 treaty […]
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 […]
At least five people have been killed and two children injured in a shooting that began in a home and ended at an elementary school in northern California on Tuesday. The shooter was killed by police, according to local officials. At least seven victims, whose conditions have not yet been released, were admitted to the […]
The 2015 Alaska Vital Statistics Annual Report— the most recent year for which complete data are available — is now available to the public. The report summarizes Alaskan resident births, deaths, adoptions, as well as marriages and divorces that occurred in the state between 2006 and 2015. These figures provide key data for health planners, […]