September 1, 2019 People in Bahamas taking pictures of Hurricane Dorian urged to take shelter As Hurricane Dorian, the second-strongest Atlantic hurricane since 1950, struck the Bahamas on Sunday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm with 185 mph, authorities gave strong warnings to potential victims.
August 29, 2019 Colombian rebels threaten renewed violence, accuse government of breaking peace deal A group of former rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced Thursday that they would take up arms once more against the Bogota government.
August 29, 2019 Colombian police find more than 650 pounds of marijuana hidden inside coffin They were expecting to see a corpse – but found more than 650 pounds of marijuana instead.
August 29, 2019 'Amazing Race Canada' contestant Kenneth McAlpine, 28, dies after falling 823 feet off a cliff A beloved former "Amazing Race Canada" contestant was found dead on a mountain in British Columbia on Tuesday.
August 28, 2019 Focus on Brazil's Amazon fires, but a massive inferno rages next door in Bolivia As Brazil’s Amazon fires continue to take center stage, another South American nation is battling its own catastrophic blazes, which have destroyed an area of land nearly as large as Lebanon.Â
August 28, 2019 One killed during Canadian boating accident; 'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary a passenger on board A fatal boating accident over the weekend in Canada left one person dead and two others injured, reports say.Â
August 28, 2019 Brazilian governors say now is 'not the moment to turn down money' as Amazon wildfires rage Brazilian governors are urging President Jair Bolsonaro to accept foreign aid to help combat the raging fires in the Amazon rainforest after he criticized such donations and said he'd think about accepting the money if French President Emmanuel Macron apologized to him following a spat.
August 25, 2019 Louisiana defeats Curacao for first Little League World Series title Louisiana won its first Little League World Series title on Sunday, defeating the international champions of Curacao 8-0 off a two-hit shut by pitcher Egan Prather.
August 25, 2019 Leonardo DiCaprio-backed fund pledges $5M in aid for Amazon wildfires Leonardo DiCaprio has joined with other philanthropists in pledging $5 million dollars through their environmental foundation to aid the Amazon as massive wildfires continue to burn across the region.
August 23, 2019 Canadian single dad faces human rights complaint for asking about babysitter’s gender A single father in Canada may have violated his province's human rights act by asking about the gender and age of a potential babysitter, according to a lawsuit.