KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The British military says seven Afghan civilians have been killed in the crowds near Kabul's international airport amid the chaos of those fleeing the Taliban takeover of the country.The Defense Ministry said in a statemen...

WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — Catastrophic flooding in Middle Tennessee left at least eight dead and dozens missing Saturday as rains washed away homes and rural roads, authorities said.Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis told news outlets more than 30 pe...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A conservative talk radio host from Tennessee who had been a vaccine skeptic until he was hospitalized from COVID-19 has died. He was 61.Nashville radio station Super Talk 99.7 WTN confirmed Phil Valentine's death in a tweet...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a famed civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, and his wife, Jacqueline, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a statement Saturday.Jesse Jackson, 79, is va...

Additional firefighters, heavy equipment and aircraft were being added to the stubborn Mount Hayes wildfire near Ladysmith on Saturday. Officials say the fire was contained to 70 hectares overnight as crews used excavators and logging equipment t...

RCMP are investigating a semi-truck rollover that closed northbound traffic on Highway 19 on Saturday morning. The vehicle was heading south on Highway 19, crossed the median and rolled over on the northbound lanes, completing blocking the roadwa...

About 120,000 Island homes and businesses lost power Saturday morning after work on a major transmission line tripped an widespread outage. B.C. Hydro spokesman Ted Olynyk said power was quickly restored to all customers within about a half hour....

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Public Safety Canada says it has approved a request for help from the Northwest Territories as the territory deals with a surge in COVID-19 cases.The territory says there are 198 active cases, with the majority of them occurring in the Sahtu region.T...

FINLAND, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service on Saturday closed the popular Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota as the largest active wildfire in the state threatens the 1-million-acre property. The Boundary Waters Cano...

Infrastructure B.C. Inc. will give $1 million to each of up to two unsuccessful bidders for the design-build contract for the Royal B.C. Museum’s new ­building in Colwood. The $2 million will go to partially offset the cost of preparing bids i...

SURREY, B.C. — Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say three people have died after a vehicle crashed into a tree early this morning.Police, along with Emergency Health Services and the Surrey Fire Service, responded to reports of a crash in the Fraser Heigh...

Several evacuation orders have been downgraded as cooler temperatures and lighter winds offer a breather to wildfire crews in British Columbia.The BC Wildfire Service says there are 250 wildfires burning across the province, but seven evacuation orde...

WINNIPEG — Four people have died in a head-on crash on the southern edge of Winnipeg.RCMP say it appears a car was heading west in the east-bound lane of the Perimeter Highway early Saturday when it collided with a minivan.Police say the 26-year-ol...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Potential Islamic State threats against Americans in Afghanistan are forcing the U.S. military to develop new ways to get evacuees to the airport in Kabul, a senior U.S. official said Saturday, adding a new complication to...

OTTAWA — A C-17 Globemaster transport plane evacuated 106 more Afghans from the chaotic Kabul airport on Friday and brought them to a safe third country, Canadian officials said Saturday.The flight was Canada's second one out of Kabul since Afghani...

NEW YORK (AP) — Here's everything to know about this weekend's weather that's tropical in name, but far from its titular home:HUH, A HURRICANE IS HITTING NEW ENGLAND?Maybe! Rare tropical weather is making its way up off the Atlantic coast of the U....

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has issued a state of emergency for parts of the state, imploring those in New York to take warnings seriously ahead of Hurricane Henri.He told people to stock up and move to higher ground today, despite...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A ranch in Southern Oregon’s Illinois Valley this week as part of an investigation into illegal cannabis cultivation, human trafficking and forced labor, law enforcement said.The raid was part of a larger probe that began...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Healthy and in their 30s, Christina and Josh Tidmore figured they were low-risk for COVID-19. With conflicting viewpoints about whether to get vaccinated against the virus filling their social media feeds and social circles,...