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Married only minutes, Texas newlyweds killed in crash

Sunday, 25 August 2019, 07:07 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Harley Morgan was still wearing his dark suit and Rhiannon Boudreaux her wedding dress when the Texas "childhood sweethearts" were killed in a crash with a truck minutes after they were...

Economic storm clouds hovering over Trump and global leaders

Sunday, 25 August 2019, 07:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Under the threatening clouds of a global economic slowdown, President Donald Trump is confronting the consequences of his preference to go it alone, with low expectations that the leaders of the...

Strip down, saddle up: Naked bikers hit Philadelphia streets

Sunday, 25 August 2019, 06:54 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Hundreds of cyclists have been caught with their pants down — and their shirts and underwear off, too. The cyclists gathered in a Philadelphia park on Saturday to disrobe before saddling up...

Illinois patient's death may be first in US tied to vaping

Saturday, 24 August 2019, 16:41 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Health officials said Friday that an Illinois patient who contracted a serious lung disease after vaping has died and that they consider it the first death in the United States linked to the smoking...

Poland compares deadly lightning storm to terror attack

Friday, 23 August 2019, 13:08 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Three people were missing Friday in southern Poland after a deadly thunderstorm with multiple lightning strikes hit the Tatra Mountains, killing five people and injuring over 150, rescuers...

Foot on table: British PM at home in French president palace

Friday, 23 August 2019, 07:46 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apparently wasn't sweating it despite the high stakes subject of his talks with the president of France: Brexit. So relaxed was he during his Thursday visit...

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