Train derails in Egypt and kills 5 people

A train went off the tracks south of Egypt’s capital, Cairo, on Wednesday, killing five people, according to the Health Ministry.

Green Party presidential candidate Stein faces charges in pipeline protest

Authorities say they will charge Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein who is accused of spray-painting construction equipment during a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.

UNLV football recruiting update: 6 commitments in 2017 class

UNLV second-year coach Tony Sanchez already has brought in two talented recruiting classes, including arguably the best one in school history in February that featured a Rebels-record 10 three-star recruits.

US officials: Most humpback whales no longer endangered

Federal authorities took most humpback whales off the endangered species list Tuesday, saying their numbers have recovered through international efforts to protect the giant mammals.

Marilyn Monroe’s dress worn for Kennedy’s birthday up for auction

The flesh-colored, skin-tight beaded gown Marilyn Monroe wore during her breathless rendition of “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy is going on the auction block this fall.

 
Britain is building 13-foot-high wall to stop migrants

Britain hopes a 13-foot-high concrete wall will succeed where security guards and barbed wire have failed and stop migrants reaching the United Kingdom from the northern French port of Calais.

International Space Station crew back on solid ground

After watching more than 2,750 sunrises from above the Earth, three crew members of the International Space Station returned to the planet for a sparkling sunrise back on Earth Wednesday.

Chubby Cattle serves Chinese hotpot with the help of a conveyor belt

The conveyor belt, enclosed in clear acrylic with doors on both sides for easy access, snakes in a rough U-shape through most of the restaurant. Diners then select items to add to their soup base.

Familiarity rules TV networks’ new fall seasons

So how are the networks trying to get viewers excited about the new fall season? The same way Hollywood studios court moviegoers: remakes.

 
You pick the plot in ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’

Based on Charles Dickens’ final, incomplete novel, “Edwin Drood” offers audiences not one or two but three chances to influence the play’s outcome.

French woman who received first face transplant dies

Isabelle Dinoire, a Frenchwoman who received the world’s first partial face transplant, has died more than a decade after a complex and daring operation that set the stage for dozens of similar transplants worldwide. She was 49.

Medical scandal results in Nobel Prize judges being fired

Two high profile members of the Nobel Assembly were asked to resign as part of the fallout from the scientific scandal centered on Dr. Paolo Macchiarini — a scandal that left two dead and tarnished the reputation of the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine.

Chicago’s bloody summer sets record with 500th killing

With shootings spiking on Labor Day, Chicago officially surpassed the homicide toll for all of last year, marking another alarming milestone for a city that has seen violence at its worst in two decades with still almost four months to go this year.

 
Hurricane Newton’s rain poses threat to New Mexico, Arizona

Hurricane Newton swept onto the Gulf of California after slamming the resorts of southern Baja and headed on a path expected to take it to the Mexican mainland by Wednesday morning and then on to the U.S. border with potentially dangerous rains for Arizona and New Mexico.

Zia Records owner dies at age 45

Brian Faber, the owner and vice president of Zia Records, which has two shops in Las Vegas, died Sunday after suffering a brain hemorrhage and stroke, a statement posted on Zia Records’ blog said.

War has uprooted 28 million kids worldwide, UNICEF estimates

Some 28 million children around the globe have been driven from their homes by violent conflict, with nearly as many abandoning their homes in search of a better life, UNICEF said in a report.

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