Beatrice Pilloud, Valais Canton attorney general, said the number of people who were in the bar is “currently totally unknown,” adding that its maximum capacity will be part of the investigation.
Nation and World
While schools, government and banks are closed on New Year’s Day, most major retailers across the U.S. will be open, with many offering discounts on older inventory to clear the way for newer products.
Crowds bundled up against the chilly temperatures cheered as the New Year’s Eve ball covered in more than 5,000 crystals descended down a pole in Times Square.
From Paris to Dubai to Sydney, crowds began ringing in the new year with exuberant celebrations filled with thunderous fireworks or drumming.
Four apartment buildings were damaged in the Odesa bombardment, according to regional military administration head Oleh Kiper.
Authorities say rescue crews responding to a report of an injured hiker near a Southern California mountain trail found the man and two of his companions dead.
She had worked as a reporter covering climate change and the environment for The New York Times’ Science section.
Nevada is among a group that will receive a nearly $150 million settlement with German automotive manufacturers accused of skirting emission regulations in vehicles
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that Donald Trump championed has mostly held, but progress has slowed recently.
Ashlee Buzzard, the California mother accused of killing her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee Buzzard, pleaded not guilty Friday morning during a brief but emotional arraignment in Santa Barbara County Superior Court.
A tornado did, in fact, spin through Los Angeles on Christmas, the National Weather Service confirmed, damaging a home and a commercial strip mall.
Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist and far-right supporter, has died. She was 91.
Jeffrey R. Holland, a high-ranking official in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was next in line to become the faith’s president, has died.
Explosions boomed across Kyiv as the attack began in early morning and continued for hours, killing at least one person and wounding 27.
President Donald Trump says he launched a “powerful and deadly” U.S. strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria.