Actress Lauren Bacall, who paired with spouse Humphrey Bogart in films including The Big Sleep and Key Largo, hasdied at the age of 89, according to her family’s estate.
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Storms, Aftershocks Hurt Rescue Efforts Following Deadly China Quake
Rescue teams are scrambling to find survivors of an earthquake that rocked southern China on Sunday and that Chinese officials say killed at least 398 people and injured at least 1,800 others.
70 Years After A Crucial Invasion, World Honors D-Day
World leaders are gathered in France to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the day some 150,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy and began the liberation of France and Europe from Nazi occupation during World War II.
Maya Angelou, Poet, Activist And Singular Storyteller, Dies At 86
Poet, performer and political activist Maya Angelou has died after a long illness at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C. She was 86.
California Wildfires: Death Reported; More Evacuations Ordered
Wildfires have burned more than 10,000 acres of brush land and caused at least one death in San Diego County. Evacuations have continued in areas such as San Marcos, where thousands were told to leave their homes Thursday.
2 Feet Of Rain Causes Massive Flooding In Florida, Alabama
Extreme rainfall in much of the East and parts of the South is causing major problems, with Florida’s Panhandle and southern Alabama — which got more than 2 feet of rain in 24 hours — bearing the brunt of the onslaught.
Northeast, New England Brace As Ice And Snow Move Up Coast
Just as expected and feared, a dangerous winter storm has now spread snow, sleet, ice, freezing rain or some combination of all four from Texas to the mid-Atlantic.
Four-Legged Athletes Compete With Olympic-Sized Heart
In New York on Saturday night, athletes of a different breed competed in a display of canine finesse and dexterity. Many won. If any lost, none knew it. Not one shed a tear.
Nazi Art Trove Includes Previously Unknown Matisse, Chagall Works
The revelation Monday that more than 1,000 paintings and prints seized by the Nazis during World War II were found in a Munich apartment has set off excitement in the art world and spurred anger among Jewish groups that German officials didn’t publicize the discovery when it was first made.
Cyclone Phailin Leaves Debris And Relatively Few Casualties
Indian officials are reporting far fewer casualties than had been feared when the large and powerful cyclone Phailin struck the country’s east coast Saturday. But the storm, which forced the evacuation of nearly 1 million people, has left flooding and destruction in its path.