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Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina as scorching heat and floods sock other parts of US
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A tornado heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina on Wednesday, while torrential rain flooded communities in Kentucky and an area from California to South Florida endured more scorching heat.Pfizer confirmed that the large manufacturing ...
Police in Guatemala search party offices of progressive presidential candidate
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan agents and police raided the offices of the Seed Movement of presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo on Friday as part of an investigation into alleged wrongdoing in the party’s formation.Andrea Reyes, a lawyer and party member, confirmed that the agents ...
Rescuers find more bodies in landslide-hit village in western India, bringing the death toll to 21
RAIGAD, India (AP) — Rescuers found five more bodies Friday in India’s western Maharashtra state, raising the death toll from a landslide triggered by torrential rains to at least 21 with many others feared trapped under the debris, officials said.Scores of rescuers and trekkers have been ...
A Croatian firefighter has died in the storm that swept the Balkans, raising the toll to 6 dead
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A Croatian firefighter has died during a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/croatia-slovenia-storm-deaths-weather-42f5c5ea2c17e07dda4544ef29f5eed5">deadly storm</a> that swept the Balkans after a heat wave, bringing the death toll to six, ...