The European Commission has prepared the legal groundwork to disburse the first tranche of a €90 billion ($104. 5 billion) loan for war-torn Ukraine that remains blocked amid resistance from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

EU Commission prepares €90bn Ukraine loan despite Hungary's veto

Scientists have identified more than 110 new species found in deep water beyond the edges of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

More Than 110 New Species Discovered In Deep Waters Off Australia

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has attributed a controversial statement that 80% of the more than 900,000 Syrians in Germany should go back home within three years to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Merz made the announcement during al-Sharaa's visit to Germany on Monday, and clarified a day later that "the figure of 80% returnees within three years was cited by the Syrian president.

Al-Sharaa denies he called for 80% of Syrians to return from Germany

No further attempts will be made to rescue a humpback whale who has gotten repeatedly stuck off Germany's Baltic coast, officials said on Wednesday, as experts believe the animal will not survive its week-long ordeal. Till Backhaus, environment minister for the north-eastern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern region where the whale is currently stranded, said a restricted zone has been established around the animal to allow it to die in peace as there was no more hope of freeing it.

No more attempts to free whale stranded off Germany, officials say

The army has been deployed to five of South Africa's nine provinces for a year-long operation.

South African army arrive in crime hotspots to help tackle gangs

When pollution gets bad enough in the rivers supplying Iowa's largest city with drinking water, it costs Des Moines around $16,000 a day to run a special system to filter out dangerous nitrates.  It’s a fact of life in the agriculture-dependent state — and climate change is making the water quality problem even worse.  The nitrates come from fertilizer and pesticides that make their way into the soil and then waterways like the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers.

Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms

Forecasters continue to predict an 80% chance of favorable weather on Wednesday for the launch of four astronauts on a flight to the moon.

Smooth countdown continues for Artemis II moon mission

Emergency services and police are en route to several locations of shrapnel falls. Eight people were lightly wounded across several sites in central Israel following several fragments falling from an Iranian cluster munition on Tuesday, Magen David Adom confirmed.

Eight wounded, cars catch fire in central Israel following strike from Iranian cluster munition

A wolf bit a woman in a shopping area in Hamburg before it was pulled out of a lake in Germany’s second-biggest city, authorities said, in what is believed to be the first such attack since wolves returned to the country in 1998.  The fire service said that the woman was taken to a Hamburg hospital after the unusual encounter on Monday evening, German news agency dpa reported.  The attack took place in a shopping area near the Altona station, west of the city center.

Wolf bites woman in a shopping area in Germany's 2nd-biggest city

About 100 of the nation’s most contaminated toxic waste sites are in areas prone to flooding and wildfires, a potential public health threat to millions of Americans in surrounding communities, the internal watchdog at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found.  The EPA’s Office of Inspector General issued a trio of reports last week assessing the weather-related vulnerabilities of the 157 federal Superfund sites prioritized for cleanup due to the serious risk they pose to public health

EPA watchdog finds nation’s most contaminated sites are vulnerable to flooding, wildfires

Partial remains found on a California beach four years ago have now been identified as a former banker who vanished in 1999.

Remains of banker missing since 1999 found on California beach by family looking for seashells

A Delta flight from Brazil to Atlanta made an emergency landing after a mechanical issue with its left engine.

Delta flight bound for Atlanta makes emergency landing after engine issue

More than 8 million people turned out at over 3,300 No Kings protests across all 50 states on Saturday, organizers said, calling it the largest single-day demonstration in U.S. history. Bruce Springsteen performed at the flagship Minneapolis rally.

'No Kings' protests recap: More than 8 million turned out across all 50 states, organizers say

Italy’s national police force, the Carabinieri, is investigating the March 22 incident

4 Masked Men Steal Renoir, Matisse and Cézanne Paintings Worth Over $10 Million in 3-Minute Heist

Two Shelby County Sheriff's Office deputies, including one who previously helped rescue children from a frozen pond, have reportedly been placed on leave after they were arrested.  According to the Memphis Police Department, 30-year-old Jhyunn Armstrong and 27-year-old Israel Muhammad were arrested on Sunday morning.  The Memphis Police reports that officers responded to a home on Morning Shadow Drive in Cordova just before 1:30 a.m. Armstrong and Israel were reportedly detained on the scene.

Shelby County deputies charged with assault, placed on leave

'No Kings' protests live updates: More than 8 million turned out across all 50 states, organizers say

MDA said the baby was born healthy at home, turning what began as an emergency into a brief moment of relief for the family. A Magen David Adom team delivered a baby at a home in Tel Aviv on Thursday morning, then rushed the newborn and his parents to a nearby shelter minutes later after Red Alert sirens sounded across central Israel, according to MDA.

Born under fire: MDA delivers baby in Jerusalem minutes before rushing to shelter

CNN's Jeremy Diamond and his crew were briefly detained in Israel this week and a photojournalist was put into a chokehold during the incident.

CNN Crew Detained and Journalist Put in Chokehold in IDF Run-In: ‘We’re Journalists. What Are You Doing?!’

A global team of air force rescuers is on standby, ready to come to the aid of the Artemis II crew after their space launch.

Meet the rescue team behind the astronauts as Artemis II's launch approaches

A woman, 25, was apprehended in Chihuahua, México, for allegedly assaulting her partner with a belt during an altercation over sexual activity, authorities said. The Hidalgo del Parral Municipal Police… The post Mexican Woman Accused of Assaulting Partner With Belt After He Refused Sex, Police Say appeared first on Where Is The Buzz | Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive Interviews & More.

Mexican Woman Accused of Assaulting Partner With Belt After He Refused Sex, Police Say

(FOX40.COM) — Bayside Church Granite Bay is finding a way to make an impact on the local level after having to cancel their annual service trip to Mexico amid ongoing cartel violence in Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara. Music, tacos and camaraderie flowed through the church campus Friday evening. Around a thousand people joined together prepared […]

‘Serving is not just a place’: Bayside Church Granite Bay reimagines annual mission amid conflict in Mexico

From a new detail about back doors propped open to the ransom notes, former FBI special agent Harry Trombitas examines what it means for the investigation.

An ex-FBI agent analyzes what we learned from Savannah Guthrie's 'Today' show interview amid the search for her mother Nancy

The astronaut who prompted NASA’s first medical evacuation earlier this year said Friday that doctors still don’t know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station.  Four-time space flier Mike Fincke said he was eating dinner on Jan. 7 after prepping for a spacewalk the next day when it happened.  Fincke, 59, a retired Air Force colonel, said the episode lasted roughly 20 minutes and he felt fine afterward.

He suddenly couldn't speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remains a mystery

Some Colorado residents have already been told to reduce their water use — the earliest such restrictions ever imposed — following a heat wave and snow drought.

Colorado residents face earliest water restrictions ever — a harbinger of worse to come

A whale that was stranded for days in shallow water at a Baltic Sea resort in Germany has swum free from a sandbank overnight after a last-ditch rescue effort.  The whale then swam through it overnight, marine biologist Robert Marc Lehmann said Friday, German news agency dpa reported.  The whale was spotted stuck on an underwater sandbank in Timmendorfer Strand, a popular resort town, on Monday morning.

A whale stranded at a Baltic Sea resort has swum off a sandbank. But it isn't safe yet

American Airlines flight attendant Eric Fernando Gutierrez Molina has been reported missing. According to an NBC 5 article published Wednesday, March 25, Molina, 32 — who is based out of Dallas-Fort Worth — flew from Miami to Colombia on Saturday. Molina and his coworkers had a layover in Medellín and were supposed to head back […]

American Airlines Flight Attendant Disappears Amid Layover in Colombia, Authorities Investigating

Here's how to nab tickets to the 'Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber' tour.

‘Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber’ tour — How to get tickets, presale times, concert dates and more

Faith and community leaders gathered Wednesday evening at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church for an interfaith forum exploring the historical and spiritual connections between the Black experience and the Palestinian struggle.  The event, "The Black Experience: Leadership, Palestine and Truth Telling," drew panelists from across Charlotte's religious community, including Jibril Hough, of the Islamic Center of Charlotte and founder of Ansar Justice Foundation, Wake Forest University Professor o

Charlotte faith leaders hold interfaith forum on Black and Palestinian solidarity

Luke Kuhn was attacked by a great white shark in South Australia on Wednesday, March 25

Fisherman Attacked by Great White Shark Says ‘My Left Foot Was in His Mouth’

Two landmark jury verdicts against social media companies have arrived at the front of a wave of lawsuits alleging that the popular platforms endanger the mental health of children.  Financial penalties total $381 million in the two cases involving tech giant Meta in New Mexico and both Meta and YouTube in California.  The verdicts highlight a growing shift in the public perception of social media companies and their responsibilities toward child safety.

Verdicts against social media companies carry consequences. But questions linger

For years, parents, teenagers, pediatricians, educators and whistleblowers have pushed the idea that social media is detrimental to young people's mental health and can lead to addiction, eating disorders, sexual exploitation and suicide.  In Los Angeles on Wednesday, a jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for harms to children using their services.  In New Mexico, a jury determined that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation

As juries turn against social media for harming kids, Big Tech's invincibility starts to show cracks

An empty lot between a fire station and a soccer field just outside Albuquerque soon will be the home of a federal medical center first promised to Native American patients more than 30 years ago.  Earlier this month, Santa Ana Pueblo Gov. Myron Armijo took officials from the U.S. Indian Health Service and the Department of Health and Human Services on a tour of the location where patients are to receive everything from dialysis and diabetes care to optometry services.

Indian Health Service is digging out of decades-old construction backlog for medical buildings

Clones of Stumpy, Washington D.C.'s beloved cherry blossom tree, have flowered for the first time

The California Department of Public Health is raising the alarm on an outbreak of death cap mushrooms, which has hospitalized dozens of people.

California warns of death cap mushrooms outbreak resulting in 3 deaths

The law hasn't been invoked since the 1992 L.A. riots.

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