Death toll keeps rising in Hong Kong apartment blaze; more arrests made
Hong Kong authorities say almost 130 people have been confirmed dead in the massive fire that charred an apartment complex and took two days to put out.
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Hong Kong authorities say almost 130 people have been confirmed dead in the massive fire that charred an apartment complex and took two days to put out.
President Trump told reporters as he flew into Japan that he expects to have a trade agreement with China finalized by the end of his tour of Asia.
Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier than their Egyptian counterparts, new research has found.
Gains after a court blocked President Trump's emergency tariffs got less strong, however, as trading progressed.
Onosato, 24, is the first Japanese sumo wrestler to achieve the rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, in years, and he's vowed not to "disgrace the title."
Foot Locker is the second major U.S. shoe company to be acquired in recent weeks as tariffs hit footwear industry.
It sent buildings in many areas toppling to the ground, buckled roads, caused bridges to collapse and burst a dam.
Could the tariffs Trump's threatened to slap on Chinese imports backfire and help Beijing? Some experts say they will.
The World Health Organization has confirmed a human bird flu case in India – a 4-year-old who was infected with the H9N2 avian flu virus.
Local police said the 55-year-old suspect stabbed all four Americans after one of them bumped into him.
Xi Jinping welcomes Vladimir Putin to Beijing - talking peace in Ukraine amid a backdrop of war and growing tension with the U.S. and NATO.
Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years hit during morning rush, killing several, injuring hundreds and sparking tsunami warnings as far away as Japan and the Philippines.
Exactly why the great ape died off after flourishing for hundreds of thousands of years has been one of the lasting mysteries of paleontology.
China's spy agency says the foreign head of a consultancy entered the country several times with instructions from MI6 "to collect China-related intelligence for Britain."
All 379 occupants of the Japan Airlines flight got out safely and the pilot of the coast guard plane also escaped, officials said.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 prompted a tsunami warning on New Year's Day.
A large part of the fuselage of a U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey that crashed almost a week earlier has been found with 5 crew members' bodies inside, the Air Force confirmed.
A U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft crashed into the ocean near the Japanese island of Yakushima with 8 people on board, and at least 1 was killed.
A dense, acrid layer of smog has blanketed India's capital, as it does every year, despite firework bans and farmers being ordered to change their ways.
Pakistan's Interior Minister condemned the "heinous" suicide bombing that killed dozens of people gathered at a mosque to mark the Prophet Mohammed's birthday.
The U.S. service member crossed the border so quickly that South Korean and American soldiers didn't have time to stop him, according to local media.
Most Asian nations have strict drug laws with harsh penalties, so Thailand's de facto legalization of pot has brought a wave of tourists from the region.
Janet Yellen, in Beijing to meet Chinese officials and American businesses, stressed the U.S. desire to trade, but not at the expense of security.
Climate and water experts say every person on the planet should be worried about the dizzying rate at which glaciers in the Himalayas are melting.
The top U.S. diplomat capped 2 days of meetings in Beijing by sitting down with China's leader, as both countries work to pull relations back from a "low point."
Twelve hours after a deadly pileup in southern Colorado on Tuesday morning, the northbound lanes of Interstate 25 were still closed south of Pueblo.
After more than two decades on South Broadway, one of Denver's most popular music festivals is moving across town.tails ahead of the festival.
Three to four feet of snow is possible in the hardest-hit areas, including Wolf Creek Pass and the San Juan Mountains. For most of the northern and central mountains, widespread totals of 10 to 20 inches are expected.
Cheyenne Frontier Days will run from July 17 to 26 and will have more rodeo events, $960,000 rodeo prize money — up from $770,000 — and a new "first Friday rodeo."
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport now has a dedicated tank for unleaded aviation fuel, marking the first major milestone in its accelerated plan to phase out leaded fuel announced in 2023.
Twelve hours after a deadly pileup in southern Colorado on Tuesday morning, the northbound lanes of Interstate 25 were still closed south of Pueblo.
After more than two decades on South Broadway, one of Denver's most popular music festivals is moving across town.tails ahead of the festival.
Three to four feet of snow is possible in the hardest-hit areas, including Wolf Creek Pass and the San Juan Mountains. For most of the northern and central mountains, widespread totals of 10 to 20 inches are expected.
Cheyenne Frontier Days will run from July 17 to 26 and will have more rodeo events, $960,000 rodeo prize money — up from $770,000 — and a new "first Friday rodeo."
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport now has a dedicated tank for unleaded aviation fuel, marking the first major milestone in its accelerated plan to phase out leaded fuel announced in 2023.
Three to four feet of snow is possible in the hardest-hit areas, including Wolf Creek Pass and the San Juan Mountains.
A large fire on Colorado's Eastern Plains near Limon has been contained, according to local fire officials. Elbert and Lincoln counties ordered evacuations Tuesday afternoon, but they were lifted as of 5 p.m.
After more than two decades on South Broadway, one of Denver's most popular music festivals is moving across town.tails ahead of the festival.
Blanco served as the chief judge of Colorado's 8th Judicial District — the first woman to hold that title — and will now serve on the highest court in the state.
Rev. Jesse Jackson was a famed civil rights leader who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. He died at the age of 84.
Former Denver Nuggets Head Coach Doug Moe died in Texas at the age of 87.
A popular youth hockey coach in southern Colorado has been arrested for investigation of felony child abuse after colliding on the ice with one of his players in a case that one of the coach's supporters called a "terrifying precedent for youth sports across the country."
Elana Meyers Taylor has won her first Olympic gold in women's monobob, and she made history as the oldest American woman to do it at the Winter Games.
Their respective semifinal wins on Monday set up a seventh gold-medal showdown between Team USA and Canada later this week.
Mikaela Shiffrin, who is the winningest athlete on the World Cup circuit, has now failed to win a medal in eight straight Olympic events since the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang.
Germany's Bayer has faced thousands of lawsuits after buying Roundup maker Monsanto in 2018 for $63 billion.
The Kennedy-era robin's egg blue that's currently on the planes is being updated to navy, red and gold.
Juliette Bryant says not long after meeting Jeffrey Epstein, he assaulted her, and she realized, "this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped."
Democrats made their counteroffer on overhauling immigration enforcement on Monday, the latest step in talks to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Iran and the U.S. traded threats and warnings even as negotiators sat down to discuss a deal to avert a war, but Tehran says "we now have a clearer path ahead."
Blanco served as the chief judge of Colorado's 8th Judicial District — the first woman to hold that title — and will now serve on the highest court in the state.
The Kennedy-era robin's egg blue that's currently on the planes is being updated to navy, red and gold.
"There's something about this administration's attitude toward this, which I think really leads us to conclude they have something to hide," she told the BBC.
Democrats made their counteroffer on overhauling immigration enforcement on Monday, the latest step in talks to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Iran and the U.S. traded threats and warnings even as negotiators sat down to discuss a deal to avert a war, but Tehran says "we now have a clearer path ahead."
The AdventHealth Transplant Institute at Porter is participating in a national voucher system that allows living donors to give a kidney now and help a loved one receive one later.
The Trump administration's new discounted drug platform, TrumpRx, isn't a game-changer for consumers, health care experts said.
The University of Colorado Cancer Center at CU Anschutz has been selected by the National Cancer Institute as one of just eight hubs nationwide to evaluate new multi‑cancer detection blood tests, part of a national pilot called the Vanguard Study.
Lydia Howerton of Good Eaters showed how easy it is to bake her gluten-free zucchini brownies.
In Colorado, it's not yet clear exactly how much funding will be cut for public health services, but organizations like the Colorado Health Network are bracing for impact.
After more than two decades on South Broadway, one of Denver's most popular music festivals is moving across town.tails ahead of the festival.
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport now has a dedicated tank for unleaded aviation fuel, marking the first major milestone in its accelerated plan to phase out leaded fuel announced in 2023.
Palantir, the controversial data company tied to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CIA, and multiple countries' militaries, announced on Tuesday that it's leaving Denver for Miami as a new corporate headquarters location.
Germany's Bayer has faced thousands of lawsuits after buying Roundup maker Monsanto in 2018 for $63 billion.
IKEA announced on Tuesday that it will open a new location in Fort Collins.
A popular youth hockey coach in southern Colorado has been arrested for investigation of felony child abuse after colliding on the ice with one of his players in a case that one of the coach's supporters called a "terrifying precedent for youth sports across the country."
A Denver judge this week ordered an area pastor, Tilo Lopez, to pay a family $311,000 in restitution after Lopez was criminally prosecuted in connection with a construction project he said he would do for the family.
The filing comes months after a judge ordered the company to pay more than $116 million for its role in the 2021 death of 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos.
Denver drivers continue to be impacted by a change in how parking tickets are disputed. That system changed in September, when the city eliminated the ability to dispute parking tickets online.
Former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen, who retired as chief in 2022, plans to announce next week that he is running for a seat on Denver City Council.