By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Nov. 9, the 314th day of 2024. There are 52 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 9, 1989, communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West for the first time in decades. Also on this ...
Marquette and vicinity: Today, mostly sunny, witha high near 50. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Tonight, a 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Extended forecast: Saturday, showers. High near ...
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — A Spanish research vessel that investigates marine ecosystems has been abruptly diverted from its usual task to take on a new job: Helping in the increasingly desperate search for the missing from Spain’s floods. The 24 crew members aboard the Ramon Margalef were preparing Friday to use its sensors and submersible robot to map an offshore area of 36 square kilometers — the equivalent of more than 5,000 soccer fields — to see if they can locate vehicles that last week’s catastrophic floods swept into the Mediterranean ...
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — The latest forest fire to break out in New Jersey spurred authorities to evacuate more than a dozen homes Wednesday as crews worked to contain the blaze, but no injuries or property damage has been reported. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said the blaze in Jackson Township was expected to be contained when it reached around 300 acres (121 hectares), though it wasn’t clear when that might happen. Firefighters were using a backfire operation to help combat the blaze, which involves burning areas ahead of the main fire in a bid to stop the flames from ...
By MARCIO SANCHEZ, CHRISTOPHER WEBER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) — California was lashed by powerful winds Wednesday that fed a fast-moving wildfire that destroyed homes and forced hundreds of residents to flee while another fire burned near multimillion-dollar properties along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu as forecasters warned of the potential for “extreme and life-threatening” blazes. Northwest of Los Angeles, the Mountain Fire exploded in size and prompted evacuation orders for suburban communities, ranches and agricultural areas near ...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Rafael formed Monday in the Caribbean and will bring heavy rain to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands before strengthening into a hurricane and likely hitting Cuba, forecasters said. Later in the week it also is expected to bring heavy rainfall to Florida and portions of the U.S. Southeast, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. A tropical storm warning was in effect for Jamaica, and a hurricane watch was in effect for the Cayman Islands and for parts of Cuba including the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Artemisa, La Habana, ...
