By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, July 18, the 200th day of 2024. There are 166 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 18, 1976, at the Summer Olympics in Montreal, Nadia Comaneci of Romania became the first gymnast to receive a perfect score of 10 from ...
By ANDREW DeMILLO and ED WHITE Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Another wave of severe storms pummeled a wide swath of the United States and Canada, leading to flash floods and water rescues Wednesday in the Ozark Mountains, dropping a tornado that ravaged a community in upstate New York and stranding drivers in high water around Toronto. The relentless series of storms has caused deaths or damage from the Plains to New England this week. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost power and air conditioning during days of sweltering heat. As much as 11 inches of rain fell ...
VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — An overcrowded California men’s prison was running on emergency generator power for a third day Tuesday following a major electrical outage in the area over the weekend amid a heat wave. Utility crews were working to restore service to California State Prison, Solano, after electricity went out Sunday in parts of Vacaville, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) southwest of Sacramento. Temperatures in Vacaville topped 96 degrees (35.5 Celsius) on Sunday and hot weather was expected all week. Running water, ice and cooling fans were made available “to help ...
TORONTO (AP) — A major highway, several thoroughfares and a key transit hub were flooded in Canada’s largest city on Tuesday after torrential rain hit Toronto, while power outages were reported in multiple areas. Toronto police said part of the Don Valley Parkway, which runs from the ...
PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) — A second person has died in Vermont in the flooding from Hurricane Beryl’s remnants, officials said Thursday. The driver was swept away in his vehicle by floodwaters Thursday morning in Lyndonville, Lt. Charles Winn of the Vermont State Police said. The driver ignored bystanders’ warnings to turn around and continued through the roadway, which was covered by several feet of moving water. Authorities found the vehicle later in the day, Winn said. The driver’s body was recovered several hours later after floodwaters had receded. His name has not been ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Heavy rains associated with Hurricane Beryl and the earlier Tropical Storm Alberto have led at least 200 crocodiles to enter urban areas in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, across from Texas, state and federal authorities said this week. So far, authorities say they have captured and relocated around 200 of the big reptiles since Alberto pelted the region with rain in June. Beryl brushed the same area before making landfall in south Texas earlier this week. Authorities said the heavy rains raised water levels in coastal lagoons, leading the animals to ...
