Yesenia Perez says she hasn’t seen her brother in 76 days.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The best young spellers in the English language are competing Thursday night in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, continuing a more than century-old tradition. The three-day competition began Tuesday.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Rescuers are trying to reach four climbers who fell on Alaska’s Mount McKinley, North America’s tallest peak, the National Park Service said Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — After 15 years at a convention center in suburban Maryland, the Scripps National Spelling Bee moved this year to a grand stage befitting the stakes of the competition: Constitution Hall, Washington’s largest dedicated concert venue.
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — Crews have recovered six of nine workers missing and presumed to be dead after a chemical tank rupture in Washington state, officials said Thursday.
WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria (AP) — An Austrian court on Thursday convicted a man of planning to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Potential drone danger out of Cuba is being monitored closely by the United States.
The Miami City Commission postponed a vote Thursday on a proposed $770,000 pension lawsuit settlement with Joe Carollo, a two-time mayor and three-time commissioner.
Authorities are investigating after several people were rushed to the hospital due to falling ill while on an airplane.
A husband and wife are facing child neglect charges after Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies said one of their young daughters tested positive for cocaine.