45 animals killed as train collides with flock of sheep in Germany

Berlin — Police say a train has collided with a flock of sheep in southwestern Germany, killing some 45 animals. Police in Konstanz, on the Swiss border, said none of the people on board the train — four passengers and the driver — was hurt in the accident at 4:40 a.m. Wednesday. It wasn’t clear […]

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Family dog in Ohio brings home human skull

Columbus, Ohio  — Police say a family dog in Ohio brought a human skull home. Madison Township Police Chief Matthew Byers says the dog found the skull around 2 p.m. Monday in a wooded area in Madison Township. Police responded to the area with cadaver dogs and found the rest of the body Tuesday. Byers […]

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Ramadan public wakers in Jerusalem face arrest for being ‘noisy’

Ramadan public wakers in Jerusalem face arrest for being 'noisy'

Jerusalem — The Palestinian men who chant and beat drums to wake up the faithful during Ramadan in Jerusalem’s Old City say they are being unfairly targeted by Israeli police over their early-morning tradition. The public wakers, known as musaharati, walk through parts of the Old City from 2 a.m., waking up Muslims for the […]

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Lava flows from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano destroy over 110 homes

Lava from Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano has destroyed more than 100 homes in a rural Big Island district. As of Monday, lava burned down 117 homes, said Hawaii County spokeswoman Janet Snyder.

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