14+ hour, 28+ min ago   (280+ words) Sept. 12 (UPI) — A train derailment in northern France may have been caused by a malicious act, French authorities said. “At this stage, the leading theory is that a piece of rail was present on one of the tracks, potentially causing…...

12+ hour, 58+ min ago   (515+ words) Thousands of people have gathered in Romania’s capital to set a Guinness World Record with a miles-long table made of recycled materials. The 5,055-meter (3.1-mile) “Uniting Table” was sprawled along Unirii Boulevard to Constitution Square in front of Bucharest’s massive…...

8+ hour, 10+ min ago   (688+ words) Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who wrongly checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen. The state’s…...

11+ hour, 43+ min ago   (667+ words) The Venice Film Festival awarded its top prize on Saturday to a Danish-made drama about a woman trying to hide a wartime relationship with a Nazi — the only feature film with a female director in the competition. “Woman Unknown” had…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (486+ words) A fire ripped through a school in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu on Thursday, sparking a stampede that killed at least 14 children, local and health sources said. The blaze began while the children were in lessons,…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (223+ words) Gone but never forgotten. Twenty-five years since the Twin Towers disappeared from New York’s skyline in a terrorist attack they returned Wednesday night, brought back into the public consciousness courtesy of a drone-delivered light show. A total of 2,977 airborne lights…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (192+ words) Apple is unveiling its latest generation of iPhones, widely expected to include a foldable version, on Wednesday at an event headlined by new CEO John Ternus, who took over from Tim Cook on Sept. 1. Many of Apple’s biggest rivals, such…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (407+ words) Norway will bid its final farewell to King Harald V with a funeral paying tribute to the 35-year reign of the popular monarch who died on Aug. 28, aged 89. Harald, who died on Aug. 28 aged 89, was Europe’s oldest monarch and had…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (673+ words) A report from a leading civil liberties campaign group has found that the British state has arrested at least 62,000 people over five years for speech crimes, for an average of 34 arrests per day. Censorship laws such as the Malicious Communications…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (352+ words) Sept. 8 (UPI) — Philanthropist David Rubenstein, the Kennedy Center chairman ousted by President Donald Trump during his takeover last year, has purchased Blue, the sculpture removed from the center last week. Rubenstein paid more than $2 million for the sculpture and intends…...