Tag: Rural area

Deadly methanol-laced bootleg liquor kills dozens in South India

CHENNAI, India — Fifty-five-year-old Ponnusamy Rajendran was a day laborer who unloaded bags of potatoes, onions and tomatoes at the local wholesale market in the southern Indian town of Kallakuruchi. Last Wednesday, after finishing his work at dawn, he...

More than 15 policemen, several civilians killed by gunmen in Russia’s Dagestan region

MOSCOW — More than 15 policemen and several civilians, including an Orthodox priest, were killed by armed militants in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan on Sunday, its governor Sergei Melikov said in a video statement early Monday. The gunmen opened fire on...

More Americans are living longer. Here’s a place that helps people thrive

The number of people hitting the traditional retirement age is surging in the U.S. Every day across the country about 11,000 people turn 65. As many look forward to a new phase of life after retiring from their day jobs, there’s a...

Russian region of Dagestan holds a day of mourning after attacks kill 19 people

MOSCOW — Russia's southern region of Dagestan held the first of three days of mourning Monday following a rampage by Islamic militants who killed 19 people, most of them police, and attacked houses of worship in apparently coordinated assaults...

The late ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek will be honored with a U.S. postage stamp

The U.S. Postal Service for 73 cents, please. A new Forever Stamp set to be publicly released by the agency next month will pay tribute to longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, who died in 2020. The stamp resembles the blue-and-white clue panel on the iconic trivia show,...