Local leaders say 1K dead from Sierra Leone mudslides

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) More than 1,000 people have died from the mudslide and flood that hit Sierra Leone’s capital nearly two weeks ago, a local leader and a minister said Sunday during services honoring the disaster’s victims. The government had earlier put the death toll for the Aug. 14 mudslide at 450 dead, while […]

Facebook, Instagram experience outages Saturday

NEW YORK (CNN TECH) Saturday morning turned out to be social-media-free for a number of Facebook and Instagram users, albeit involuntarily. Some people reported difficulties accessing the two social platforms beginning at about 9 a.m. ET, according to Down Detector, a site that tracks real-time outages and other online issues. Facebook acknowledged the outage in […]

Tobe Hooper, ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ director, dies at 74

LOS ANGELES (AP) Tobe Hooper, the horror-movie pioneer whose low-budget sensation “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” took a buzz saw to audiences with its brutally frightful vision, has died. He was 74. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office on Sunday said Hooper died Saturday in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles. It was reported […]

German woman dies, raises death toll to 16 in Spain attacks

MADRID (AP) A 51-year-old German woman died Sunday from injuries suffered in the Aug. 17 vehicle attack in Barcelona, raising the overall death toll in Spain’s recent attacks to 16, health officials in Catalonia said. The woman died in the intensive care unit of Barcelona’s Hospital del Mar, according to the regional health department. The […]

Mayweather dominates McGregor in late rounds to go 50-0

LAS VEGAS (AP) Floyd Mayweather Jr. put on a show in the last fight of his spectacular career. Conor McGregor didn’t do so badly, either. Mayweather figured out a 50th opponent Saturday night, letting McGregor have the early rounds before stalking him late and leaving the mixed martial artist defenseless and exhausted on the ropes […]

Catastrophic floods strike Houston; thousands flee homes

HOUSTON (AP) The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into the nation’s fourth-largest city Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground and overwhelmed rescuers who could not keep up with the constant calls for help. Helicopters, boats and high-water vehicles swarmed around inundated Houston neighborhoods, pulling people […]

Bonita Springs woman, 23, succumbs to injuries in Lee County crash

SOUTH FORT MYERS, Fla. One person died Sunday from injuries sustained in a crash on McGregor Boulevard, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Natalie Thoennes, 23, of Bonita Springs was involved in a crash early Tuesday morning near the intersection of McGregor Boulevard and Whiskey Creek Drive, according to the FHP. She was driven by 28-year-old […]

Golf Doctor tip of the week: Sponge guides the swing

FORT MYERS, Fla.- The Golf Doctor, Mike Calbot, and WINK News weekend sports anchor, Morgan Frances, give golfers a two-minute tip they can take to the course. This week, Morgan and Mike show golfers how something as simple as a sponge can help guide a golfer’s swing. The Golf Doctor airs every Sunday morning on […]