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Nepal flood
toll rises
DEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) -- Rescue teams and military helicopters are searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border. That’s where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities Wednesday following a glacier collapse.
Videos of the disaster showed people running before the floodwaters swallowed them up and washed out buildings and bridges. More than 390 people were killed and more than 1,400 are missing, including hundreds of foreigners and pilgrims.
Hundreds of others have been displaced across the Himalayan region. The steep slopes and lush valleys below the Himalayan mountain range are especially vulnerable to flooding and landslides.
ICE officer
gains release
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- Legal experts say an immigration officer’s release from a Texas jail despite a request to return him to Minnesota for prosecution could create a dangerous precedent.
Christian Castro was released early Thursday from a detention center in Brownsville after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott refused to immediately sign his extradition request. The standoff between the two states is highly unusual.
Under federal law, states have little discretion to reject extradition requests from fellow states. Thousands of fugitives are sent to other states each year as a matter of routine. Legal scholars say the Texas decision could help criminal defendants avoid justice.
Ex-warlord dies
as a prisoner
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Ratko Mladic, the notorious Bosnian Serb general, has died at age 84 while serving a life sentence for war crimes.
U.N. officials confirmed his death Thursday in a hospital in The Hague. Mladic was sentenced in 2017 for his role in the Bosnian conflict, which left over 100,000 dead.
He commanded forces responsible for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, where more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed. Despite his conviction, Mladic remained defiant, never expressing remorse. His death highlights the ongoing struggle for justice and reconciliation in the Balkans.
Tropical storms
form in Pacific
MIAMI (AP) -- Tropical Storms Karina and Lowell have formed in the Pacific Ocean far from land. The National Hurricane Center says both are expected to become hurricanes in the next few days. There are no coastal watches or warnings for either storm.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm could bring heavy rain to portions of the Caribbean in the coming days.
The storm’s name had no connection to Dolly Parton’s death.
There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect, but the Leeward Islands could get heavy rain Saturday and Sunday.