Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon inflation hours changing this year
NEW YORK — New York police say the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon inflation viewing will end two hours earlier this year and anyone attending must be screened.
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Harvey sends devastating floods pouring into Houston
Hurricane Harvey left a trail of devastation Saturday after the most powerful storm to hit the US mainland in over a decade slammed into Texas, destroying homes, severing power supplies and forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey, which has lingered as a tropical storm, sent devastating floods pouring into Houston on Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground.
Chile families fight for acceptance of transgender children
Monica Flores was returning from a holiday abroad when Chilean police stopped her for questions at the airport. They were bothered that their records didn’t match: She had left the country with a son and returned with a daughter.
Spectators across the U.S. look skyward for solar eclipse
Millions of people flocked to areas of the U.S. that are in the “path of totality” in order to experience a total solar eclipse. During the event, the moon passes in between the sun and the Earth, appearing to block the sun.
Fans gather at Graceland for 40th anniversary of Elvis’ death
Flowers, signs and other tributes left by fans filled the meditation garden where Elvis Presley is buried alongside his parents and grandmother at Graceland, Presley’s Memphis home, on Tuesday in Memphis, Tenn. Fans from around the world gathered at Graceland for the 40th anniversary of his death. Presley died Aug. 16, 1977.
‘Bubble Up’ installation in Hong Kong
An art installation titled “Bubble Up” by Japanese artist Shinji Ohmaki produces bubbles in Hong Kong.
High diving in Bosnia
A total of 41 divers from Bosnia and neighboring countries dove from 82-foot-high high Old Mostar Bridge into the Neretva River Sunday in Mostar, 140 kms south of the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo.
Aboard Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica
Photos from the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it sails the North Pacific Ocean to traverse the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
Haiti-Dominican Republic bodybuilding showdown
Bodybuilders from Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Sunday flexed and strutted against each other on stage at the Haiti Bodybuilding Classic. It was the first of such a showdown between the neighboring countries, whose relations are often tense.
Discarded syringes, result of heroin crisis, turning up everywhere
Syringes left by drug users amid the heroin crisis are turning up everywhere. They hide in weeds along hiking trails and in playground grass, get washed into rivers and onto beaches, and lie scattered about in baseball dugouts and on sidewalks and streets. There are reports of children finding them and getting poked.