New York City released more than 170,000 pages of previously undisclosed records on post-9/11 air quality and health risks. Officials and advocates say the documents show city leaders knew of toxic conditions while the public was told the air was safe.
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Nepal observed a national day of mourning for victims of a catastrophic Himalayan flash flood while rescuers continued searching for thousands still missing. Families of hydropower workers pressed authorities to accelerate efforts at buried project sites and tunnels.
Volcanic ash from Anak Krakatau forced Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to suspend hundreds of flights, affecting more than 22,000 passengers. Authorities said there was no tsunami warning, while residents reported eye irritation and heavy ashfall.
Explosions at a Bolivian military facility storing pyrotechnic material killed at least 10 people, injured dozens and left seven missing, authorities said. Officials warned residents to stay away from the Viacha base because of the risk of another blast.
A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder case after jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict. Prosecutors have not said whether they will retry the former nurse accused of killing her three young children.
Jeffrey Mosteller, a former safety manager at Michigan’s Oxford Center, was sentenced to 19 months in prison after pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter in the hyperbaric chamber death of 5-year-old Thomas Cooper. Three other former employees are awaiting trial, and the boy’s parents are seeking $100 million in a civil lawsuit.
A 6-week-old Pennsylvania girl with measles has died, the Lancaster County coroner said, as U.S. measles cases reached 3,134, the highest confirmed total since 1991. The outbreak is raising questions about whether the United States could lose its measles elimination status.
The World Meteorological Organization says El Niño is likely to intensify into a very strong event and continue through February, with impacts lasting into 2027. UN officials warned of increased risks from droughts, floods, extreme heat and disruption to communities and economies.