'Persepolis' Author Marjane Satrapi, Dead at 56

Popular graphic novelist, illustrator and director Marjane Satrapi, best known for 'Persepolis' and its Oscar-nominated animation film adaptation about a young girl named Marjane growing up during the Iranian Revolution in Tehran, has died at the age of 56. See Full Story>

Pennsylvania Parents Arrested After Cocaine Found in Toddler's Lunchbox

 

Police in York County, Pennsylvania arrested Joel Rodriguez-Melendez, 31, and Emily Arter, 30, after daycare workers found a bag of cocaine inside their toddler's lunchbox, and a subsequent raid of the home revealed other drugs being used for distribution. See Full Story>

Delhi Hotel Fire Kills 21, Injures at Least 40

 

A fire broke out on the ground floor of a restaurant at the Flourish Inn Stay hotel in the India capital city of Delhi and quickly spread to the above floors of the building, killing 21 people and injuring at least 40 others who were taken to nearby hospitals. See Full Story>

Rescue Workers Search For Missing Miner Trapped in Laos Cave

Rescuers workers and international diving teams continue to perform a risky search and rescue mission for two missing miners out of a group of seven, trapped for 10 days by heavy flash flooding due to monsoon rains while searching for gold inside a cave in Xaisomboun province, Laos. See Full Story>

At Least 82 Dead in China Mine Explosion

 

Resue workers continue search efforts after a gas explosion at the Luishenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, Shanxi province in northern China caused tunnel collapse and flooding, killing at least 82 of the 247 workers at the site, the deadliest such disaster in the country since 2009. See Full Story>