Viking Ship Captain Arrested in Deadly Budapest Boat Crash

PABLO GORONDI / The Associated Press Jun 1, 2019 The river cruise ship collided with a much smaller sightseeing boat on the Danube River, leaving seven dead and 21 still missing. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Aid Ship With 311 Migrants Ignored by Italy, Heads to Spain

JOSEPH WILSON / The Associated Press Dec 22, 2018 Spanish aid group, which made the rescue in waters near Libya, sets off for port at Algeciras after calls to other nations go unanswered. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Victims Sought After Philadelphia Building Collapse

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 5, 2013 Rescuers are scrambling to pry people from the rubble of a multistory building that collapsed in downtown Philadelphia on Wednesday. As of 1 p.m. EST, 12 people had been transferred to hospitals. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Woman Found Alive in Garment Factory Rubble

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 10, 2013 A seamstress at the Bangladeshi factory that collapsed 17 days ago, killing more than 1,000 people in one of the world's worst cases of industrial negligence, was rescued from the wreckage Friday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Horrific Details Emerge in Cleveland Kidnapping Case

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 8, 2013 The three women who were kidnapped and held captive in a Cleveland home for a decade were raped, beaten mercilessly while pregnant, kept in ropes and chains and forced to crawl around on their hands and knees naked in the backyard by their captors, according to reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dog Swept Out to Sea in Japan Is Saved

Staff / Truthdig Apr 3, 2011 Just to prove that things aren't all bad in the world, here's a bit of uplifting news. The Japanese Coast Guard plucked a small dog from wreckage floating three miles at sea three weeks after the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged the country's northeast coast. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rescuers Still Searching for Avalanche Victims in Afghanistan

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2010 More than 165 people have been killed by a series of deadly snow avalanches in a mountain pass in northeast Afghanistan that trapped dozens of victims in their vehicles and sent others into the valley below on Monday. Rescuers were still digging and searching for possible survivors in the Salang Pass on Thursday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Current Issues Figure Into MLK Day Events

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2010 Americans looking to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in a way that honored his legacy of activism and service got to work on Monday, whether by focusing on their local communities' needs or going global to help the Haiti earthquake relief effort and other current causes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Putting the ‘Toxic’ Back in Tarp

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2009 The Toxic Asset Relief Program was originally designed to save the banks from their bad bets by purchasing toxic assets, but has since evolved into something of a multipurpose slush fund. Now the Obama administration is getting back to the business of buying junk, elaborating on a plan that sent the Dow tumbling when it was first announced. Update Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

AIG Execs Enjoy Sun and Fun on Your Dime

Staff / Truthdig Oct 8, 2008 What's $85 billion if you don't get to spend it? Just days after taxpayers saved AIG from ruin, executives of the insurance giant spent $440,000 pampering themselves at the exclusive St. Regis resort in Monarch Beach, Calif. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Colombian Hostage Drama Becomes Big-Screen Drama

Staff / Truthdig Jul 9, 2008 Well, that didn't take long: Just a week after former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages were rescued from their FARC captors by Colombian forces, plans are in the works to make a movie version of the story, with Simon Brand on board to direct the drama. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

50,000 Feared Dead From Quake

Staff / Truthdig May 15, 2008 Chinese state media are reporting that more than 50,000 people could be found dead as a result of the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Monday. That's substantially higher than earlier estimates. The government has already confirmed close to 20,000 deaths. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )