Death toll in Myanmar earthquake nears 700, with hundreds more injured
It sent buildings in many areas toppling to the ground, buckled roads, caused bridges to collapse and burst a dam.
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It sent buildings in many areas toppling to the ground, buckled roads, caused bridges to collapse and burst a dam.
Chaturong Suksuk, a decorated Thai para-athlete, shot his bride, her mother and her sister at the wedding reception, police said.
"The temple is now empty of monks and nearby villagers are concerned they cannot do any merit-making," an official said.
A local fire chief who was arrested in Thailand is back home.
A Washington County fire chief has been detained in Thailand since before Thanksgiving and cannot come back to the United States.
The 12 members of a youth soccer team and their coach who spent more than two weeks trapped underground in a flooded cave network in northern Thailand have been discharged from hospital.
On Tuesday morning, CBS News confirmed all the remaining boys and their soccer coach had been successfully rescued from the cave in Thailand.
Rescuers working at a cave site in northern Thailand have suspended operations for the day after bringing four more boys out of the flooded cave system Monday, according to a witness working with the rescue team, bringing the total number of rescued boys to eight.
The perilous mission to evacuate 12 boys and their 25-year-old coach trapped deep inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand is under way, Thai authorities announced Sunday.
Officials coordinating the rescue said they won't attempt to move the teenage soccer team trapped in a cave system before Thursday.
The initial relief that greeted the dramatic discovery of the trapped Thai soccer team has given way to questions over why the boys are still inside the flooded cave network.
A French tourist who tried to have her picture taken with a crocodile in Thailand was injured when the reptile snapped at her when she got too close.
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