Public works crews will be sprucing up San Francisco’s Chinatown District over the next few weeks to help usher in the Year of the Tiger for the Lunar New.
Up to two feet of rain has battered Hawaii since Monday as a low pressure low pressure system looming over the state threatens catastrophic flooding in the coming days.
reporting the first casualties after days of anti-government riots. police said they found through bodies in a burned out building in the chinatown district. police say the city is still tense, and it s starting to get back to normal now. they also say more than 100 people have been arrested since rioting began on wednesday. meantime, an australian army unit landed in the capital while pap what, new guinea, deployed a security team to help the rallies from the prime minister that protesters want to resign. ukraine s president says the government has unacccovered a c to be carried out in a few days. it comes amid heightened tensions over the recent build-up of russian troops along the ukranian border. matthew chance explains. reporter: these are disturbing allegations from the ukrainian president. a serious and new threat posed
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