US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

Ennis Bluebonnet Trails Festival held in Texas, U.S.

STORY: Ennis Bluebonnet Trails Festival held in Texas, U.S. DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:27 LOCATION: HOUSTON, U.S. CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of flowers STORYLINE: The 71st Annual Ennis Bluebonnet Trails Festival was held in Ennis, Texas, the United States, from April 14 to 16. Bluebonnet is Texas' state flower. Ennis was designated by the 1997 State Legislature as the home of the Official Texas Bluebonnet Trail and the Official Bluebonnet City of Texas. From April 1-30, Ennis showcases over 40 miles of mapped driving Bluebonnet Trails, which are the oldest such trails known in the state, and tens of thousands of visitors make the short trek to Ennis to view this wonderful wildflower show. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Houston, U.S. (XHTV)

Gov't opens Isahaya lock gates for 2-month probe

Gov't opens Isahaya lock gates for 2-month probe

ISAHAYA, Japan - The farm ministry opens Isahaya Bay's lock gates in Nagasaki Prefecture on April 24 as part of its probe, to last about two months, into the cause of poor seaweed harvests in the area. Seawater was allowed into the freshwater reservoir (foreground) for the first time in five years since the gates were closed April 14, 1997.

Tupac Amaru urges supporters to remember Lima hostage crisis

Tupac Amaru urges supporters to remember Lima hostage crisis

LIMA, Peru - Photo taken April 3 shows the site of former Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima. The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) is calling on followers to gather in front of the site on April 22 to remember 14 cadres killed in 1997 following their seizure of the house and numerous hostages during a party to celebrate Japanese Emperor Akihito's birthday.

Nepalese man acquitted of 1997 murder of woman

Nepalese man acquitted of 1997 murder of woman

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kamiyama, lawyer for Govinda Prasad Mainali, a Nepalese man accused of murdering a woman in Tokyo in 1997, speaks at a news conference April 14 after the Tokyo District Court found the defendant not guilty.

Daylight Raid

Daylight Raid

Peruvian military special forces ended the 127-day-old hostage crisis in a daylight raid Tuesday at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima, rescuing 71 of the 72 hostages and killing all of the 14 hostage takers. (Photo taken at 3:45 pm, April 22 1997)

Gov't opens Isahaya lock gates for 2-month probe

Gov't opens Isahaya lock gates for 2-month probe

ISAHAYA, Japan - The farm ministry opens Isahaya Bay's lock gates in Nagasaki Prefecture on April 24 as part of its probe, to last about two months, into the cause of poor seaweed harvests in the area. Seawater was allowed into the freshwater reservoir (foreground) for the first time in five years since the gates were closed April 14, 1997.

Tupac Amaru urges supporters to remember Lima hostage crisis

Tupac Amaru urges supporters to remember Lima hostage crisis

LIMA, Peru - Photo taken April 3 shows the site of former Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima. The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) is calling on followers to gather in front of the site on April 22 to remember 14 cadres killed in 1997 following their seizure of the house and numerous hostages during a party to celebrate Japanese Emperor Akihito's birthday.

Nepalese man acquitted of 1997 murder of woman

Nepalese man acquitted of 1997 murder of woman

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kamiyama, lawyer for Govinda Prasad Mainali, a Nepalese man accused of murdering a woman in Tokyo in 1997, speaks at a news conference April 14 after the Tokyo District Court found the defendant not guilty.