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Rob Reiner 1947 - 2025

Actor and director Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife of 36 years Michele Singer Reiner, 68 were found stabbed to death at their home Brentwood, California home on December 14, 2025.—————————————————————————————————————————————————— April 25, 2017 Beverly Hills, Ca. Rob Reiner Natural Resources Defense Council's STAND UP! event at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Photo by Benkey / AFF/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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.

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis leads the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession celebrated in front of the Colosseum on Good Friday in Rome, Italy on April 14, 2017. Christians around the world are marking the Holy Week, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, leading up to his resurrection on Easter. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis leads the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession celebrated in front of the Colosseum on Good Friday in Rome, Italy on April 14, 2017. Christians around the world are marking the Holy Week, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, leading up to his resurrection on Easter. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-MOUNT QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (CN)

(230524) -- LHASA, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Qiu Haiying, a researcher with the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), checks the water quality of Rongbuk Glacier near the mountaineering base camp in the Qomolangma National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 14, 2023. The 2023 Mt. Qomolangma expedition is part of the second comprehensive scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, initiated in 2017. Since the end of April, a total of 170 scientists across five teams have been conducting research on the water, ecology and human activities around the Mt. Qomolangma region, aiming to reveal the mechanism of environmental change and optimize the ecological security barrier system on the plateau. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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CHINA-MOUNT QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (CN)

(230524) -- LHASA, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kang Shichang (L), a researcher with the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), discusses the formation of glacial lake with a researcher in the Mount Qomolangma region at an altitude of 5,300 meters, in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on May 14, 2023. The 2023 Mt. Qomolangma expedition is part of the second comprehensive scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, initiated in 2017. Since the end of April, a total of 170 scientists across five teams have been conducting research on the water, ecology and human activities around the Mt. Qomolangma region, aiming to reveal the mechanism of environmental change and optimize the ecological security barrier system on the plateau. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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CHINA-MOUNT QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (CN)

(230524) -- LHASA, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Su Tao (R), a researcher with the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and his colleague mark on specimen bags at the mountaineering base camp in the Qomolangma National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 14, 2023. The 2023 Mt. Qomolangma expedition is part of the second comprehensive scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, initiated in 2017. Since the end of April, a total of 170 scientists across five teams have been conducting research on the water, ecology and human activities around the Mt. Qomolangma region, aiming to reveal the mechanism of environmental change and optimize the ecological security barrier system on the plateau. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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Malawi reduces malaria deaths by 49 percent despite challenges ahead

STORY: Malawi reduces malaria deaths by 49 percent despite challenges ahead DATELINE: April 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:14 LOCATION: Lilongwe CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of insecticide-treated bed-nets 2. various of World Malaria Day 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NEEMA KIMAMBO, WHO Malawi representative 4. various of World Malaria Day 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NEEMA KIMAMBO, WHO Malawi representative 6. various of World Malaria Day 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): HALIMA DAUDI, Deputy Minister of Health of Malawi STORYLINE: Malawi has reduced malaria deaths by about 49 percent from 3,613 in 2017 to 1,829 in 2022, Deputy Minister of Health Halima Daudi said on Tuesday in the capital of Lilongwe as the country marked World Malaria Day. But the deputy minister said although the country has made such strides, malaria continues to create a huge workload for health workers and pressure on drugs at all health facilities. She said the disease contributes to 19 percent of all out-patient cases and nine percent of al

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Türkiye detains 110 over alleged PKK ties ahead of elections

STORY: Türkiye detains 110 over alleged PKK ties ahead of elections DATELINE: April 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS/LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of the operation in Diyarbakir province STORYLINE: Turkish police on Tuesday detained 110 people over alleged ties with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), semi-official Anadolu Agency reported. The operation was launched in 21 provinces including the southeastern Kurdish-majority Diyarbakir province. The arrests included those masterminding nearly 60 street protests taken place since 2017, financing the PKK, promoting the group through media or its outlets, and some lawyers and association executives suspected of ties, according to the report. The operation came three weeks ahead of the key elections on May 14 in which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would seek to extend his two-decade rule. The PKK, listed as a terror organization by Türkiye, the United States and the European Union, has been rebelling ag

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Chinese market is great: Brazilian expat

STORY: Chinese market is great: Brazilian expat DATELINE: April 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Marcelo Gomes 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARCELO GOMES, Brazilian expat 3. various of Xiamen 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARCELO GOMES, Brazilian expat STORYLINE: Marcelo Gomes, a 31-year-old Brazilian, has been dispatched by his company to work in China's Xiamen City since 2017. Over the past five years, he has witnessed the development of the city, especially the improvement of business environment in China. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARCELO GOMES, Brazilian expat "I think the business environment in Xiamen is nice. And we have a big port in Xiamen, that is very important for China. I see that there are a lot of opportunities here. We have the special economic zone in Xiamen. And I think it is very important for business. Especially after the BRICS Summit in Xiamen, we have more cooperation, more trade business. I can see the business is growing. I think

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Man arrested over murder of Vietnamese girl in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, April 14 Kyodo - Photo taken April 14, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the key sites related to the murder of 9-year-old Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat Linh in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo: (1) the girl's house (2) the suspect's house (3) the elementary school the girl attended (4) the scene where her body was found. Yasumasa Shibuya, 46, the head of a parents' association, was arrested the same day in connection with the murder case.

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Classic car rally begins in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan, April 14 Kyodo - Vintage cars leave Atsuta Shrine in the central Japan city of Nagoya on April 14, 2017, for the classic car rally "La Festa Primavera 2017." The rally, which takes place every year, will see around 60 vehicles travel some 1,100 kilometers across central and western Japan to finish at a park in Kyoto.

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe told a meeting of the LDP the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said.

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 18, 2014, shows the Japanese Diet in Tokyo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a meeting of his Liberal Democratic Party the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said.

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) holds talks with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe told a meeting of the LDP the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said.

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) sits down with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe told a meeting of the LDP the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said.

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RUSSIA-ST. PETERSBURG-SUBWAY-EXPLOSION-COMMEMORATION

(220404) -- ST. PETERSBURG, April 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People commemorate victims at the Technological Institute station in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 3, 2022. An explosion took place in a train carriage on the runway between two metro stations in St. Petersburg on April 3, 2017, killing at least 14 people and injuring over 50 others. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

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RUSSIA-ST. PETERSBURG-SUBWAY-EXPLOSION-COMMEMORATION

(220404) -- ST. PETERSBURG, April 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People lay flowers to commemorate victims at the Technological Institute station in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 3, 2022. An explosion took place in a train carriage on the runway between two metro stations in St. Petersburg on April 3, 2017, killing at least 14 people and injuring over 50 others. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

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RUSSIA-ST. PETERSBURG-SUBWAY-EXPLOSION-COMMEMORATION

(220404) -- ST. PETERSBURG, April 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People commemorate victims at the Technological Institute station in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 3, 2022. An explosion took place in a train carriage on the runway between two metro stations in St. Petersburg on April 3, 2017, killing at least 14 people and injuring over 50 others. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

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RUSSIA-ST. PETERSBURG-SUBWAY-EXPLOSION-COMMEMORATION

(220404) -- ST. PETERSBURG, April 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man lays flowers to commemorate victims at the Technological Institute station in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 3, 2022. An explosion took place in a train carriage on the runway between two metro stations in St. Petersburg on April 3, 2017, killing at least 14 people and injuring over 50 others. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

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Renault Indicted For Deception In France In Diesel Engine Investigation

Renault has been indicted in France for deception as part of the judicial investigation opened in France in 2017 into polluting emissions from older generation diesel vehicles - A shop sign of Renault on April 14, 2020 in Paris, France. Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Abe orders preparation of multiple rates for 2017 sales tax hike

Former industry minister Yoichi Miyazawa, who is to become chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's tax panel, is surrounded by reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2015. Abe ordered Miyazawa to prepare for the introduction of multiple tax rates under the planned consumption tax hike in April 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe orders preparation of multiple rates for 2017 sales tax hike

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2015. Abe met with former industry minister Yoichi Miyazawa, who is to become chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's tax panel, to order preparations for the introduction of multiple tax rates under the planned consumption tax hike in April 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan economic growth accelerates on robust consumption, capex in April-June

Japan's State Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy Toshimitsu Motegi attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2017, after the government released data showing the country's economy grew at an annualized rate of 4.0 percent in the April-June period. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan economic growth accelerates on robust consumption, capex in April-June

Japan's State Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy Toshimitsu Motegi attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2017, after the government released data showing the country's economy grew at an annualized rate of 4.0 percent in the April-June period. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Roboticist looks to bring companionship to new heights

Robot developer Tomotaka Takahashi smiles with his "partner" RoBoHoN after an interview in his office at the University of Tokyo on April 14, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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6-year efforts enable walk in Fukushima nuclear plant in casual wear

Reporters are taken on a tour of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan on April 14, 2017. The plant operator said workers and visitors do not need to wear special protection gear in most parts of the premises as radiation levels have drastically fallen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant

Reporters look at nuclear reactors on April 14, 2017, near an area completely covered with gray mortar to prevent radioactive materials from spreading at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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6-year efforts enable walk in Fukushima nuclear plant in casual wear

Photo taken April 14, 2017, shows a convenience store at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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6-year efforts enable walk in Fukushima nuclear plant in casual wear

Reporters visit the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on April 14, 2017, in northeastern Japan. The plant operator said workers and visitors do not need to wear special protection gear in most parts of the premises as radiation levels have drastically fallen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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6-year efforts enable walk in Fukushima nuclear plant in casual wear

Workers walk past cherry trees at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan on April 14, 2017. The plant operator said workers and visitors do not need to wear special protection gear in most parts of the premises as radiation levels have drastically fallen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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6-year efforts enable walk in Fukushima nuclear plant in casual wear

Photo taken April 14, 2017, shows a meal served at a restaurant at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant

A Geiger counter shows a reporter was exposed to 40 microsieverts of radiation during a two-hour tour of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan on April 14, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant

Photo taken April 14, 2017, shows the devastated building housing the melted down No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the northeastern Japan town of Okuma. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant

Photo taken April 14, 2017, shows the building housing the melted down No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the northeastern Japan town of Okuma. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant

Photo taken April 14, 2017, shows tanks containing radioactive contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan town of Okuma. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant

Photo taken April 14, 2017, shows the inside of the bottom of the No. 5 reactor at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant

An official of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. shows the inside of the bottom of the No. 5 reactor at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on April 14, 2017, in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant

Photo taken April 14, 2017, shows the devastated building housing the melted down No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the northeastern Japan town of Okuma. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant

An official of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. holds a Geiger counter 80 meters from the melted down No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the northeastern Japan town of Okuma on April 14, 2017, showing the radiation level at 150 microsieverts per hour, less than the exposure on a flight-trip flight between Tokyo and New York. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant

Photo taken April 14, 2017, shows a building damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the northeastern Japan town of Okuma. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant

Photo taken April 14, 2017, shows the devastated building housing the melted down No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the northeastern Japan town of Okuma. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st anniv. of Kumamoto quake

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a memorial service for the victims of earthquakes in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto and its surrounding areas at the prefectural office on April 14, 2017, the first anniversary of the disaster. The quakes killed 225 people, while more than 47,000 people are still taking shelter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st anniv. of Kumamoto quake

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) attends a memorial service for the victims of earthquakes in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto and its surrounding areas at the prefectural office on April 14, 2017, the first anniversary of the disaster. The quakes killed 225 people, while more than 47,000 people are still taking shelter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 18, 2014, shows the Japanese Diet in Tokyo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a meeting of his Liberal Democratic Party the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said. (Kyodo)

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Abe to dissolve lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) sits down with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, which forms the ruling coalition with Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe told a meeting of the LDP the same day that he will dissolve the lower house and plans to hold a general election on Dec. 14 and postpone a planned consumption tax hike by 18 months to April 2017, a senior LDP lawmaker said. (Kyodo)

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1st anniversary of Kumamoto quake

People pray in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, at 9:26 p.m. on April 14, 2017, the time a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture a year earlier. A series of powerful quakes in Kumamoto caused or led to more than 200 deaths. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st anniversary of Kumamoto quake

Students pray in Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture, at 9:26 p.m. on April 14, 2017, the time a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture a year earlier. A series of powerful quakes in Kumamoto caused or led to more than 200 deaths. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st anniversary of Kumamoto quake

People pray in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, at 9:26 p.m. on April 14, 2017, the time a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture a year earlier. A series of powerful quakes in Kumamoto caused or led to more than 200 deaths. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st anniversary of Kumamoto quake

People pray in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, at 9:26 p.m. on April 14, 2017, the time a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture a year earlier. A series of powerful quakes in Kumamoto caused or led to more than 200 deaths. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo