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US: Semi-Truck and Passenger Vehicle Collide in North Las Vegas

A semi-truck and passenger vehicle collided Thursday afternoon, April 8, near W. Carey Avenue and Simmons Street in North Las Vegas. Emergency crews responded to the scene as police and fire crews investigated the crash. Simmons Street was temporarily closed in both directions between Carey and Evans avenues.

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[Breaking News]Festival in northeastern Japan

HACHINOHE, Japan, Aug. 1 Kyodo - Decorated floats are lined up in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 31, 2024, as the annual Hachinohe Sansha Taisai festival kicks off. The floats, each 10 meters high and 8 meters wide, will be paraded for three days starting the following day as part of the five-day festival, which dates back around 300 years and, in 2016, was inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. (Kyodo)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CHINA-GIANT PANDA-RU YI-BIRTHDAY

(240801) -- MOSCOW, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Ru Yi is seen at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2024. Giant pandas Ru Yi and Ding Ding arrived in Moscow on April 29, 2019 for a 15-year scientific program. Ru Yi, born in July 31, 2016 in southwest China's Sichuan Province, celebrated its birthday here on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CHINA-GIANT PANDA-RU YI-BIRTHDAY

(240801) -- MOSCOW, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Ru Yi is seen at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2024. Giant pandas Ru Yi and Ding Ding arrived in Moscow on April 29, 2019 for a 15-year scientific program. Ru Yi, born in July 31, 2016 in southwest China's Sichuan Province, celebrated its birthday here on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CHINA-GIANT PANDA-RU YI-BIRTHDAY

(240801) -- MOSCOW, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Ru Yi enjoys its birthday cake at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2024. Giant pandas Ru Yi and Ding Ding arrived in Moscow on April 29, 2019 for a 15-year scientific program. Ru Yi, born in July 31, 2016 in southwest China's Sichuan Province, celebrated its birthday here on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CHINA-GIANT PANDA-RU YI-BIRTHDAY

(240801) -- MOSCOW, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Ru Yi enjoys its birthday cake at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2024. Giant pandas Ru Yi and Ding Ding arrived in Moscow on April 29, 2019 for a 15-year scientific program. Ru Yi, born in July 31, 2016 in southwest China's Sichuan Province, celebrated its birthday here on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CHINA-GIANT PANDA-RU YI-BIRTHDAY

(240801) -- MOSCOW, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People take photos of Giant panda Ru Yi at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2024. Giant pandas Ru Yi and Ding Ding arrived in Moscow on April 29, 2019 for a 15-year scientific program. Ru Yi, born in July 31, 2016 in southwest China's Sichuan Province, celebrated its birthday here on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CHINA-GIANT PANDA-RU YI-BIRTHDAY

(240801) -- MOSCOW, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Ru Yi is seen at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2024. Giant pandas Ru Yi and Ding Ding arrived in Moscow on April 29, 2019 for a 15-year scientific program. Ru Yi, born in July 31, 2016 in southwest China's Sichuan Province, celebrated its birthday here on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CHINA-GIANT PANDA-RU YI-BIRTHDAY

(240801) -- MOSCOW, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Ru Yi is seen at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2024. Giant pandas Ru Yi and Ding Ding arrived in Moscow on April 29, 2019 for a 15-year scientific program. Ru Yi, born in July 31, 2016 in southwest China's Sichuan Province, celebrated its birthday here on Wednesday. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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Russia's Ebeko volcano spews ash 3,000 meters high

STORY: Russia's Ebeko volcano spews ash 3,000 meters high SHOOTING TIME: March 24/27, 2024 DATELINE: March 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the eruptions (courtesy of Kamchatka branch of the federal research center Unified Geological Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences) STORYLINE: Russia's Ebeko volcano spewed ash to a height of 3,000 meters into the atmosphere, a Russian research institute said Wednesday. "The ash emission reached approximately 3,000 meters above sea level," said the press service of the Kamchatka branch of the federal research center Unified Geological Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The 1,156-meter-high Ebeko volcano is located on Russia's Kuril Island of Paramushir. Regular emissions, ranging from weak to moderate, have been ongoing since Oct. 20, 2016, which are considered normal for the volcano. The record emission occurred on Aug. 31, 2018, when a smoke column surged to a height of 6,000 meters from

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Typhoon Lionrock hits northern Japan

MINAMIFURANO, Japan, Aug. 31 Kyodo - Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016, shows a flooded street in the town of Minamifurano in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido after powerful Typhoon Lionrock batters northern and northeastern Japan.

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Northern Japan town after powerful typhoon

MINAMIFURANO, Japan, Aug. 31 Kyodo - A road is flooded by heavy rain accompanying Typhoon Lionrock in the town of Minamifurano in Japan's northernmost island prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 31, 2016.

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-GUIZHOU-ASTRONOMY-FAST-TELESCOPE (CN)

(220806) -- GUIZHOU, Aug. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) with the first reflection panel installed (upper L, photo taken on Aug. 2, 2015), with nearly half of the reflection panels installed (upper R, photo taken on Dec. 16, 2015), with about 80 percent of the reflection panels installed (lower L, photo taken on March 9, 2016), and a panoramic view of FAST (lower R, photo taken on July 21, 2022), in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Located in a naturally deep and round karst depression in southwest China's Guizhou Province, FAST started formal operation in January 2020 and officially opened to the world on March 31, 2021. It is believed to be the world's most sensitive radio telescope. With FAST, scientists have identified over 660 new pulsars. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-GUIZHOU-ASTRONOMY-FAST-TELESCOPE (CN)

(220806) -- GUIZHOU, Aug. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The long-time exposure photo taken on June 27, 2016 shows a night view of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Located in a naturally deep and round karst depression in southwest China's Guizhou Province, FAST started formal operation in January 2020 and officially opened to the world on March 31, 2021. It is believed to be the world's most sensitive radio telescope. With FAST, scientists have identified over 660 new pulsars. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-GUIZHOU-ASTRONOMY-FAST-TELESCOPE (CN)

(220806) -- GUIZHOU, Aug. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) with the first reflection panel installed (top, photo taken on Aug. 2, 2015) and with the final reflection panel installed (below, photo taken on July 2, 2016) in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Located in a naturally deep and round karst depression in southwest China's Guizhou Province, FAST started formal operation in January 2020 and officially opened to the world on March 31, 2021. It is believed to be the world's most sensitive radio telescope. With FAST, scientists have identified over 660 new pulsars. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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Moscow Zoo throws birthday party for two giant pandas

STORY: Moscow Zoo throws birthday party for two giant pandas DATELINE: Aug. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of staff preparing for the birthday party (courtesy of Moscow Zoo) 2. various of giant pandas enjoying the birthday cake STORYLINE: The Moscow Zoo on Sunday celebrated the birthdays of two giant pandas Ding Ding and Ru Yi in Moscow, the capital of Russia. For Ding Ding, they prepared a bamboo cake with the number "five" and a large figure of a horse made of boxes. Ru Yi received a bamboo cake with the number "six" and a wooden swing in the shape of a dragon as a present. On the same day, a festive program was also held in the zoo. People enjoyed a show of Chinese traditional dragon and lion dances. Six-year-old male Ru Yi was born on July 31, 2016, whereas five-year-old female Ding Ding was born on July 30, 2017. The pair arrived in Moscow in 2019 from China's southwestern province of Sichuan for a 15-year joint research program. Xinhua News Age

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Boxing: Taguchi, Kono set for 4th title defense in August

Undated combined photo shows WBA light flyweight champion Ryoichi Taguchi (L) and WBA super flyweight champion Kohei Kono, both of Japan. Taguchi and Kono will make their fourth title defenses at Ota Ward Gymansium in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2016, against top-ranked Japanese challenger Ryo Miyazaki and interim champion Luis Concepcion of Panama, respectively, their Watanabe Gym said on July 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima peace museum puts Obama's paper cranes on display

Visitors to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on June 9, 2016, look at paper cranes handmade by U.S. President Barack Obama. The museum put the paper cranes, offered by Obama during his historic visit to the atom-bombed city in May, on show the same day and the display will continue until Aug. 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima peace museum puts Obama's paper cranes on display

Photo taken June 9, 2016, shows two paper cranes handmade by U.S. President Barack Obama, and an entry he made in a guestbook at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum during his historic visit to the atom-bombed city in May. The museum put the paper cranes and entry on show the same day and the display will continue until Aug. 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima peace museum puts Obama's paper cranes on display

Photo taken June 9, 2016, shows two sets of two paper cranes handmade by U.S. President Barack Obama on display at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. The museum put the paper cranes, offered by Obama during his historic visit to the atom-bombed city in May, on show the same day and the display will continue until Aug. 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima peace museum puts Obama's paper cranes on display

Visitors to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on June 9, 2016, look at paper cranes handmade by U.S. President Barack Obama. The museum put the paper cranes, offered by Obama during his historic visit to the atom-bombed city in May, on show the same day and the display will continue until Aug. 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Kawasaki sign former Japan midfielder Ienaga

Akihiro Ienaga (C) of Omiya Ardija shoots during the second half of a Japanese League Cup quarterfinal against Yokohama F Marinos at NACK5 Stadium in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 31, 2016. Kawasaki Frontale said on Jan. 5, 2017 that they have signed the former Japan midfielder, who had spells at Spain's Real Mallorca and South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Documentary film on wheelchair-bound "rakugoka" hits screens

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016, at Asakusa Engei Hall theater in central Tokyo, shows Hayashiya Kanpei, a speech-impaired, wheelchair-bound "rakugoka" storyteller. His struggle to return to the stage after suffering a stroke is the focus of the new documentary film "Namidano Kazudake Warao-yo (Let's Laugh As Many Times As We Cry)." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FOCUS: Iran oil facility expresses hope for Japanese investment

Employees at an oil terminal on Kharg Island, Iran, supervise a tanker loading at the eastern dock in a control room on Aug. 31, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FOCUS: Iran oil facility expresses hope for Japanese investment

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016 shows pipelines transferring crude oil from storages on the hills to tankers in the eastern dock of Kharg Island, Iran. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FOCUS: Iran oil facility expresses hope for Japanese investment

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016 shows natural gas burning in towers on Kharg Island, Iran. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Joseph's 1st game as Japan coach to be against Argentina in Tokyo

Photo shows Jamie Joseph (far L in the back) playing the last of his nine internationals for Japan against Argentina in Cardiff, Wales, on Oct. 20, 1999, during Rugby World Cup 1999. New Japan coach Joseph's first game in charge of the Brave Blossoms will be against Argentina on Nov. 5, the Japan Rugby Football Union announced on Aug. 31, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st female Tokyo governor Koike begins work

Newly elected Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gives instructions to officials at the metropolitan government office, decorated with banners for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, on Aug. 2, 2016, starting work as the first woman to lead the Japanese capital following her landslide victory in the gubernatorial election on July 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Hiroshima to retire Kuroda's No. 15

Hiroki Kuroda of the Hiroshima Carp pitches against the Yomiuri Giants at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2016. The Carp are set to retire his uniform number 15, club owner Hajime Matsuda said on Oct. 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N.Y. to mark 15th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016, shows the site where the World Trade Center's twin towers fell in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, in Manhattan, New York. New York will mark 15 years since the attacks with a ceremony at Ground Zero on Sept. 11, 2016, commemorating the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives in the coordinated acts of terror on U.S. soil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reconstruction of quake-hit Italian city continues

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016, shows a community in the suburbs of L'Aquila, Italy, which was severely affected by a powerful earthquake in April 2009. Most buildings in the community were damaged by the quake but rehabilitation has made little progress. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reconstruction of quake-hit Italian city continues

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016, shows the central part of L'Aquila, Italy, where reconstruction work following an April 2009 powerful earthquake continues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reconstruction of quake-hit Italian city continues

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016, shows the central part of L'Aquila, Italy, where reconstruction work following an April 2009 powerful earthquake continues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Osaka cruises into U.S. Open 3rd round

Japan's Naomi Osaka faces off against Duan Yingying of China during a woman's second-round match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Aug. 31, 2016. Osaka won 6-4, 7-6(3) to advance to the third round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Osaka cruises into U.S. Open 3rd round

Japan's Naomi Osaka faces off against Duan Yingying of China during a woman's second-round match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Aug. 31, 2016. Osaka won 6-4, 7-6(3) to advance to the third round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Osaka cruises into U.S. Open 3rd round

Japan's Naomi Osaka faces off against Duan Yingying of China during a woman's second-round match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Aug. 31, 2016. Osaka won 6-4, 7-6(3) to advance to the third round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nadal moves into U.S. Open 3rd round

Spain's Rafael Nadal plays in a second-round match against Andreas Seppi of Italy at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Aug. 31, 2016. Nadal won 6-0, 7-5, 6-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nadal moves into U.S. Open 3rd round

Spain's Rafael Nadal plays in a second-round match against Andreas Seppi of Italy at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Aug. 31, 2016. Nadal won 6-0, 7-5, 6-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paralympics: Rio athletes' village opens

Japanese Paralympians enter the athletes' village in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 31, 2016, as it opened a week before the start of the Rio Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Samsung unveils new smartwatch

Samsung Electronics Co. unveils its new smartwatch wearable device, the Gear S3, in Berlin on Aug. 31, 2016. The device will be showcased at IFA 2016, one of the world's largest home electronics trade shows, in the German capital from Sept. 2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese bonito flake makers open factory in France

Katsuhiko Oishi, president of Makurazaki France Katsuobushi Co., a company specializing in making dried bonito flakes, speaks at a ceremony commemorating the completion of the company's factory in Concarneau, northwestern France, on Aug. 31, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese bonito flake maker opens factory in France

Katsuhiko Oishi (far L), president of Makurazaki France Katsuobushi Co., a company specializing in making dried bonito flakes, and Andre Fidelin (C), mayor of Concarneau, northwestern France, and other officials pose for a photo before cracking open a barrel of sake during a ceremony commemorating the completion of the company's factory in the city on Aug. 31, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kaneto rewrites own Japanese record in World Cup win

Rie Kaneto of Japan swims en route to winning the women's 200-meter breaststroke event at a short-course format World Cup meet in Berlin on Aug. 31, 2016. The Rio Olympic gold medalist rewrote her own Japanese record in the event for the first time in seven years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kaneto rewrites own Japanese record in World Cup win

Gold medalist Rie Kaneto (C) of Japan, silver medalist Yuliya Efimova (L) of Russia and bronze medalist Breeja Larson of the United States pose with their medals during the award ceremony for the women's 200-meter breaststroke event at a short-course format World Cup meet in Berlin on Aug. 31, 2016. Kaneto rewrote her own Japanese record in the event for the first time in seven years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kaneto rewrites own Japanese record in World Cup win

Rie Kaneto of Japan smiles during the award ceremony after winning the women's 200-meter breaststroke event at a short-course format World Cup meet in Berlin on Aug. 31, 2016. The Rio Olympic gold medalist rewrote her own Japanese record in the event for the first time in seven years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Osaka cruises into U.S. Open 3rd round

Japan's Naomi Osaka faces off against Duan Yingying of China during a woman's second-round match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Aug. 31, 2016. Osaka won 6-4, 7-6(3) to advance to the third round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Osaka cruises into U.S. Open 3rd round

Japan's Naomi Osaka faces off against Duan Yingying of China during a woman's second-round match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Aug. 31, 2016. Osaka won 6-4, 7-6(3) to advance to the third round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Osaka cruises into U.S. Open 3rd round

Japan's Naomi Osaka faces off against Duan Yingying of China during a woman's second-round match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Aug. 31, 2016. Osaka won 6-4, 7-6(3) to advance to the third round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Osaka cruises into U.S. Open 3rd round

Japan's Naomi Osaka faces off against Duan Yingying of China during a woman's second-round match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Aug. 31, 2016. Osaka won 6-4, 7-6(3) to advance to the third round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichiro singles against Mets

Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki singles to right field in the second inning of a game against the New York Mets at Citi Field in New York on Aug. 31, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo