FULTON, Missouri The front of a building in downtown Fulton collapsed Wednesday, revealing an apartment in the top floor of the 2-story building. No one was reported hurt, Fulton Police Chief Bill Ladwig said. First responders were preparing to enter the building late Wednesday morning, Ladwig said. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the building at 505 Nichols St. to collapse. The lower floor was occupied by a coffee shop getting ready for a grand opening, Hitchin' Java. The apartment tenants on the top floor were not injured, the shop wrote. https://abc17news.com/news/2026/06/17/front-of-downtown-fulton-building-collapses

(Near) Tartous, Syria Syria’s state-owned telecom operator is continuing repairs on the “sabotaged” international undersea cable bw the coastal city Tartous & Alexandria in Egypt. Syria Telecom said on Tuesday that it is currently providing internet nced that the Tartous-Alexandria undersea cable had been subjected to an “act of sabotage,” affecting internet service for users across the Syrian Arab Republic. It described the act as part of a “systematic sabotage campaign” targeting the country’s infrastructure and said that full resumption of services would take time. https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2647318/middle-east

Cancun, Mexico An early-morning transformer explosion and subsequent fire at CFE’s Canek substation in Cancun cut power to over 10,000 users across more than 50 zones. The incident occurred around 2:00 a.m. at facilities located on Avenida Chac Mool, near the intersection with Andres Quintana Roo Avenue, in Cancun's Region 96. Residents reported a detonation from the substation to emergency services, followed by a column of smoke and flames that spread across the area. The fire was extinguished with no injuries reported, and the causes of the incident remain under investigation. https://mexicobusiness.news/energy/news/transformer-fire-cfe-substation-cuts-power-across-cancun

NYC, New York LaGuardia Airport shut down one of its 2 runways Wednesday to conduct precautionary structural testing, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said. In a statement, the Port Authority said a 2” depression was found adjacent to Runway 4/22 during an airfield inspection. The runway was shut down at 5 p.m. so crews could conduct testing, identify the cause of the depression and perform stabilization work, if necessary, Port Authority said. "There is no immediate safety concern and the runway is being closed proactively," the Port Authority said in a statement, in part. The Port Authority said it hopes to complete the assessment and conduct any necessary repair work overnight and reopen the runway by Thursday morning. LaGuardia's other runway, Runway 13/31, will remain open. https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/laguardia-airport-runway-shut-down-structural-testing/