Sanity Test Tag

Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire appeared calm and nearly 300 families who had evacuated their homes on its slopes as it began erupting returned home, authorities said Tuesday. (AP/

A man who was released from a train that was attacked by Pakistani insurgents described the chaotic scenes aboard when the militants launched their assault. (AP video by Khalil Ahmed)

0312 Today in History

Protesters gathered outside the Ministry of Energy and Mines in Quito on Tuesday, rallying against the awarding of the country’s largest oil field to a Chinese-Canadian consortium. (AP video by Cesar Olmos)

It appears the tall tale that all cats have nine lives may be true for a California Maine coon named Aggie. The beloved feline was feared dead for two months after the Palisades wildfire in Los Angeles left her family’s home in ashes. But her owner, 82-year-old Katherine Kiefer, held out some hope.

When Katherine Kiefer, 82, lost her home to the Palisades Fire on Jan. 7, she feared she had also lost her beloved cat, Aggie. But two months later, Aggie was found alive in the fire’s ruins. Here’s the moment Kiefer and Aggie reunited.