MADRID (AP) — More than 10,000 migrants died while trying to reach Spain by sea this year, a report released by a Spanish migration rights group said on Thursday.

At least 10,457 migrants died or disappeared while trying to reach Spain by sea in 2024, an NGO said Thursday, more than 50 percent more than last year and the

Migrant advocacy group Caminando Fronteras says well over 10,000 died or disappeared trying to reach Spain in 2024. A Spain- based migrants rights group said on Thursday that a record number of 10,547 migrants died or disappeared attempting to reach Spain by sea in 2024.

Mark Spain, a popular local television news journalist in Virginia, has died just three weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 64.

It is with deep sadness that ABC13 announces the passing of Mark Spain, who was a vital anchor of both our newsroom and the community.

Mark Spain, a popular news anchor at ABC affiliate WSET-TV (ABC13) in Lynchburg, VA, died Dec. 18, just three weeks after he was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, his wife Lynita Carter Spain announced in a Facebook post.