An explosion rocked downtown Nashville on Christmas morning, sending smoke rising high above the city, blowing out store windows and forcing evacuations. Authorities said they…
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At Least 10 Are Injured in Baltimore Building Explosion
At least 10 people were injured Wednesday morning, nine of them critically, in an explosion in an office building in downtown Baltimore that caused part…
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On Saturday just past noon, Leonard Shoulders strolled up to a bus stop in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx. A handful of people stood…
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The last time neighbors saw 71-year-old Robert Hisashi Nishimoto was Saturday, when he was doing yardwork in front of his home in Hilo, Hawaii. But…
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Four people were killed after a construction crane fell from the top of a building in Seattle and crushed six cars on the street below,…
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A church building in eastern South Africa partially collapsed at the start of the Easter weekend, killing at least 13…
View More South African Church Wall Caves In, Killing at Least 13Why Did the Dam in Brazil Collapse? Here’s a Brief Look.
What happened? On Jan. 25, a mining dam that sat above Brumadinho, a large town in southeastern Brazil, collapsed and unleashed a tidal wave of…
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After the catastrophic rupture of a mine-tailings dam in Brazil last week, leaving behind at least 110 dead, 238 missing and an environmental disaster of…
View More Opinion | Brazil’s Lethal Environmental NegligenceBody of 2-Year-Old Boy Trapped in Well Is Found by Spanish Authorities
Spanish authorities said early Saturday that rescuers had found the dead body of a 2-year-old boy who fell into a deep well 13 days ago.…
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MADRID — The well is over 300 feet deep, but less than a foot wide. And somewhere in its depths a 2-year-old boy is believed…
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