430 dead so far in Bangladesh building collapse
Rescuers found more bodies in the concrete debris of a collapsed garment factory building Thursday and authorities say it may take another five days ...

Bangladeshis turn rescuers after building collapse
The heat in the rubble was sweltering. It closed in on his body like the darkness around him, making it hard to breathe. Working by the faint glow of ...

Pacific searched for British man from ailing boat
A U.S. Coast Guard plane from Hawaii and a Navy warship diverted from its journey home searched a remote area in the middle of the Pacific Ocean for ...

Knicks roll to 3-0 lead over Celtics
When the New York Knicks finally returned to the playoffs two years ago, the Boston Celtics let them hang around for only four games. Now Carmelo ...

St. Lucia police detail rescue after boat sinking
A boat captain and his first mate swam through dangerous waters for nearly a day before they were rescued after a sinking that was also survived by ...

Toll in Bangladesh building collapse climbs to 275
"Save us, brother. I beg you, brother," Mohammad Altab moaned to the rescuers who could not help him. He was pinned between slabs of concrete in the ...

Obama consoles families, survivors of Texas blast
President Barack Obama consoled a rural Texas community rocked by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion, telling mourners Thursday they are not alone ...

149 die, more cry for help at Bangladesh collapse
Workers trapped in the wreckage of a collapsed factory building in Bangladesh cried out for help Thursday, as rescuers struggled to reach survivors ...

Texas town where plant blew starts long recovery
From money, food and clothing to new appliances and crews armed with chain saws, help is pouring into the tiny Texas town where a fertilizer plant ...

Portable ATMs, phone-charging in China quake zone
The tent village that sprang up in two days to house quake survivors in mountain-flanked Lushan is no ordinary refugee camp. China's full range of ...
Search ends for fishermen missing off Texas coast
John Reynolds and the four others aboard the Nite Owl weren't worried when the thunderstorms made it impossible for the commercial fishing boat to ...
Skier, 4 snowboarders killed in avalanche ID'd
Authorities have released the names of four Colorado snowboarders and one skier killed over the weekend in the state's deadliest avalanche in more ...
Correction: Fishermen Missing-Texas story
In a story April 20 about the missing fisherman off the Texas Gulf Coast, The Associated Press misidentified the crew member who was rescued.

China rushes relief after Sichuan quake kills 180
Rescuers and relief teams struggled to rush supplies into the rural hills of China's Sichuan province Sunday after an earthquake left at least 180 ...
5 snowboarders killed in Colorado avalanche
Five snowboarders were killed Saturday afternoon after apparently triggering a backcountry avalanche on Colorado's Loveland Pass, authorities said.

Midwestern river cities brace for floodwaters
The fast-rising Mississippi River was making travel difficult Saturday, both on the river and for those simply trying to get across it.

The Finish Line: What the bombing was like
The woman wearing bib No. 19,255 was a flute instructor from Utah, listening to her son singing through her headphones as if the sound of his voice ...

Texas town grieves for dead first-responders
Buck Uptmor didn't have to go to West Fertilizer Co. when the fire started. He wasn't a firefighter like his brother and cousin, who raced toward the ...

Crews seek survivors, bodies after Texas blast
Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking ...

Air search finds no trace of missing Okla. man
A short break in windy weather on Thursday allowed a rancher with a helicopter to search a rugged mountainside in southeastern Oregon for a young ...

Family: 24-hour delay to report US pilot missing
The family of a U.S. missionary pilot who has disappeared off the coast of West Africa says aviation officials waited nearly 24 hours to start ...

Key facts about the plant explosion in West, Texas
A fertilizer plant exploded in the small Central Texas farming community of West, about 20 miles north of Waco, leaving as many as 15 people dead and ...

Dozens hurt in fatal Texas fertilizer plant blast
Rescue workers searched rubble that witnesses compared to a warzone early Thursday for survivors of a fertilizer plant explosion in a small Texas town ...
2 children die in Kenya landslide; 41 flood deaths
Kenya's Red Cross says two children buried in a landslide overnight have died, as the country's death toll from heavy flooding rose to 41. The Red ...

Quake hits Iran, Pakistan; dozens killed
An earthquake toppled homes and shops on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border Tuesday, killing dozens of people and causing skyscrapers to sway in ...