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Typhoon pounds the Philippines, killing at least 7
One of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and ...
Japan tunnel disaster shows aging of public works
The deadly collapse last weekend of hundreds of concrete ceiling slabs in a tunnel outside Tokyo is raising calls for more spending on Japan's aging ...
Japan campaign opens with focus on economy, nukes
Leaders of Japan's major political parties kicked off campaigning Tuesday for this month's parliamentary elections in nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima ...
NJ bridge had alignment problems before derailment
A New Jersey bridge where a train derailed last week, releasing a hazardous chemical into the air, had a series of rail alignment problems leading up ...
Bangladesh fire victims want old jobs back
As 112 of her co-workers died in a garment-factory fire, Dipa Akter got out by jumping from the third floor through a hole made by breaking apart an ...
2 dead in bus crash into overpass at Miami airport
At Miami International Airport, two large signs warn drivers of large vehicles not to pass beneath the 8-foot-6 inch concrete overpass.
Chiefs owner Hunt: 'So many people are hurting'
Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt offered his condolences Sunday to the families affected by the murder-suicide involving one of his players, calling it "an ...
4 workers missing after dam collapses in Cambodia
Four workers are missing and presumed to have drowned after the partial collapse of a dam being constructed in western Cambodia, officials said Sunday
Signal problems preceded NJ train derailment
A signal may have malfunctioned on a southern New Jersey bridge where a train derailed, causing a hazardous chemical to spew into the air and leading ...
The factory fire: Global commerce, local tragedy
In the charred bones of the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory, the labels and logos — sewn and printed in scarlet and royal blue — beckon from the ashes.
Death toll for Rep. of Congo plane crash rises
A Red Cross official says the death toll has risen to more than 25 people killed after an Ilyushin-76 cargo plane owned by a private Congolese company ...
NJ train derailment tips tankers, sickens dozens
A freight train derailed Friday on a railroad bridge that has had problems before, toppling tanker cars partially into a creek and causing a leak of ...
Calif. storm brings intense rain, flood warnings
The second in a series of storms slammed Northern California on Friday as heavy rain and strong winds knocked out power, tied up traffic and caused ...
Cargo plane crashes in Brazzaville, 3 dead
A cargo plane owned by a private company crashed Friday near the airport in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, killing at least three ...
Search continues for US man missing in Caribbean
U.S. Coast Guard crews searched Friday for a Washington state man who was reported missing from a Caribbean cruise. Two ships and a plane took part ...
Wall section collapses in Pompeii after heavy rain
The Italian news agency ANSA says a wall at the Pompeii archeological site has collapsed following days of heavy rain. The collapse Friday of a ...
Bangladesh workers protest; families of dead plead
Hundreds of garment workers protested Friday outside a Bangladeshi factory where 112 people were killed by a fire, demanding compensation for their ...
Attorney expects Lohan will be cleared in NYC case
Lindsay Lohan was charged Thursday with crimes in New York and Los Angeles, marking her latest setbacks as she tries to revive her career and avoid ...
In Bangladesh, echoes of 1911 Triangle fire in NYC
Terrified women leaping to their deaths. Locked exits trapping workers. Piles of clothing blocking stairwells to safety. The fire that raced through ...
French court overturns Concorde crash conviction
In a surprise ruling in one of the most high-profile disasters in aviation history, a French appeals court Thursday overturned manslaughter ...
Factory owner: I didn't know fire exits needed
The owner of a Bangladesh clothing factory where a fire killed 112 people says he was never informed the facility was required to have an emergency ...
Veterans sue railroad over fatal crash in Texas
Two Army veterans and their wives on Wednesday sued the railroad company whose train hit a truck carrying veterans and their spouses during a parade ...
3 BP employees arraigned on Gulf oil spill charges
Two BP rig supervisors and a former BP executive pleaded not guilty Wednesday to criminal charges stemming from the deadly Deepwater Horizon rig ...
Charged exec cooperating in W.Va. mine blast probe
Federal prosecutors investigating the West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 men widened their net Wednesday, filing criminal charges against a ...