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What does it take to get people to flee a storm?
Despite days of dire forecasts and explicit warnings, hundreds of thousands of people in New York and New Jersey ignored mandatory evacuation orders ...
NTSB urges safety technologies be made standard
The government should require automakers to make the latest collision prevention technologies standard equipment on all new cars and trucks, a move ...
Croatian minister gets prison term for fatal crash
Croatia's economy minister Radimir Cacic has resigned after being sentenced to prison for causing a traffic accident in Hungary in 2010 in which two ...
3 pilots flying to safety meet die in Miss. crash
Three pilots flying together to a federal safety conference died when their single-engine plane faltered in midair and crashed into a house that went ...
Helicopter crashes in Iran, all 10 on board die
A helicopter carrying victims of a car accident to a hospital in northeastern Iran crashed on Wednesday and all 10 people on board died, state TV said
Minn. settles last 35W bridge case
Minnesota's five-year legal battle over the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge has ended with an $8.9 million settlement involving a California design ...
Montenegro train crash kills 2, injures 28
Officials say a passenger train has crashed into a railway repair trolley in a tunnel in northern Montenegro, killing two people and injuring more ...
Russian woman attacked by wolf, axes it to death
Beware of 56-year-old Russian women with axes. A lone wolf attacked Aishat Maksudova outside her sister's home in Russia's province of Dagestan in the ...
Toyota tests cars that communicate with each other
Toyota Motor Corp. is testing car safety systems that allow vehicles to communicate with each other and with the roads they are on in a just completed ...
Deadly quake collapses bridge, mine in Myanmar
A strong earthquake collapsed a bridge and damaged ancient Buddhist pagodas in northern Myanmar, and piecemeal reports from the underdeveloped mining ...
Strong quake strikes Myanmar, 12 feared dead
A strong earthquake collapsed a bridge and damaged ancient Buddhist pagodas in northern Myanmar, and piecemeal reports from the underdeveloped mining ...
Ghana: Rescuers still work in collapsed building
Workers had congregated for morning prayers on the ground floor of the Melcom retail store in northern Accra Wednesday morning at around 9:15 when ...
Four killed in Egypt train collision
Two trains traveling south of the Egyptian capital collided on Saturday, killing at least four people, officials said. An error from the switch ...
Turkey: 17 soldiers killed in helicopter crash
A Turkish military helicopter carrying soldiers on a mission against Kurdish rebels crashed because of bad weather on Saturday, killing all 17 troops ...
Algerian cargo plane carrying 6 crashes in France
An Algerian military cargo plane crashed Friday in southern France with six people aboard, the North African country's defense ministry confirmed.
Authorities detain official in Ghana disaster
Authorities in Ghana have detained a municipal works official accused of allowing a building that collapsed to be built without a construction permit.
Federal judge urged to approve BP settlement
BP and attorneys for businesses and people who lost money in the Gulf oil spill urged a federal judge Thursday to give his final approval to a ...
Tour winner Wiggins out of hospital after crash
Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins was released from hospital with broken ribs a day after a collision with a car while cycling. Wiggins was ...
1 dead, 19 hurt near SAfrica Linkin Park concert
A spokeswoman for the South African city of Cape Town says one person died after a scaffolding collapsed in high winds outside a Linkin Park concert, ...
Japan utility seeks more funds for nuclear crisis
The Japanese operator of the nuclear power plant devastated in last year's disasters is seeking more government financial support, saying the cost of ...
Authorities: 1 dead, 3 injured in NC hospital fire
Preliminary information indicates a fire at a North Carolina hospital that killed a patient and injured three workers occurred during a ...
Sammy Kershaw involved in tour bus accident
Country singer Sammy Kershaw is thankful to be alive after his tour bus was struck by another vehicle. It happened Friday in Nocona, Texas. The impact ...
Pa. zoo: Wild dogs killed boy who fell in exhibit
A zoo where a 2-year-old boy fell into an exhibit and was fatally mauled by African wild dogs had met or exceeded all safety standards for animals and ...
Mayor: Police helicopter refurbished before crash
The Atlanta police helicopter that crashed and killed two officers on board had been completely refurbished within the last decade, and its pilot and ...
Methane warnings ignored before NZ mine disaster
A New Zealand coal mining company ignored 21 warnings that methane gas had accumulated to explosive levels before an underground explosion killed 29 ...