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Firefighter killed as wildfires rage across West
A firefighter was killed in Idaho and another firefighter in Oregon suffered burns after she had to deploy her emergency fire shelter as wildfires ...
Chevron facility in Calif. deemed hazardous
Structural engineers on Monday deemed the site of a Chevron refinery fire in the San Francisco Bay area hazardous for human entry after looking at the ...
USDA: Rain, cooler weather helping corn, soybeans
Cooler weather and rain in the middle of the country have slowed the deterioration of the nation's corn and soybean crops, but experts said the ...
3 found dead in burning car in Maine parking lot
Surveillance videos may shed some light on a fire that engulfed a car with three people inside early Monday, with one video showing a person running ...
USDA buys meat to help drought-stricken farmers
The government will buy up to $170 million worth of pork, lamb, chicken and catfish to help drought-stricken farmers, the White House said Monday as ...
Iran villages in rubble as quake death toll rises
Iran Monday raised its earthquake death toll to 306, a day after rescuers called off the search for survivors from the rubble of their homes in the ...
Uganda military helicopters have rough landings
One Ugandan military helicopter made an emergency landing and two others came down hard and went missing while being deployed to strengthen ...
Spain wildfires kill 2, prompt tourist evacuations
Two firefighters have died from injuries sustained in battling a wildfire in Spain's eastern province of Alicante while hundreds were evacuated by ...
Massive blaze hits east London; Olympics are safe
Firefighters battled a massive blaze at an east London recycling center Sunday as the city prepared for the closing ceremony of the Olympics.
Residents describe terror of Iran quake, 250 die
Residents of the zone in northwestern Iran hit by powerful twin earthquakes described moments of terror and panic with birds crowing loudly in warning ...
US Navy ship collides with oil tanker in Gulf
A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer was left with a gaping hole on one side after it collided with an oil tanker early Sunday just outside the ...
Wildfires threaten to burn precious parks in Spain
Fierce wildfires forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and were threatening some of Spain's most precious natural parks, including one that ...
Pope remembers victims of Asian calamities
Pope Benedict XVI has remembered the victims of Iran's violent quake as well as those impacted by unusually heavy rains in the Philippines and China.
2 separate attacks in Iraq kill 5, injure 5
A bomb attack and a drive-by shooting against security forces and government employees in and around Baghdad killed five people and injured five ...
Egypt: 3 policemen killed in car accident in Sinai
Egypt's state news agency MENA says three policemen have been killed and four others injured when their car turned over while chasing a group of ...
Iran earthquakes kill at least 180, injure 1,300
Two strong earthquakes leveled villages and damaged homes in northwestern Iran on Saturday, killing at least 180 people and injuring more than 1,350 ...
AP NewsBreak: Refinery probe focuses on corrosion
Federal investigators probing the cause of a massive Chevron oil refinery fire are focusing on possible corrosion in a decades-old pipe the company ...
Blasts, gunfire hit Damascus in blow to Assad
Gunmen detonated back-to-back roadside bombs and clashed with police in central Damascus Saturday in attacks that caused no damage but highlighted the ...
Wildfire threatens ancient forest in Spain
Officials said Saturday that a wildfire thought to be under control on a Spanish island is now spreading, threatening a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Woe and opportunity: Tales from historic drought
The United States is in the midst of the worst drought in decades, and the dry weather and soaring temperatures are taking a toll on people living and ...
Obama pledges all-out response to drought
President Barack Obama is pledging a wide-ranging response to the worst drought in a quarter-century. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama ...
52 killed as bus falls into gorge in north India
An overcrowded bus fell into a deep gorge in a mountainous area of northern India on Saturday, killing 52 people and injuring 46 others, police said.
Thousands file claims after Chevron refinery fire
Several thousand Richmond residents have filed legal claims against Chevron Corp., seeking compensation for a refinery fire that fouled the region's ...
Ernesto weakens over Mexico, still a flood threat
Ernesto weakened to a tropical depression as it moved inland Friday, killing seven people and dumping rains in the mountains of Mexico's flood-prone ...
US farmers expect poorest corn crop in a decade
A deepening drought in the nation's farm states has cut further into this fall's harvest, with farmers now expected to pull from their fields the ...