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Sheriff: At least 8 killed in plane collision at Idaho lake

At least eight people, including three children, were killed when two airplanes collided over a scenic mountain lake in ...

Kenyans protest cop who allegedly killed man over sanitizer

Residents of a small town in western Kenya set fire to a police station and damaged several vehicles after a police officer ...

Sheriff: At least 2 killed in plane collision at Idaho lake

Two bodies have been pulled from Idaho's Lake Coeur d'Alene and as many as six other people are missing after two small ...

Official: Tree falls on garage in storm, 19 to hospitals

A large tree toppled onto a detached garage in a Maryland neighborhood where people attending a child's birthday party sought ...

Woof Warning: Dog alerts owner to house fire next door

A dog in Tennessee became a hero on the Fourth of July by alerting her owner to a house fire next door. Roux, a 3-year-old ...

Japan floods leave up to 34 dead, many at nursing homes

Deep floodwaters and the risk of more mudslides that left at least 34 people confirmed or presumed dead hampered search and ...

Death toll rises to 6 in Turkey fireworks factory explosion

The death toll from a massive explosion in a fireworks factory in Turkey has increased to six. The governor of Sakarya in ...

Mercedes to recall 660,000 vehicles in China for oil leak

Mercedes-Benz will recall more than 660,000 vehicles in China later this year for a possible oil leak. A seal between a ...

Police: 2 women hit by car on Seattle highway amid protest

A 27-year-old man drove a car onto a closed freeway in Seattle early Saturday and barreled through a panicked crowd of ...

Michigan village starts flood recovery, awaits funds

Jenna Hulse was at work out of town as a nurse when she got a message from her brother that a dam three blocks from her house ...

Heavy rain floods southern Japan; over a dozen presumed dead

Heavy rain in southern Japan triggered flooding and mudslides on Saturday, leaving more than a dozen people presumed dead, ...

Explosions rock 2 Somalia cities as 4 killed in Baidoa

Explosions rocked two of Somalia's largest cities on Saturday as officials said a suicide car bomber detonated near the port ...

More fireworks in Americans' hands for July 4 raises risks

For many Americans, the Fourth of July will be more intimate this year. It also could be riskier. Saturday will be unlike any ...

Iran declines to disclose cause of mysterious nuke site fire

An online video and messages purportedly claiming responsibility for a fire that analysts say damaged a centrifuge assembly ...

2 tremors shake Puerto Rico, latest in series of quakes

Two strong earthquakes shook Puerto Rico on Friday, but there were no reports of injuries in the latest of a series of ...

Experts find early ocher mine in Mexican underwater caves

Experts and cave divers in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula have found ocher mines that are some of the oldest on the continent, ...

French court OKs end to Rwanda genocide investigation

The Paris appeals court on Friday upheld a decision to end a years-long investigation into the plane crash that sparked ...

Switzerland: 2 trains collide in mountain railway tunnel

Two trains collided in a tunnel on a mountain railway in Switzerland on Friday, slightly injuring a few people, the railway ...

PG&E exits bankruptcy, pays $5 billion into wildfire fund

Pacific Gas & Electric has emerged from a contentious bankruptcy saga that began after its long-neglected electrical grid ...

Watchdog says govt blocking report on Trump-hurricane flap

A government watchdog says the Commerce Department is trying to block the findings of an investigation into the agency’s role ...