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September 18, 2019

Air China jet returns to Dulles after engine fire reported

Officials say an Air China jet bound for Beijing made an emergency return Tuesday to Dulles International Airport after ...

September 17, 2019

Mediterranean migrant rescues, deaths; French camp emptied

At least two people died and 14 were missing Tuesday after a boat filled with people hoping to reach Europe capsized near ...

September 17, 2019

Berlin police: In 3 months of e-scooters, 74 accidents

Berlin police say in the three months since popular electric scooters have been allowed in the German capital, they've seen ...

September 14, 2019

UAE says 6 troops killed in 'collision,' without elaborating

Six Emirati troops have been killed in a "collision," the United Arab Emirates said Friday, without elaborating or offering ...

September 13, 2019

Boat fire wreckage taken to navy base for investigation

Federal investigators identified a violation of Coast Guard regulations that could trigger criminal charges in the California ...

September 13, 2019

The Latest: Wreckage from fatal boat fire taken to navy base

The Latest on a fatal boat fire off the coast of Southern California that killed 34 people (all times local): 9:45 a.m.

September 13, 2019

Paris sees biggest transport strike in decade over pensions

The biggest strike to hit Paris public transport since 2007 created major traffic jams Friday, disrupting tourists' plans and ...

September 13, 2019

Crew was asleep when fatal boat fire ignited, officials say

A California scuba dive boat was operating in violation of Coast Guard regulations when crew members were sleeping and a ...

September 13, 2019

The Latest: All 34 victims of California boat fire ID'd

The Latest on a fatal boat fire that killed 34 people off the coast of Southern California (all times local): 6:15 p.m.

September 12, 2019

Paris metro warns over major strike, transport chaos Friday

Sympathy can only take you so far. That's what the French government spokeswoman is finding out after she said she would ...

September 12, 2019

Train derails in Congo, kills 50, injures 23

The Ministry of Humanitarian Action and National Solidarity says that at least 50 people have been killed after a train ...

September 12, 2019

Divers recover body of last missing victim of boat fire

Divers on Wednesday recovered the body of the last missing victim of a boat fire off the California coast that killed 34 ...

September 11, 2019

Norway says Airbus sends out alert after helicopter crash

Norwegian authorities said Wednesday the manufacturer of the helicopter that crashed last month in Arctic Norway killing six ...

September 11, 2019

Relatives of passengers killed in Boeing crash protest in DC

Families of the passengers who died in one of the Boeing 737 Max crashes lobbied Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on ...

September 10, 2019

'Rescue of a lifetime': 4 pulled safely from overturned ship

Four crew members trapped in the bowels of an overturned cargo ship waited for nearly 36 hours in pitch darkness and ...

September 10, 2019

Illinois derailment prompts evacuation of schools, homes

A freight train bearing a flammable liquid used in solvents derailed in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis Tuesday, causing a ...

September 10, 2019

"The Only Plane in the Sky" is compelling history of 9/11

"The Only Plane in the Sky: an Oral History of 9/11" (Avid Reader Press), by Garrett M. Graff People born at least a ...

September 10, 2019

Fourth and final crewman pulled alive from capsized ship

Coast Guard rescuers pulled four trapped men alive from a capsized cargo ship Monday, drilling into the hull's steel plates ...

September 10, 2019

Authorities hope to interview previous scuba boat passengers

Authorities conducting a criminal investigation into the deadly scuba diving boat fire that killed 34 people off the coast ...