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For families of Key Bridge collapse victims, a search for justice begins
BALTIMORE (AP) — Years after immigrating to the U.S. and settling in the Baltimore area, Maria del Carmen Castellón was working toward a new chapter of her family’s American dream, hoping to expand her successful food truck business into a Salvadoran restaurant. Her husband,...
Loose electrical cable found on ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse
BALTIMORE (AP) — Investigators working to pinpoint the cause of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse discovered a loose cable that could have caused electrical issues on the Dali, the massive cargo ship that lost power and disastrously veered off course before striking the bridge. ...
Israeli forces appear to withdraw from Jenin. But the operation may not be over
JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces appeared to have withdrawn from three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank by Friday morning, after a more than weeklong military operation that left dozens dead and a trail of destruction. Israeli soldiers shot and killed an...
Emergency crews rescue man trapped in deep trench in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Emergency crews rescued a worker who became trapped when a deep trench collapsed Thursday at a construction site at a hillside home in Los Angeles. Responders worked for nearly six hours in oppressive heat to free the adult male construction worker trapped in...
In a landslide-stricken town in California, life is like camping with no power, gas
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Nick Mardesic and his family are living off the power grid, so light at night comes from a flashlight, and a hot meal and shower require driving several miles to his parents’ home. The family is not in a rugged location, but rather on a scenic...
Heavy monsoon rains and floods kill at least 33 in south India and 5 children in Pakistan this week
HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Heavy monsoon rains and floods have killed at least 33 people in southern India and five children in Pakistan over the past two days, authorities said Tuesday. In India's Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states, houses collapsed and were swept away by...
Searchers recover 3 bodies from Thai rail tunnel that collapsed during construction
BANGKOK (AP) — The bodies of three foreign workers who were trapped for days in a railway tunnel in northeastern Thailand that collapsed during construction have been retrieved after an intensive rescue effort, Thai officials said Friday The tunnel is a part of a Thai-Chinese...
Miles from her collapsed home, flood victim's sonograms of son found on Connecticut beach
Devastated after her home collapsed in the aftermath of Sunday's deadly flooding in Connecticut, Randi Marcucio got some good news this week that warmed her heart and eased her despair. Sonograms of the single mom's now-3-year-old son that washed away in the swollen brook next to her...
Hundreds of miles away, Hurricane Ernesto still affects US beaches with rip currents, house collapse
Even with the storm hundreds of miles offshore, Hurricane Ernesto was still being felt Saturday along much of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, with dangerous rip currents forcing public beaches to close during one of the final busy weekends of the summer season. The storm’s high surf and...
Earthquake strikes Syria, rattling nerves amid memories of last year's deadly temblor
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An earthquake shook central Syria late Monday, local authorities said, causing no major damages but rattling the nerves of residents who remembered last year’s devastating temblor that struck northern Syria and Turkey. Syria’s National Center for...
