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What to know about the cargo ship Dali, a mid-sized ocean monster that took down a Baltimore bridge

Mar. 28, 2024 08:48 AM EDT

Here's what to know about the cargo ship Dali that crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse and leaving six bridge construction workers presumed dead. MONSTERS OF THE OCEAN If stood upright, the Dali would reach almost to the top of the...

Today in History: March 15, Julius Caesar is assassinated

Mar. 15, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Friday, March 15, the 75th day of 2024. There are 291 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 15, 44 B.C., Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and...

A 3-story building collapses in central Pakistan, killing 9 people and injuring 2 others

Mar. 12, 2024 11:47 AM EDT

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A three-story residential building collapsed in central Pakistan early on Tuesday, killing nine people and injuring at least two others, authorities said. The collapse took place in Multan, a city in the eastern Punjab province, and the rubble from the...

4 people found dead inside Texas home after large fire

Mar. 08, 2024 19:13 PM EST

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The bodies of four people were discovered inside a Texas home that was engulfed by flames on Friday, officials said. Firefighters in San Antonio were called to a house fire just after 11 a.m. on the city’s south side. They tried to put out the...

Investigators say tenant garage below collapsed Florida condo tower had many faulty support columns

Mar. 07, 2024 16:37 PM EST

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal investigators determining why a Florida condominium tower partially collapsed three years ago, killing 98 people, said Thursday there were many faulty support columns in the tenant garage that ran below it and the adjoining pool deck. National...

Workers expressed concern over bowed beams, structural issues before Idaho hangar collapse killed 3

Mar. 06, 2024 14:02 PM EST

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Workers had expressed concerns about bending or bowed beams and structural issues before a steel airport hangar under construction in Idaho collapsed in January, killing three people and injuring nine others, a newspaper reported. Some employees told the...

At least 36 die in Pakistan as heavy winter rains collapse buildings and trigger landslides

Mar. 03, 2024 08:37 AM EST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Heavy rains that swept across Pakistan have left at least 36 people dead and 50 others injured, collapsed houses and triggered landslides that blocked roads, particularly in the northwest, authorities said Sunday. Mostly women and children were among 30...

Worker dies in trench collapse at construction site in Dubuque, Iowa

Mar. 01, 2024 15:30 PM EST

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A worker died Friday when he became buried after a trench collapsed at an Iowa construction site. The accident was reported just before 8:30 a.m. at an apartment building construction site in Dubuque. Firefighters arrived to find the victim's co-workers trying...

Building collapse in Beirut suburb kills 4 and rescuers are searching for others

Feb. 20, 2024 11:33 AM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — A building collapsed in a southern suburb of Beirut late Monday, killing four people and injuring three others as rescuers searched for more people under the rubble, a paramedic official said. The building in the suburb of Choueifat crumbled after days of heavy rain....

A 5th worker is confirmed dead from a construction site collapse in Italy

Feb. 17, 2024 11:17 AM EST

ROME (AP) — A fifth construction worker was confirmed dead Saturday after a concrete beam and slabs collapsed at a supermarket building site in the city of Florence a day earlier, Italian officials said. "I’ve just been informed that rescuers have located the body of a fifth...