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Death toll in Taiwan factory fire lowered to nine, with one missing. Four victims were firefighters
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Authorities said late Sunday that one person remained missing following a fire at a golf ball factory in Taiwan, after forensic analysis revealed that some bones found earlier in the day were not human. The blaze Friday night killed nine other people,...
Government shutdown risk spikes as House Republicans leave town in disarray amid hard-right revolt
WASHINGTON (AP) — With House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's latest funding plan in ruins and lawmakers leaving town for the weekend, there's no endgame in sight as hard-right Republicans push dangerously closer to a disruptive federal shutdown. The White House will tell federal agencies...
Today in History: September 19, Unabomber manifesto published in New York Times, Washington Post
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Sept. 19, the 262nd day of 2023. There are 103 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 19, 1995, The New York Times and The Washington Post published the manifesto of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski...
'Spring tide' ocean waves crash into buildings in South Africa, leaving 2 dead and injuring several
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Big ocean waves caused by a phenomenon known as “spring tide” crashed into coastal parts of South Africa over the weekend, leaving two people dead and injuring several, authorities said Monday. The weather service said that waves as high as 9.5...
A crane has collapsed at a China bridge construction project, killing 6 people
BEIJING (AP) — A tower crane collapsed at a bridge construction project in southwest China, killing six people and injuring five others, authorities said. The collapse happened Wednesday in Jianyang city during work to build an expressway bridge over the Tuo River, the city's...
Earthquake robbed Moroccan villagers of almost everything — loved ones, homes and possessions
TAFEGHAGHTE, Morocco (AP) — His dead relatives have been dug out and buried, but the remnants of Musa Bouissirfane's former life are still trapped under rubble and dust in the ruins of the mud-brick Moroccan village of Tafeghaghte. “It’s incredibly challenging to lose your...
Moroccan villagers mourn after earthquake brings destruction to their rural mountain home
MOULAY BRAHIM, Morocco (AP) — The ground shook with a force few had ever felt, thundering through the remote Moroccan village in the dark of night. When the earthquake was over late Friday, the town carved into the Atlas Mountains lay in devastation, with possibly dozens dead,...
Report blames deadly Iowa building collapse on removal of bricks and lack of shoring
A partial building collapse in Iowa that killed three people in May was caused by the removal of brick and inadequate shoring of the 116-year-old structure, according to a report released by officials Thursday. The 113-page investigative report by two engineering companies also...
Probe of Florida building collapse that killed 98 to be completed by June 2025, US investigators say
The probe into the 2021 collapse of a beachfront condominium building that killed 98 people in South Florida should be completed by the fourth anniversary of the disaster, federal officials said Thursday. The investigation led by the National Institute of Standards & Technology...
Three 15-year-olds die when car crashes into vacant home in suburban St. Louis
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (AP) — Three 15-year-olds died when the car one of them was driving slammed into a vacant brick home near St. Louis. Police said the 2016 Hyundai Accent involved in the accident Wednesday morning was owned by the driver's mother, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch...
