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Hurricane-force winds cause widespread damage in Alaska's largest city
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of residents across Alaska’s largest city were still without power Monday, a day after a powerful storm brought hurricane-force winds that downed power lines, damaged trees, forced more than a dozen planes to divert, and caused a pedestrian bridge over a...
Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani, famed for provocative Benetton campaigns, dies at 82
MILAN (AP) — Oliviero Toscani, the photographer behind Benetton’s provocative ad campaigns of the 1980s and 1990s who later broke with the Italian knitwear brand amid controversy, died Monday at age 82. Toscani disclosed last year he had a rare disease. "It is with immense pain...
Fencing, roof of Anchorage pedestrian bridge fall in strong wind, closing highway
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The side fencing and roof of a pedestrian bridge fell in strong wind early Sunday, closing the main highway south of Anchorage in both directions until the debris could be cleared. No one was hurt when the structure fell onto the Seward Highway on the south...
Brazil's Navy finds the body of the 13th victim of a river bridge collapse; 4 are still missing
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Navy said on Friday that it has found the body of the 13th victim from a bridge collapse last month in the country's north. Four people remain missing. The body, which is still to be identified, was found by drones in the depths of the Tocantins...
Brazil bridge collapse death toll rises to 9, with 8 other people unaccounted for
SAO PAULO (AP) — A woman's body has been found after a bridge linking two northern states in Brazil collapsed, bringing the death toll so far to nine. Brazil’s navy said on Friday that the body was found 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge....
Death toll in bridge collapse in Brazil jumps to 8, with at least 9 people still missing
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian authorities said on Thursday that more bodies have been found after a bridge linking two northern states collapsed four days ago, raising the death toll to eight. Brazil's navy said at least nine people were still missing. On Sunday, cars and trucks...
Preconstruction work to begin in January to rebuild collapsed Baltimore bridge
BALTIMORE (AP) — Preconstruction work to collect data to design a new Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is scheduled to begin in January, according to Maryland officials. The Baltimore Sun reports that work is scheduled to include topographic and underwater surveys, as well as...
Bridge collapse in Brazil leaves at least 2 dead and a dozen others missing
SAO PAULO (AP) — A bridge linking two northern states in Brazil collapsed, killing at least two people and leaving a dozen others missing, police said Monday. A sulphuric acid spill is complicating the rescue operation. Footage obtained by local residents showed cars and trucks...
