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2 teens are killed when a bedroom wall collapses after heavy rains on an island in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Two teenagers were killed by a landslide during heavy rains early on Monday, when their bedroom wall collapsed on an island in El Salvador, authorities said. The landslide took place on the Meanguera del Golfo island in the Gulf of Fonseca. The...
Texas A&M president says traditional bonfire will not return as part of renewed Texas rivalry
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M's traditional bonfire, which ended 25 years ago after 12 people were killed and 27 more were wounded when the log stack collapsed during construction, will not return to campus for the renewal of the annual football rivalry with Texas, school President...
Earthquakes in north-central Japan collapse 5 homes that were damaged in deadly January quake
TOKYO (AP) — Earthquakes early Monday again struck Japan's north-central region of Ishikawa, still recovering from the destruction left by a powerful quake on Jan. 1, but the latest shaking caused no major damage. A magnitude 5.9 temblor on the northern top of the Noto Peninsula...
1 dead and 8 injured in Istanbul apartment building collapse
ISTANBUL (AP) — An apartment building collapsed in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Sunday, killing one person and injuring eight, authorities said. The collapse renewed fears about the resilience of buildings in a city prone to earthquakes. TV images showed firefighters shifting...
A 6th house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina's Outer Banks
RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Another house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina's coast, the sixth to fall along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore's beaches in the past four years, according to U.S. National Park Service officials. About one mile of the beach...
The building that collapsed on Mallorca, killing 4 people, lacked permits, authorities in Spain say
MADRID (AP) — A building housing a bar and restaurant club that collapsed, killing four people on Mallorca, lacked the proper authorization, local authorities on the Spanish island said Tuesday. Palma de Mallorca Mayor Jaime Martínez told reporters that it seems the collapse of a...
At least 4 killed and 1 injured in building collapse in eastern China, state media says
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese state media says at least four people have been reported dead in a building collapse in the eastern province of Anhui. A section of the 10-unit apartment block in the city of Tongling fell onto its occupants shortly after noon on Monday, leading to an...
Over 100 feared dead in landslide in remote part of Papua New Guinea, with rescue efforts underway
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in a landslide Friday that buried a village in a remote, mountainous part of Papua New Guinea, and an emergency response is underway, officials in the South Pacific island nation said. The landslide...
Excess weight on terrace of Spanish building may have led to collapse that killed 4, officials say
PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) — Excess weight on a first-floor terrace may have contributed to the collapse of a building housing a bar and restaurant club on the Spanish island of Mallorca that killed four people, officials said Friday. Spain’s National Police said the collapse...
The collapse of a building on Spain’s Mallorca island leaves 4 people dead, officials say
MADRID (AP) — Four people died and several more were seriously injured Thursday when a building collapsed on the island of Mallorca, Spanish emergency authorities said. Emergency services said that seven more people had been very seriously injured while another nine were seriously...
