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Woman, 2 young children killed in murder-suicide in Alabama, sheriff says
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A south Alabama woman drowned her two children, ages 2 and 5, before she took her own life, Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch said Friday. The bodies of the three were found Thursday at their home in Semmes. Burch told news outlets that autopsies showed that...
Michigan woman will serve up to 5 years in prison for crash into icy pond that killed her 3 sons
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan woman was sentenced to up to five years in prison Monday for a crash in which her three young sons drowned after her SUV plunged into an ice-covered pond. Leticia Gonzales had pleaded no contest in August to operating while...
Lebanese troops rescue 27 migrants from sinking boat off Lebanon's coast
BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army and the country’s civil defense recused early Saturday 27 migrants whose boat was sinking off the coast of north Lebanon, the military said in a statement. The army did not say where the migrants were heading nor did it give their nationalities. ...
Pope decries indifference toward migrants, as he prays for the dead in the French port of Marseille
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Pope Francis blasted the “fanaticism of indifference” that greets migrants seeking a better life in Europe, as he arrived Friday in the Mediterranean port of Marseille amid a new influx of would-be refugees from Africa that has sparked a backlash from some of...
Myanmar state media say 12 people are missing after a boat capsized and sank in a northwest river
BANGKOK (AP) — Twelve people, including three members of the security forces, are missing after a boat capsized and sank in a river in the Sagaing region of northwestern Myanmar, state-run media reported Thursday. A report in the state-run Myanma Alinn Daily said six civilians,...
Google sued for negligence after man drove off collapsed bridge while following map directions
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions is suing the technology giant for negligence, claiming it had been informed of the collapse but failed to update its navigation system. ...
Pope goes to Marseille to talk migration, but will Europe listen as it scrambles to stem an influx?
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Ten years after Pope Francis made a landmark visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa to show solidarity with migrants, he is joining Catholic bishops from the Mediterranean this weekend in France to make the call more united. The question is whether anyone in...
A man accused in a child rape case was arrested weeks after he faked his own death, sheriff says
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man arrested after a weekend police chase and motorcycle crash in Georgia turned out to be fugitive accused of avoiding a child rape charge by faking his own drowning death last month in a Mississippi River kayaking accident, according to a Louisiana sheriff. ...
New rules for repurposed WWII-era duck boats aim to improve safety on 16 in use after drownings
Five years after 17 people died when a duck boat sank on a Missouri lake, the U.S. Coast Guard has issued new rules for the amphibious World War II vessels retrofitted for tourist excursions. But the new rules have limited impact: Only 16 applicable vessels are still in use. ...
Whole families drowned in Libya's flood. Many didn't realize the danger until they heard dams burst
DERNA, Libya (AP) — The wall of water several stories high smashed into apartment buildings, drowning entire families in minutes. One man lost at least 13 members of his extended family. Fadellalah has yet to hear about the fate of another 20, several days after two dams burst...
