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Aid shipments and evacuations as Azerbaijan reasserts control over breakaway province
LONDON (AP) — More badly needed humanitarian aid was on its way to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh via both Azerbaijan and Armenia on Saturday. The development comes days after Baku reclaimed control of the province and began talks with representatives of its ethnic Armenian population...
Nearly 100 migrants rescued from a yacht off southwestern Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Nearly 100 migrants were safely evacuated Wednesday from a yacht reported to be in difficulty off the southwestern coast of Greece, authorities said. The coast guard said in a statement that the yacht carrying 93 people was located about 40 nautical miles (46...
Explosion in Union Pacific's massive railyard in Nebraska appears accidental, investigators say
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investigators say the blast that prompted evacuations near Union Pacific's massive railyard in western Nebraska last week appears to be accidental, but it's not yet clear what caused it. The Nebraska State Fire Marshal's office is working with the railroad and...
Searchers look for more than 10,000 missing in flooded Libyan city where death toll eclipsed 11,000
DERNA, Libya (AP) — Libyan authorities limited access to the flooded city of Derna on Friday to make it easier for searchers to dig through the mud and hollowed-out buildings for the more than 10,000 people still missing and presumed dead following a disaster that has already claimed more than...
Railyard explosion in Nebraska isn't expected to create any lingering problems, authorities say
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities said they don't expect any lingering problems related to Thursday's explosion of a railroad shipping container carrying an acid used to make explosives because the chemical largely burned off and any residue was contained at the scene. No one...
Explosion at world's largest railyard in Nebraska prompts evacuations because of heavy toxic smoke
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An explosion inside a shipping container at the world's largest railyard prompted evacuations in western Nebraska Thursday because of the toxic smoke generated when one of the chemicals aboard caught fire. Around noon, an explosion occurred inside an intermodal...
Gas leak forces evacuation of Southern California homes; no injuries reported
WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California neighborhood was evacuated for more than six hours early Thursday due to a large leak of natural gas from an underground pipe, authorities said. The leak was detected around 1:30 a.m. in unincorporated West Whittier, about 10 miles (16...
Massachusetts city got nearly 10 inches of rain in 6 hours, flooding homes and eroding dams
LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — Heavy rainfall — nearly 10 inches in six hours — flooded parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with two communities declaring a state of emergency as water poured into homes and forced boat rescues of residents. Concern about a dam listed in poor condition led to...
Air China jet evacuated after engine fire sends smoke into cabin in Singapore and 9 are injured
BEIJING (AP) — Nine passengers were injured after an engine fire sent smoke into the cabin of an Air China jetliner landing in Singapore, prompting an evacuation of the aircraft. The Airbus A320 with 146 passengers and nine crew made an emergency landing about 4:15 p.m. Sunday,...
Evacuation order lifted for northern Canadian city after weeks of fire danger
An evacuation order was lifted for the northern Canadian city of Yellowknife on Wednesday, three weeks after a nearby wildfire forced the city’s 20,000 residents out of their homes. The order for the capital of the Northwest Territories, which also included two the First Nation...
