TEMPE, Greece (AP) — The stationmaster in the city of Larissa was arrested, Greek police said Wednesday, following a head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train outside a nearby town that flattened carriages, killed at least 36 …
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Hundreds of rescuers searched Monday for survivors of landslides and flooding that killed at least 36 people along the coast of Brazil’s southern state of Sao Paulo following a huge weekend downpour. Worst hit was …
Bolivian authorities say four people were killed and more than 60 injured when an overloaded metal footbridge collapsed onto a group of musicians marching in the opening parade of Carnival in the highlands city of Oruro. Interior Minister Carlos Romero …
Carnival Corp, whose luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia capsized off the coast of Italy last week, said on Thursday it will conduct an audit and review of safety and emergency response procedures at all of its cruise lines. Carnival Chief …
A woman is in hospital in critical condition and another was seriously injured after a seat broke off an octopus ride at a Bremen carnival and skidded into a safety railing. Police said Friday that the exact cause of the …
British police flooded part of London with extra officers and authorized the use of tough search powers Monday at the Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s largest street festival, in the wake of riots across England earlier this month. London’s Metropolitan Police …
Part of a carnival ride that spins people around at high speed broke apart Tuesday, hurling three people to their death and leaving a teenage girl severely injured, a police official said. The accident happened in the early hours in …
Authorities say two teenagers thrown from a spinning carnival ride on a high school campus are in the hospital in stable condition. The state Fire Marshal’s office said Sunday that the brother and sister had been on a ride called …