February 16, 2021
TOKYO (AP) — Residents in northeastern Japan on Sunday cleaned up clutter and debris in stores and homes after a strong earthquake set off a landslide on a highway, damaged buildings and parts of bullet train lines and caused power …
October 30, 2020
HANOI, Vietnam — A typhoon that officials said was the most powerful to hit Vietnam in 20 years blew away from the country on Thursday after setting off landslides, sinking boats and knocking out power to at least 1.7 million …
July 20, 2020
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and a pilot struggled to open a crashed airplane’s wing emergency exit as the aircraft began to burn and fill with smoke before the race car driver and his family managed to escape from the main door, …
April 2, 2020
NEW ORLEANS — Plans to demolish the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, which partially collapsed in October, remain in limbo as the city and developers disagree over how to safely bring down the structure. The hotel developer, 1031 Canal …
March 23, 2020
ZAGREB, Croatia — A strong earthquake in Croatia on Sunday caused panic, the evacuation of hospitals and widespread damage including to the capital’s iconic cathedral — all amid a partial coronavirus lockdown. A 15-year-old was reported to be in critical …
March 12, 2020
MADISON, Ill. — A fire swept through a recycling business in southwestern Illinois early Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of nearby homes, officials said. The fire began about 2 a.m. Wednesday at a Madison, Illinois, industrial park in the Metro-East area …
November 1, 2019
KIDAPAWAN, Philippines — The third strong earthquake this month killed five people Thursday, injured several others and destroyed buildings that were already damaged by the earlier shaking in a devastated region in the southern Philippines, officials said. Several cities and …
November 9, 2011
About 80 firefighters were battling a blaze that had engulfed a store in a suburban Sacramento strip mall. Sacramento Metro Fire Assistant Chief Scott Cockrum says there were no immediate reports of injuries. Firefighters were called to the blaze at …
August 31, 2011
The operators of Gatlinburg’s wastewater treatment plant say a concrete basin that collapsed, killing two workers and allowing millions of gallons of sewage to spill into the Little Pigeon River, will be demolished and replaced. The collapse during a period …