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STRESA, Italy (AP) — Italy’s transport minister vowed Monday to establish the cause of a cable car disaster that killed 14 people, after the lead cable apparently snapped and the cabin careened back down the mountain until it came off …

Investigators say a snapped cable caused the extension boom of a southern Arizona fire department ladder truck to suddenly retract last week in an incident that hurt five people. Four visitors and a fire captain were nearing the 100-foot maximum …