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Rescue crews seek survivors of 2nd Japanese quake; at least 19 dead
Rescue crews scrambled through rubble Saturday in a race against time for survivors of a magnitude-7.0 earthquake that struck Japan's Kyushu Island, the same region rattled by a 6.2 quake two days earlier. The death toll in the Kyushu earthquake rose to 19 people, according to Kumamoto Prefecture's disaster management...
Powerful earthquake in Japan leaves 9 dead, hundreds injured
TOKYO – Rescuers went house to house Friday looking for victims of a powerful earthquake that struck southwestern Japan late Thursday. At least nine people were killed and more than 700 injured in the magnitude 6.5 quake that centered on the island of Kyushu, one of Japan’s four main islands, according to local news...
Indian temple blaze leaves dozens dead, hundreds injured
RESCUE workers are sifting through a Hindu temple in southern India where at least 110 people died when a fireworks display — an unauthorised pyrotechnic display that went horribly wrong — swept through a temple packed with thousands for a religious festival. The death toll so far from the pre-dawn fire at the...
Two dead in US Air Force base shooting
A shooting at a US Air Force base in Texas has left at least two people dead, police say. Officials have told US media that an airman shot his commander in an apparent murder-suicide. Police responded to reports of a shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland around 09:00 local time (15:00 BST), a spokesman said. Two bodies...
Amtrak Philadelphia: Two dead as train derails
A train has derailed south of the US city of Philadelphia, leaving two people dead and more than 30 others injured. Amtrak's Train 89 was heading from New York City to Savannah in Georgia when it struck a mechanical digger — known in the US as a backhoe — that was on the track at Chester. Some 341 passengers and...
What is it like to be dead? Patient who ‘died’ says there is NOTHING after death
“Just black emptiness. No thoughts, no consciousness, nothing.” That is the view of the afterlife from a man who has ‘died’ in hospital TWICE. The Reddit user got all philosophical, not to say nihilistic, telling the social media site what it is like to be dead. A man who goes by the screen-name r00tdude...
Missing Texas mom found dead; 3 kids alive in SUV
DALLAS — A Frisco mother who had been missing for days was found dead in her sport-utility vehicle in a McKinney parking lot Thursday evening. Her three children were found alive inside the vehicle and taken to a nearby hospital. Christine Woo and her children — Lauren, 5, Nathan, 3, and Leah, 16 months — had...
22 dead after overpass collapses in Kolkata, India
An overpass collapsed Thursday in the Indian city of Kolkata, crushing vehicles below it, killing at least 22 people and leaving dozens more missing, authorities said. Maj. Gen. Anurag Gupta, from India's National Disaster Management Authority, told CNN early Thursday evening that authorities didn't then know how many...
Jamar Clark death: No charges for police over fatal shooting
Minneapolis police officers will not be charged over the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark, a 24-year-old unarmed man. The prosecutor said evidence showed he was not handcuffed when he was shot, contrary to reports at the time. Police responded in November to an alleged assault by Clark and said he interfered with paramedics. His...
Pakistan: Dozens of young lives lost in Lahore blast
It was a treat for passing their exams. Twelve-year-old Sahil and his cousin Aman John, 13, had been studying hard for weeks. Their parents had promised them an Easter weekend trip to a popular park, with amusement rides, a lake and a zoo, in the Pakistani city of Lahore. But the family outing ended in tragedy, according to CNN...
Father of allergic boy removed from plane dies
A little boy who had an allergic reaction to dogs on a plane was crushed by the reaction of other passengers as his family was escorted off the flight. To make matters worse, the family was taking the trip to make some happy memories before the boy's The passengers didn't know that the family's "bucket...
Brussels explosions: Many dead in airport and metro terror attacks
Many people have been killed or seriously injured in terrorist attacks at Brussels international airport and a city metro station, Belgium's PM says. Two explosions hit Zaventem airport at about 07:00 GMT, and another struck Maelbeek metro station an hour later. The government has not confirmed casualty numbers. Brussels...