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Survivors Say Burning Train Took 20 Minutes to Stop, 74 Dead
A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab Province on Thursday, killing 74 people, and survivors said afterward it took nearly 20 minutes for the train to stop amid contradictory reports about the condition of the train’s brakes. Three carriages were consumed by flames from a fire caused by a cooking gas stove and dozens of people...
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Hong Kong Police Say Homemade Bomb Targeted Officers
A homemade, remote-controlled bomb intended to “kill or to harm” riot control officers was detonated as they deployed against renewed violence in Hong Kong over the weekend, police said Monday, in a further escalation of destructive street battles gripping the business hub. The “loud thud” Sunday night close to riot officers who had been clearing away a protester-built road block...
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Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross Resigns Abruptly Over Handling of Harassment Claims, Mayor Says
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross, a three-decade veteran of the department who last week helped negotiate the surrender of a mass shooting suspect, abruptly resigned on Tuesday, the city’s mayor said in a news release.
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Breast Implant Recalled After Link to More Rare Cancer Cases
Breast implant maker Allergan Inc. issued a worldwide recall Wednesday for certain textured models after regulators alerted the company to a heightened cancer risk with the devices. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it called for the removal after new information showed Allergan’s Biocell breast implants with a textured surface were tied to the vast majority of cases of...
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PhD Candidate With a Flight to Italy: What We Know About Alleged Gas Can-Wielding NJ Man at St. Patrick's Cathedral
The man taken into custody Wednesday night after allegedly trying to walk into St. Patrick’s Cathedral, in the heart of New York City, with two gasoline cans and lighter fluid had booked a one-way $2,800 flight to Italy for Thursday, police said. He was also arrested days earlier at a New Jersey church, law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation...
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New Zealand's New Gun Laws Get Final Assent to Take Effect
New Zealand’s governor general on Thursday formally signed into effect sweeping gun laws outlawing military style weapons, less than a month after a man used such guns to kill 50 people and wound dozens at two mosques in Christchurch. Governor General Patsy Reddy signed the bill as police said a gun buyback program will be announced to collect the now-banned...
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Police Investigating Negligence in Deadly Bangladesh Fire
Bangladesh police said Friday that they were seeking up to a dozen suspects in connection with a fire in the oldest part of the capital and could charge them with negligence over the blaze that killed at least 67 people. The case involves between 10 and 12 people wanted on suspicion of “causing death through negligence” in the Wednesday night...
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Blaze in Bangladesh's Capital Kills Dozens
A devastating fire raced through buildings in an old part of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and killed at dozens of people, officials and witnesses said Thursday.
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43 Mexican ‘Modern Day Slaves' Allegedly Forced to Work for $50 Per Month in Canada
More than 40 Mexican “modern day slaves” who were allegedly forced to work as cleaners at vacation properties in Canada for as little as $50 a month have been freed and offered legitimate employment, police said Monday.
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DL Shelved: MLB's Disabled List Becomes Injured List
Major League Baseball is changing the name of its disabled lists to injured lists. Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem said Thursday the change is being made at the suggestion of advocacy groups for the disabled, including the Link20 Network.
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NYPD Won't Fly Drone in Times Square on Rainy New Year's Eve
A rainy New Year’s Eve in New York has some Times Square revelers ponying up to keep dry, while police are scrapping plans to deploy a drone to keep watch over the crowd for the first time.
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Camp Fire Death Toll Hits 71; Sheriff Says More Than 1,000 Still Missing
At least 71 people are now dead from a Northern California wildfire, and officials say they have a missing persons list with more than 1,000 names on it in an ever-evolving accounting of the victims of the nation’s deadliest wildfire in a century.
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Camp Fire Death Toll at 63 and Counting in Northern California
Cool weather helped fire crews gain ground Thursday against the nation’s deadliest wildfire in a century, as the search went on for more bodies. At least 63 people were killed and 631 were unaccounted for a week after the flames swept through.
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Death Toll Climbs to 56 in Camp Fire: Sheriff's Office
Authorities have reported eight more fatalities from a blaze in Northern California, bringing the total number of fatalities so far to 56 in the deadliest wildfire in state history.
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Probes of Trump Taxes Carry Potential for Millions in Fines
Though President Donald Trump insists he did nothing wrong on his taxes, experts say he could be on the hook for tens of millions of dollars in civil fines if state and federal authorities substantiate a New York Times report that found he and his family cheated the IRS for decades. The statute of limitations for bringing criminal charges has...
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Chicago Mayor Picks New Fire Commissioner
A 35-year veteran of the Chicago Fire Department has been named the city’s new fire commissioner.
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MLB All-Star Game Brings 10 Innings, Record 10 Homers
A record 10 home runs. A slew of strikeouts. The all-or-nothing All-Star Game mirrored what baseball has become. Astros teammates Alex Bregman and George Springer homered on consecutive pitches to begin the 10th inning, and the American League beat the National League 8-6 Tuesday night for its sixth straight win.
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Amid Turmoil, CDA Reminds Employees Not to Talk to Media
As turmoil within Chicago’s Department of Aviation continues to unfold, staffers have been told not to contact the media, according to a new memo obtained by NBC 5 this week.
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NTSB Issues Report on Fiery Jetliner Incident at O'Hare
The fan disc which exploded in the right engine of an American Airlines 767 at O’Hare during a takeoff roll in October of 2016, contained a flaw which had been present since the day the molten alloy for that critical part was forged.