Tag: Accidents and disasters
Republicans test history in vote against pandemic relief
NEW YORK — With the nation's financial system on the brink of collapse, all but three Republicans voted against the massive stimulus package designed...
Quake rattles Alaska’s largest city, no reports of damage
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A moderate earthquake centered just 9 miles (14.5 kilometers) northwest of Anchorage shook Alaska’s largest city Saturday.
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Elephant kills zookeeper with blow from trunk in Spain
MADRID — Authorities in Spain’s northern Cantabria region are investigating how an elephant killed a worker at a local zoo.
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Explosion destroys cafe, injures 3 people in Russia
MOSCOW — An explosion destroyed a café building and injured three people in a Russian city 400 kilometers (248 miles) east of Moscow, emergency...
Virgin Galactic delays spaceflight test to May
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Spaceflight company Virgin Galactic has postponed its next mission to space from New Mexico until at least May after a December...
Elephant kills zookeeper with blow from trunk in Spain
<p>MADRID — Authorities in Spain’s northern Cantabria region are investigating how an elephant killed a worker at a local zoo.</p>
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Explosion destroys cafe, injures 3 people in Russia
<p>MOSCOW — An explosion destroyed a café building and injured three people in a Russian city 400 kilometers (248 miles) east of Moscow, emergency...
Virgin Galactic delays spaceflight test to May
<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Spaceflight company Virgin Galactic has postponed its next mission to space from New Mexico until at least May after a December...
UN: Yemen faces world’s worst famine and needs $3.85 billion
UNITED NATIONS — Conflict-torn Yemen “is falling off a cliff” and will face the worst famine the world has seen for decades unless donors,...
Explainer: Mount Etna puts on its latest spectacular show
ROME — Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, evokes superlatives. It is Europe’s most active volcano and also the continent’s largest.
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