Strong winds that pummeled Britain killed a taxi driver, whose car was crushed by falling chunks of masonry from a building, and an elderly man who died after a “freak wave” struck a cruise ship in the English Channel, officials …
After a blast caused much of an Omaha manufacturing plant to collapse, some workers found themselves buried in debris and others scrambled for their lives. Two of the 38 workers who were at the International Nutrition plant on Monday morning …
A Bangladesh court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two garment factory owners and four of their employees on homicide charges for the deaths of 112 workers in a fire that engulfed the factory in 2012. It’s the first time …
The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the central Philippine island of Bohol on Tuesday rose to 93, as rescuers struggled to reach patients in a collapsed hospital. Centuries-old stone churches crumbled and wide areas were without power. …
Egypt’s official news agency says a seven-story building has collapsed in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. The Middle East News Agency reported Sunday that an unspecified number of residents are trapped under rubble, in the neighborhood of Sidi Gaber in …
It took just seconds for a 13-story building overlooking San Francisco Bay to implode, spewing smoke and chunks of concrete as it crumbled into a heap of rubble. But U.S. Geological Survey scientist Rufus Catchings was marveling less at the …
Authorities say there has been a partial collapse of a building under construction at Temple University in Philadelphia. A spokesman for the city Fire Department says no injuries have been reported Thursday at the six-story structure. Executive Fire Chief Richard …
A fire official says a four-story building has collapsed in the Indian capital while it was being demolished, killing at least one worker and injuring 14 others. The official, S.L. Sharma, says the occupants vacated the building recently as it …
Part of a four-story building in India’s financial capital collapsed in heavy monsoon rains, killing at least five people, authorities said Tuesday. Rescuers used sensors and life detectors to search for five other people who were feared trapped in the …
The High Court in Bangladesh’s capital asked authorities Sunday to prevent the owner of a garment factory where 112 people died in a fire last year from leaving the country, a lawyer said. The High Court made the request in …