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Japan to Check Concrete Walls After Osaka Earthquake Deaths

Japan’s government has ordered an emergency inspection of cinder-block walls at schools nationwide, a day after an earthquake in Osaka killed five people, two of whom were crushed by falling walls. The magnitude 6.1 earthquake that struck Osaka during Monday’s …

Hawaii Construction Worker Dies After Wall Collapse

Hawaii military officials are investigating the collapse of a cinder block wall that killed a construction worker at a Schofield Barracks construction site. U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii said in a news release emergency officials responded to a 911 call after …