Authorities in Curacao say another person has died from an explosion at a fireworks warehouse, raising the death toll to two victims. Police spokesman Reggie Huggins says seven people were injured in the explosion Saturday at the government-owned building where …
Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on parts of the U.S. East Coast in late October after tearing through the Caribbean. In the weeks since, the storm’s scope has come into sharper focus. Deaths Sandy killed at least 125 people in the …
Stunned parents searching for missing children examined a row of mud-stained bodies covered with banana leaves while survivors dried their soaked belongings on roadsides Wednesday, a day after a powerful typhoon killed nearly 300 people in the southern Philippines. Officials …
A doctor in Honduras says another victim of the worst prison fire in a century has died, bringing the death toll to 359. Dr. Juan Carlos Funez says 30-year-old Wilson Garcia has died of kidney failure as a result of …
Officials say heavy snow and avalanches in Afghanistan’s far northeast have killed at least 46 people since last week. President Hamid Karzai has declared an emergency in mountainous Badakhshan province and promised a relief fund of $160,000. A statement from …
As a storm that killed more than 650 in the southern Philippines raged outside the store where she works, Amor Limbago worriedly called home to check on her parents, but their cellphones just kept ringing and later went dead. Limbago, …
The death toll in an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe has reached 29 after federal health authorities say an eighth person has died in Colorado. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that 139 persons have been sickened …
The death toll linked to listeria-contaminated cantaloupes in the United States has climbed to 28, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. Whole or pre-cut Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupe from Colorado-based Jensen Farms have been traced as the cause …
The death toll from a coal mine explosion in southwestern China has risen to 17. The official Xinhua News Agency says 28 miners were in the shaft when the blast occurred Tuesday in Guizhou province. Eleven were rescued and being …
Federal health officials have raised the death toll to 18 in an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that they have confirmed 100 illnesses in 20 states. That includes the 18 deaths. …