Two people were killed and at least nine injured on Thursday in a fire on a cruise liner operating on a popular route along Norway’s craggy coast, officials said. Police said they received information that an additional four people were …
An investigation into a train crash that killed 10 people in southern India has so far found that one of the trains sped up at a signal where it should have stopped, the railways minister said Wednesday. An additional 52 …
Three people in New Mexico have died and six others are ill with Listeria infections that preliminary testing has linked to contaminated cantaloupe, state health officials said Monday. Colorado has also had a significant increase in Listeria cases, including at …
Arkansas has averaged 46 tornadoes a year over the past 10 years. According to a graphic released Monday by the National Weather Service, the state saw an average of 46 twisters annually from 2001 to 2010. Another graphic showed there …
Argentine authorities say seven people are dead in a rush-hour crash in Buenos Aires involving two passenger trains and a bus whose driver drove around barriers in an attempt to beat them across the tracks. Police say 162 people are …
President Dmitry Medvedev called for immediate changes in Russia’s troubled aviation industry Thursday – including sharply reducing the number of airlines – as the country mourned a crash that killed 43 people and devastated a top ice hockey team. The …
Minnesota officials say the number of alcohol-related deaths in the state last year was the lowest on record. Data from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety show that 131 motorists died in alcohol-related crashes in Minnesota last year. That’s 21 …
One of the most devastating wildfire outbreaks in Texas history has left more than 1,600 homes in ruins and stretched the state’s firefighting ranks to the limit, confronting Gov. Rick Perry with a major disaster at home just as the …
An official says a bus has fallen into a river swollen by monsoon rains in northern India, killing 12 passengers. Government spokesman Amit Chandola says 29 people were rescued from the Tons river and hospitalized with injuries near Dehradun, the …
Heavy rains and mudslides from powerful Typhoon Talas killed at least 15 people in Japan as the storm moved northward Sunday past the country’s western coast. At least 43 others are missing, local media said. Evacuation orders and advisories were …