Stewards are now trekking the trails in the beautiful but treacherous gorges on Cornell University’s Ithaca, N.Y., campus as part of safety efforts enacted after three deaths last summer. Cornell’s Todd Miner tells WBNG-TV in Binghamton that the three gorge …
Officials say heavy storms across central South Africa killed a woman at her farmhouse and a man holidaying at a popular resort. Police spokeswoman Majang Skalkie said Sunday that the woman died when high winds ripped the roof from her …
Italian authorities say a powerful earthquake has killed at least 15 people and others may be missing in the latest deadly temblor to hit northern Italy. The Tuesday morning quake had a 5.8 magnitude, rocking one of Italy’s most productive …
A flash flood swept through a village in northern Afghanistan, killing 21 people, many of them members of a wedding party, officials said Monday. People in Dhy Marda village in Sari Pul province were gathered for the celebration late Sunday …
State media say a bus veered off a highway and into a ditch in northeast China, killing 14 of the 25 people on board. The official Xinhua News Agency said in a brief report Sunday that 11 people were hospitalized …
An Ohio nursing home where a 31-year-old man died after a meth lab fire that injured several other people was cited for 18 violations last year, including not providing adequate care, according to state records obtained Tuesday. The victim was …
A confidential settlement has been reached in the case of a 2007 Washington helicopter crash that killed four people and ignited a 485-acre forest fire. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports the settlement comes just days before jury selection began in a …
Investigators say a Canadian Via Rail passenger train was going four times the normal speed when it derailed west of Toronto, killing three railroad employees and injuring 45 passengers. The Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that the train was traveling …
A fire at Brazil’s research station in Antarctica on Saturday killed two navy personnel and forced the evacuation by helicopter of 44 people, the Brazilian navy said. The blaze broke out in the morning in the machine room that houses …
The Hondurans government says a dropped cigarette may have set off the prison fire that killed at least 359 people in the city of Comayagua. Witnesses have told officials that a prisoner fell asleep while smoking, dropping it to his …