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Investigation into Beirut’s Massive 2020 Port Blast Resumes

BEIRUT (AP) — The judge investigating Beirut’s massive 2020 port blast resumed work Monday after a nearly 13-month halt, ordering the release of some detainees and announcing plans to charge others, including two top generals, judicial officials said. Judge Tarek …

26 Bodies Found as Search Ends at Cambodian Hotel Fire Site

POIPET, Cambodia (AP) — The search for bodies in the wreckage of a burned-out casino hotel complex in western Cambodia has concluded with 26 people confirmed dead, a senior official said late Friday. Banteay Meanchey province Governor Um Reatrey told …

With Warming, Snowbound Buffalo Braces to Find More Dead

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo was set to emerge from a deep freeze Wednesday, bringing some relief but also the tragic possibility of finding more victims amid melting snow from the area’s deadliest storm in decades. Officials said more than …

Heating Methods Eyed in Ohio Fire After Family of 6 Killed

NEWCOMERSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Authorities investigating a fire that claimed the lives of six members of an Ohio family are looking at the possibility that the blaze was sparked by alternative methods of heating that the family was using to …

More Snow in Store for Buffalo After Blizzard ‘for the Ages’

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — State and military police are being sent to keep people from driving in snow-choked Buffalo, officials said Tuesday as the region kept counting fatalities and strove to recover from its deadliest storm in at least two …

Spotlight on Illegal Buildings as Ischia Death Toll Now at 8

MILAN (AP) — The Italian resort island of Ischia has a long history of natural disasters, but experts say this weekend’s landslide that has killed eight people and left five missing was exacerbated by a combination of climate change and …

Walmart Is Helping Authorities After Mass Shooting at Virginia Store

A Walmart Inc. employee opened fire in a Virginia store late Tuesday, killing six people before taking his own life, police said. Four people are in the hospital with injuries from the attack, Mark Solesky, chief of police in Chesapeake, …

Report: Welding Sparked Central China Fire that Killed 38

BEIJING (AP) — Investigators said that sparks from welding work appears to have been the cause of a fire that killed 38 people at a company dealing in chemicals and other industrial goods in central China’s Henan province. Two other …

Heavy Rains in the Balkans Cause Flooding, Killing 6 People

SHKODER, Albania (AP) — Torrential rains in the Balkans over the past two days led to floods that killed at least six people, prompted widespread evacuations and caused significant damage, authorities said Monday. One of the most impacted areas was …

Strong Quake Topples Houses in Indonesia’s Java; 162 Dead

CIANJUR, Indonesia (AP) — A strong, shallow earthquake toppled buildings and walls on Indonesia’s densely populated main island on Monday, killing at least 162 people and injuring hundreds of others as residents fled into the street, some covered in blood …