Train runs over and kills 8 in southern India
Rescue workers examine the wreckage of a train at the site of an accident in India. — File photo/Reuters HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A train has struck and killed eight…
Accidents and disasters
Scientists oppose logging bills in Congress
By SCOTT SONNER RENO, Nev. (AP) — More than 200 biologists, ecologists and other scientists are urging Congress to defeat legislation they say would destroy critical wildlife habitat by setting…
Montana, feds to seek damages from Exxon spill
By MATTHEW BROWN RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT NAME OF REFINERY – FILE – In this July,10, 2011 file photo, oil-fouled islands and a sheen on the water are seen downstream of…
Children rescued after bus topples into Kan. creek
By ROXANA HEGEMAN This image provided by KAKE-TV shows a school bus after it toppled into a creek, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 in Douglass, Kan. Ten Kansas children and a…
More than foot of rain falls during Texas storms
By DIANA HEIDGERD A man sits on top of a home on Buttonbush Drive in southeast Austin, Texas, on Thursday, Oct. 31, 201 Heavy overnight rains brought flooding to the…
NKOREA DEFECTOR TESTIFIES AT UN RIGHTS PROBE IN US
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Jin hye Jo wipes a tear as she testifies during a hearing of the United Nations mandated Commission of Inquiry about the human rights situation in the…
SF TRANSIT STRIKE HAS COMMUTERS FACING GRIDLOCK
By LISA LEFF and TRACIE CONE With the BART transit system on strike, people wait in line to catch a ferry to San Francisco Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, from Jack…
SUICIDE BOMBER STRIKES RUSSIAN BUS, KILLING 6
By LYNN BERRY A damaged bus is examined by experts in Volgograd, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. The blast was caused by “an unspecified explosive device,” the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said…