RAGING FIRE STRIKES AT HEART OF SANDY-HIT NJ TOWN
By WAYNE PARRY and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Onlookers watch from the shore as black smoke rises from a fire on the Seaside Heights, N.J. boardwalk Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. The fire…
Accidents and disasters
HEAVY RAINS CA– USE FLOODING IN COLO
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and P. SOLOMON BANDA Officials investigate the scene of a road collapse at Highway 287 and Dillon at the Broomfield/Lafayette border, Colo., that sent three vehicles into…
2 DEAD AS FLASH FLOODING HITS PARTS OF COLO.
By P. SOLOMON BANDA and STEVEN K. PAULSON A city worker talks on his phone while surveying high water levels on Boulder Creek following overnight flash flooding in downtown Boulder,…
DEATH TOLL FROM CHINESE EXPLOSION RISES TO 7
Firemen work at the site of an explosion that destroyed a warehouse in Baiyun district in Guangzhou in southern China’s Guangdong province Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. Police say four people…
LIBYA: CAR BOMB HITS FOREIGN MINISTRY IN BENGHAZI
By ESAM MOHAMED People gather to look at the site of a car bombing in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. A powerful car bomb exploded Wednesday near Libya’s Foreign…
VENEZUELA GOVT CLAIMS SABOTAGE IN DEADLY BLAST
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Venezuela’s oil minister said Monday that…
THAI AIRWAYS SKIDS OFF RUNWAY; 14 PASSENGERS HURT
By THANYARAT DOKSONE A motorcyclist looks at a damaged Thai Airways Airbus A330-300 at Sunvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. The plane carrying more than 280…
FREEH: POSSIBLE CORRUPTION IN BP CLAIMS HANDLING
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and CHEVEL JOHNSON FILE – In this July 2, 2013, file photo, former FBI Director Louis Freeh leaves Federal Court after meeting with U.S. District Judge Carl…