GOVERNMENT: PRISON MELEE LEAVES 30 DEAD IN BOLIVIA
By CARLOS VALDEZ Inmates relatives surround an ambulance leaving the Palmasola jail in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. At least 15 inmates were killed, many in a fire,…
Accidents and disasters
VENICE POLICE: GONDOLIER’S DRUG TEST POSITIVE
tFILE – In this Aug. 17, 2013 file photo, the gondola collided with a larger boat ferrying passengers lie in Italian Police headquarters in Venice, Italy, Saturday.Venice police say the…
POLICE: AT LEAST 15 DIE IN BOLIVIA PRISON MELEE
By CARLOS VALDEZ Inmates relatives and members of the press surround an ambulance leaving the Palmasola jail in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. At least 15 inmates were…
TWIN EXPLOSIONS KILL 29 IN NORTH LEBANESE CITY
By BASSEM MROUE A man recites prayers amid the destruction after a car bomb outside the Al-Taqwa mosque in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. The…
TOURISTS, RESIDENTS FLEE HUGE FIRE NEAR YOSEMITE
By GOSIA WOZNIACKA In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, the Rim Fire burns near Yosemite National Park, Calif. The wildfire outside Yosemite National Park — one…
RADIOACTIVE GROUNDWATER AT FUKUSHIMA NEARS PACIFIC
By MARI YAMAGUCHI In this photo provided by Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), NRA commissioners inspect storage tanks used to contain radioactive water at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, operated…
TOUR BUS OVERTURNS ON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FREEWAY
By JUSTIN PRITCHARD This video image provided by KABC-TV shows rescue officials working the scene of an accident where a tour bus, left, crashed and turned over injuring multiple passengers…
YOSEMITE-AREA WILDFIRE BALLOONS IN SIZE OVERNIGHT
By GOSIA WOZNIACKI U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., looks at the remains of a Lolo Creek home that was destroyed by the West Fork II fire when it swept down…