Italy earthquake kills dozens, reduces towns to rubble
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD A strong earthquake in central Italy reduced three towns to rubble as people slept early Wednesday, with reports that as many as 50 people…
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Survivors of tornado that leveled Missouri city look back
By JIM SUHR A sky-darkening storm was working its way into southwest Missouri around dinnertime on a Sunday evening, zeroing in on the city of Joplin. Will Norton was among…
Large storm brings twisters, floods, now snow and ice
By DAVID WARREN and REESE DUNKLIN Residents surveyed the destruction from deadly tornadoes in North Texas as the same storm system brought winter woes to the Midwest on Monday, amplifying…
AP Exclusive: Fuel-hauling trains could derail at 10 a year
The federal government predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two decades, causing more than $4 billion…
As ravaged Ukraine town regains peace, fear of war remains
By PETER LEONARD Almost every building was gravely damaged, nearly every window smashed in this Ukrainian town left unrecognizable by months of relentless shelling. Children played in the rubble where…
GAZA ROCKET LANDS NEAR ISRAEL’S MAIN AIRPORT
By TIA GOLDENBERG and KARIN LAUB Israeli police officers secure a destroyed house that was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinians militants from Gaza, in Yahud, a Tel Aviv…
NIGHT FIRE DESTROYS ANCIENT TIBETAN TOWN IN CHINA
By DIDI TANG A firefighter works on a roof of a wooden building while a fire ravages ancient Dukezong town in Shangri-la county, in southwestern China’s Yunnan province, Saturday Jan.…
Philippine corruption magnifies effects of typhoon
By OLIVER TEVES and NICK PERRY A plea for help in SOS is painted on a road in an aerial view from a U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopter over San Jose,…