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Forests, Band from Singapore, Played On After U.S. Robbery
Forests, a band from Singapore, ended its tour in New York in high spirits, two weeks after being robbed in California.
Joran van der Sloot, Natalee Holloway Disappearance Suspect, to face U.S. charges
Joran van der Sloot is a suspect in the 2005 disappearance of the American teenager, Natalee Holloway. He has been serving a 28-year prison sentence...
Gordon Lightfoot’s ‘Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ Was An Unlikely Hit
Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 folk ballad told the true story of a shipwreck on Lake Superior. One of his old friends called it “a documentarian’s song.”
Wreck of Japanese Ship That Sank Carrying Australian POWs is Found
When the Montevideo Maru sank in the South China Sea during World War II, it was carrying hundreds of prisoners, most of them Australian.
Fire in Mexico Kills at Least 39 in Migration Center Near U.S. Border
The cause of the fire at the National Migration Institute in Ciudad Juárez, a border city near Texas, was not immediately clear.
Notes From One Woman’s Decade of Eating Scones
A Londoner spent 10 years sampling scones at hundreds of historic sites across the U.K. Here’s why her story made headlines — and which essential...
Freight Train Derails in Arizona
The train’s operator said no hazardous materials were involved in the derailment, near the California and Nevada border.
Mitch McConnell Hospitalized After Tripping at Washington Hotel
The Senate minority leader tripped during a private dinner, his spokesman said. No details on the 81-year-old Republican’s condition were available.
Yosemite National Park Closed Amid Record-Setting Snow
The accumulation has prompted the closing of Yosemite National Park. As crews worked to restore vital services, officials have not yet set a date for...
The shooting at Michigan State University adds to the death toll on college campuses in recent decades.
The biggest mass shooting on a college campus was at Virginia Tech in 2008, where a gunman killed 33 people.
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