High waves and strong winds dashed a wooden boat against rocks on the coast of Calabria, in southern Italy, killing at least 59 migrants.
Tag: Deaths (Fatalities)
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He Survived the Trade Center Bombing. ‘I Always Knew They’d Be Back.’
Thirty years ago today, Tim Lang was injured in the first attack on the twin towers, an ominous but often overlooked prelude to 9/11. He does not forget.
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Shattered Homes and Lurking Disease: Quake Hardships Pile Up
Hundreds of thousands are sheltering in tents, breathing air thick with pollutants unleashed from tombs of rubble, fearful that a new disaster could strike at any moment.
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Turkish Builders Come Under Intense Scrutiny Over Shoddy Construction
More than 43,000 deaths in Turkey from an earthquake have raised painful and angry questions over whether some of those fatalities could have been avoided with better building standards.
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Gunman Kills 3, Including News Reporter, in Shooting Spree, Sheriff Says
A TV reporter and a photographer for News 13 in Orlando, Fla., had been covering a homicide when a shooter returned to the site of a killing and shot them both, the authorities said. A 9-year-old was also killed.