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The world’s largest seismically isolated building, the new international terminal at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport, is now complete and open for business. “What an isolation system does is that it enables the building to...
More rains forecast for Saturday in northern England but less risk of flooding One police officer killed when swept away on collapsing bridge 11 bridges closed across northern county of Cumbria because of weather London,...
1:55pm UK, Friday November 20, 2009 Hazel Tyldesley, Sky News Online Shop and cafe owners in a flooded Cumbrian market town have been dealt a devastating blow in the crucial run up to Christmas, a local business network has...
MAZRAQ, YEMEN -- From his tent made of blankets, Ali al-Majeshri stared at the tarpaulin tents in the refugee camp across the road. Five days before, he and his family had arrived at this wretched patch in a failing nation,...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Three months after the Station Fire burned thousands of acres in the hills above Los Angeles and killed two firefighters, investigators have no suspects. Sources told the Los Angeles Times...
Posted Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 FORT WORTH — Fire forced KXAS/Channel 5 off the air for a few hours late Thursday and early Friday during November "sweeps," when TV stations’ audiences are measured. The NBC affiliate’s station in...
An explosion struck the office of an aid organization in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Saturday, wounding a security guard, police said. By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press Writer PESHAWAR, Pakistan — An explosion...
A winter storm with winds gusting to more than 80 mph Friday knocked out power for thousands of people in northern Nevada, grounded flights and kicked up dust storms that contributed to a fatal pile-up that shut down a stretch...
The first winter-like storm of the season on Friday shut down westbound Interstate 80, delayed or canceled more than a dozen airport flights, likely caused a fatal plane crash near Susanville, knocked out power to thousands and...
A Brooklyn woman left devastated by a fatal fire just days ago is slowly trying to put her life back together, and now the community she calls home is stepping in to help. Rose Danielle Etienne's grief is so heavy she cannot...
