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5.3 Earthquake Hits Off Channel Islands; Shaking Felt in Los Angeles, Across SoCal
Shaking was felt in the Los Angeles area early Thursday afternoon as an earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.3 struck off the coast in the Channel Islands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Body Found in Atlanta River Identified as Missing CDC Scientist
A body recovered this week from a river in Atlanta has been identified as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiologist who vanished in February, Atlanta Police Department spokesman Carlos Campos said Thursday.
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Winnie Mandela, 'Mother' then 'Mugger' of New South Africa, Dies at 81
Hailed as mother of the 'new' South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's legacy as an anti-apartheid heroine was undone when she was revealed to be a ruthless ideologue prepared to sacrifice laws and lives in pursuit of revolution and redress.
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Ecuador Stops Assange Communicating from its London Embassy
Ecuador on Wednesday said it has stopped Julian Assange's ability to communicate to the outside world from its London embassy, where the WikiLeaks founder has been holed up since 2012.
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18 dead as Thailand tour bus loses control, crashes off road
The accident occured Wednesday evening in Thailand's Nakhon Ratchasima province with the double decker bus carrying around 50 people returning home from a holiday.
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'People Trapped' Under Collapsed US Bridge
Cars are pictured crushed beneath the fallen structure, which only went up last Saturday.
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UK to Expel 23 Russian Diplomats
They have one week to leave Britain after Russia failed to explain the use of a nerve agent against an ex-spy.
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49 dead after plane crash at Kathmandu airport
At least 49 people were killed when a plane approached the runway from the wrong direction, crashed and burst into flames while landing at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan Airport in Nepal on Monday. Flight BS 211, which belongs to US-Bangla Airlines, a privately owned Bangladeshi carrier, was flying from Dhaka, Bangladesh, police spokesperson Manoj Neupane said.
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Shots Ring Out At Hamilton Place Mall; Crowds Rush Out In A Panic After "Active Shooter" Call
Shots rang out at Hamilton Place Mall shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday, sending customers at the mall racing out in a panic.
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Missouri Governor Eric Greitens indicted on Invasion of Privacy Charge related to Affair
A St. Louis grand jury has indicted Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on a felony invasion of privacy charge related to the Republican's admitted extramarital affair with a woman in 2015.
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18 killed in massive explosion at wedding in India
Rescuers discovered nine more bodies Sunday beneath the ruins of a hotel, bringing the known death toll from an explosion which tore through a wedding party to 18, an official said. A gas cylinder exploded late Friday (Feb 15) at the hotel in the city of Beawar, in the western state of Rajasthan, reducing the venue to ruins and sparking a huge fire.
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3 dead in helicopter crash in Grand Canyon
Three people have been killed in a helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon, according to Hualapai Nation police Chief Francis Bradley. The helicopter, a Eurocopter EC130, crashed under unknown circumstances, according to Allen Kenitzer with the FAA Office of Communications. Local authorities say that at least seven people were on board the helicopter.
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Israel's Netanyahu Bracing for Corruption Charges
Israel's Channel 2 reported that a team of top Israeli police officials will seek charges of accepting bribes, fraud and breach of trust.
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At least 2 dead, 50 injured after Amtrak train collides with freight train in SC
A Miami-bound Amtrak train appeared to be on the wrong track when it collided with a freight train in South Carolina early Sunday morning, killing at least 2 people and injuring 116, officials said.
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South Africa gold mine: About 950 workers trapped underground
A storm knocked electricity out, preventing lifts from bringing nightshift workers to the surface.
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U.S. FBI Deputy Director McCabe has stepped down
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who has drawn criticism from President Donald Trump, has stepped down from his current role, several weeks earlier than his expected retirement date, NBC News reported on Monday, citing several sources familiar with matter.
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Roy Moore accuser's Gadsden home burns; arson investigation underway
Roy Moore accuser Tina Johnson lost her home Wednesday in a fire that is now under investigation by the Etowah County Arson Task Force. Tina Johnson, who first came to public notice for accusing Senate candidate Roy Moore of grabbing her in his office in the early 1990s, said her home on Lake Mary Louise Road in Gadsden caught fire Tuesday morning.
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Man In Gas Mask Launches Machete Attack In LA
Nine people are reported to have been transported by ambulance following a machete attack by a man in a gas mask in the Canoga Park area of Los Angeles Saturday night. FOX LA reporter Bill Melugin reports that the call came over the radio as a "shots fired" "officer needs help" call. The suspect was transported by ambulance, and it's not confirmed that he was shot by an officer.
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Train carriage falls on US motorway
Train carriages have plummeted on to a motorway in Washington state, causing "multiple" fatalities, police say. The train derailed and the carriages fell on to the I-5 highway below. Images from the scene show that all the carriages of the high speed train appear to have left the track. It was Amtrak's first passenger service to run on a new, shorter route, connecting Olympia and Tacoma. Train 501 had left Seattle, heading south for Portland, at 0600 local time.
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Explosion at Manhattan bus terminal
A man is being held after an attempted terror attack at New York City's main bus terminal, officials say. "Terrorists won't win," Mayor Bill de Blasio said after a blast at the Port Authority terminal in Manhattan during the morning rush hour on Monday. The suspect, named as Akayed Ullah, 27, was wounded when a "low-tech explosive device" strapped to his body blew up in an underpass, officials say. They say four other people suffered minor injuries.
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