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Rescuers search for 19 missing after two dams burst in Brazil

MARIANA, Brazil – Searchers used small airplanes and a drone Saturday to look for 19 people confirmed as missing following the burst of two dams inside an iron ore mine, while authorities lo...

DATE: Nov 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

South Sudan plane crash survivor tells how he saved baby

37 died in crash, 2 survived

DATE: Nov 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

People flee Burundi city fearing violence

BUJUMBURA, Burundi – Carrying prized possessions, scores of people fled Burundi’s capital Saturday before a looming security crackdown that many fear will be a wave of violence. ...

DATE: Nov 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Noise heard in last second of Russian plane’s cockpit recording

Probe ongoing into jetliner crash in Egypt

DATE: Nov 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Presidents of China, Taiwan meet for 1st time

Countries have been enemies for 66 years

DATE: Nov 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump turns up the heat on Carson

GOP candidate calls rival’s claims ‘total fabrication’

DATE: Nov 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New data suggests Americans are smoking more

Good economy boosting tobacco sales

DATE: Nov 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Grizzly raids rise at landfills as bears leave core habitat

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Grizzly bears have been finding easy snacks lately at Wyoming landfills, the latest twist as more of the potentially dangerous animals venture into populated areas away from...

DATE: Nov 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mud buries tiny village in Brazil

2 dams burst, pouring debris, water on town

DATE: Nov 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Russia decides to halt flights to Egypt

French TV says explosion heard on recorder

DATE: Nov 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Gyrocopter pilot to plead guilty in case WASHINGTON – Douglas Hughes has said repeatedly in recent months that he objected to doing “significant hard jail time” for landing a gyro...

DATE: Nov 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Baltic nations want Russia compensation TALLINN, Estonia – The three Baltic countries will “scientifically” calculate the losses caused by nearly five decades of Soviet occupatio...

DATE: Nov 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World