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DECATUR, Ga. — DeKalb County Fire Rescue crews raced to a reported explosion Thursday evening at a h…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Drivers who speed through Knoxville school zones will soon hear about it by mail.…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Black bears are not just a Smoky Mountains sight anymore. Knoxville and the rest …
FARRAGUT, Tenn. — A driver died early Saturday when a vehicle crashed on Campbell Station Road in fr…
MUSCAT, Oman — Omani forces pulled 25 crew members off a crude oil tanker that was hit and set on fi…
URDA, Spain — Investigators in Spain are focusing on a decision made inside a Madrid rail control ro…
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Bear Reports Climb in Knox County: What to Do in Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Black bears are not just a Smoky Mountains sight anymore. Knoxville and the rest of Knox County have logged more bear activity reports in recent…
Reported Explosion Damages Hotel on Snapfinger Woods Drive
DECATUR, Ga. — DeKalb County Fire Rescue crews raced to a reported explosion Thursday evening at a hotel on Snapfinger Woods Drive in unincorporated Decatur, where an exterior…
Oman Evacuates 25 From Burning Tanker
MUSCAT, Oman — Omani forces pulled 25 crew members off a crude oil tanker that was hit and set on fire near the Strait of Hormuz on Friday,…
Spain High-Speed Train Crash Kills 68
URDA, Spain — Investigators in Spain are focusing on a decision made inside a Madrid rail control room after a high-speed train plowed into the back of a…
Three Killed as Two Helicopters Collide Near McMinnville
MCMINNVILLE, Ore. — Three people died Thursday afternoon after two helicopters collided in the air and fell into a farm field a few miles from McMinnville Municipal Airport,…
France Puts 70,000 Police on Streets as Louvre Closes
PARIS — France sent roughly 70,000 police and security officers into its cities Saturday for a fresh round of nationwide protests, a week after demonstrations over the cost…
Flash Flood Sends Mud Past Golf Course, Swamps Homes
HURRICANE, Utah — Southwest Utah’s city of Hurricane is under a local emergency after a burst of heavy rain Thursday sent a wall of muddy water down Gould…
Magnitude 7 Earthquake in Tibet Kills 16, Injures 76
NAGQU, Tibet — A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked a remote, high-altitude stretch of China's Tibet region late Thursday, leaving 16 people dead and 76 others hurt, local…
Deadly Fire at Canadian Army Base Began
WAINWRIGHT, Alberta — The fire that killed four Canadian soldiers and hurt 39 more at an Alberta army base last week started on an automatic grenade launcher range…
Deadly Fire at Canadian Army Base Wainwright Injures Many
WAINWRIGHT, Alberta — An incident in a training area at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright on Saturday afternoon left people dead and injured and touched off a fire that…
France Protests Turn Violent as Arrests Top 1,800
PARIS — A nationwide day of marches over the cost of living and crumbling schools in France gave way to looting, arson and running fights with riot police…
Truck Drives Onto Youth Soccer Field in Wichita, Killing 2
WICHITA, Kan. — A pickup truck rolled onto a field during a youth soccer game at the Stryker Soccer Complex on Saturday afternoon, leaving a man, 35, and…
