New York’s storm deaths highlight a shadow world of basement apartments.
When rain inundated New York City on Wednesday night, turning streets into rivers and flooding subway stations, officials sounded a desperate warning to [...]
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Hundreds Missing in Europe Floods Are Safe, Even as Death Toll Rises
BERLIN — European authorities have revised down the number of people missing as waters receded after devastating flooding in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands [...]
Iraqi Authorities Revise Down Death Toll in Covid Hospital Fire
NASIRIYA, Iraq — Regional officials on Thursday revised down the death toll from a fire that swept through a hospital’s coronavirus ward in [...]
Death Toll From Texas Winter Storm Continues to Rise
The death toll from the freezing winter weather that battered Texas and caused widespread power outages this year has risen by 59, bringing [...]
15 Men Charged in Connection With Death of Fraternity Pledge
Fifteen men were charged in connection with the alcohol-poisoning death of a Washington State University student, prosecutors said on Wednesday, after a yearlong [...]
4 Dead in a Shooting and Fire Near Baltimore, Police Say
Four people died, including a gunman who was shot by the police, after officers and firefighters responded to reports of a shooting and [...]
After a Firefighter’s Death, His Son Gets a Truck Birthday Parade
Matt Boney said a fire chief had grabbed him on Tuesday night as they prepared to pull the body of their fallen comrade, [...]
Fire Tears Through Rohingya Camp, Leaving Thousands Homeless Once More
The authorities in Bangladesh searched for survivors on Tuesday amid the smoldering ruins of a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp, one day after a [...]
Virginia Fraternity Is Suspended After Death of Student
Virginia Commonwealth University has suspended a fraternity after a freshman, Adam Oakes, 19, of Sterling, Va., was found dead over the weekend at [...]
Is ‘Avalanche’ the Answer to a 62-Year-Old Russian Mystery Over 9 Deaths?
MOSCOW — What drove nine experienced hikers, some barefoot and almost naked, out of their tent and into the subzero cold and the [...]