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Rikers Detainees Were Kept Locked in Cells After Fire Broke Out
A report by the Board of Correction found that eight people remained in their cells for a half-hour while smoke…
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Irish Leader Condemns Fire at Hotel Preparing to Host Asylum Seekers
Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said there was no justification for “violence, arson or vandalism.” The blaze came weeks after an…
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Israel strikes targets across the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military struck targets from the air, ground and sea across the Gaza Strip overnight into Saturday, it said,…
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Hamas has released another group of 12 hostages, Israel says.
Twelve hostages, including 10 Israelis and two Thai nationals, were released from Gaza and delivered into Israeli territory, the Israeli…
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Monday Briefing: A 3rd Hamas-Israel Exchange
Plus an unusual mental health plan in Africa.
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Fire Season in Australia Has Started, Early and Ominous
Though experts do not think that this season will be the worst yet, they also warn that the past is…
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Shopping Mall Fire Kills at Least 10 in Pakistan
Fire safety is a persistent problem in Karachi, where construction has outpaced firefighting infrastructure and building code enforcement is lax.
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Two Years With America’s Elite Firefighters
Hotshot fire crews work on the front lines of the biggest wildfires in the American West. We rode along with…
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‘Absolute Chaos’: Residents Evacuated From Public Housing Tower in England
The evacuation of a tower block in Bristol, after surveys found structural concerns, drew fresh attention to the construction of…
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Arson Suspected in Los Angeles Fire That Shut Major Freeway
The weekend blaze has forced the indefinite closure of nearly two miles of Interstate 10 that was used by about…