accidents and disasters

The jet went down in an open field not far from an apartment complex, local officials said during a news conference Thursday afternoon.

The findings contradict what had stood as the official explanation: that Liverpool fans died in the 1989 incident because of an accident that was worsened by their own behavior.

The death toll in the road collapse is now at 26, NPR's Julie McCarthy reports. Several officials from the firm that built the overpass face charges of attempted murder and criminal conspiracy.

The construction company that's been working on the project for years now says that the devastating collapse was caused after a pillar failed — but that it was an act of God.

Images from the scene in eastern India show cars and trucks pinned under large concrete sections, as scores of people work around tangled metal supports.

Faced with a tragic situation, Trooper Nathan Bradley says he stalled for time — to find the kids' nearest relatives, and to figure out how to salvage their Halloween.

After taking off in Egypt on a flight to St. Petersburg, Russia, the aircraft crashed in the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian officials say there were no survivors.

Most of the passengers were senior citizens; the bus had recently departed from a village near Bordeaux for a sightseeing trip.

The powerful blasts toppled stacks of shipping containers, scorched hundreds of cars in nearby lots, and blasted out the windows of cars and buildings.

More than 300 people survived, according to local media reports. Just minutes before the crashes, another train had passed safely over the same area.