Third Horse Rescued in Kentucky Where 20 Others Were Killed
A third horse has been rescued from a strip mine site in Kentucky where 20 horses were found fatally shot.
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Alaska Man Rescued Weeks After Remote Cabin Burned Down
Weeks after an Alaska man’s remote cabin burned down, he was rescued by Alaska State Troopers who found him by a makeshift shelter with an SOS signal stamped in the snow.
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Indonesia Floods Kill 43, Displace 397,000
The death toll from floods in Indonesia’s capital rose to 43 of Friday as rescuers found more bodies in receding floodwaters, disaster officials said.
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Koalas Rescued From Path of Raging Bushfire
A dozen koalas have been rescued from the path of bushfires raging near Sydney, conservationists said Tuesday, as devastating blazes increasingly encroach on critical habitat
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Plane Missing With 38 on Way to Antarctica
Chile’s air force lost radio contact with a transport plane carrying 38 people on a flight Monday evening to the country’s base in Antarctica, and authorities indicated several hours later that they were not optimistic about the aircraft’s fate.
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Survivors Describe Terror of Volcanic Eruption
Survivors of a powerful volcanic eruption in New Zealand ran into the sea to escape the scalding steam and ash and emerged covered in burns, say those who first helped them.
Read moreRescuers Search for Girl, 6, Missing After Truck Swept Away
Nine members of an Arizona family, together for the Thanksgiving holiday, were in an oversized military-style truck when they got stuck in a raging creek swollen by runoff from a powerful storm.
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Powerful Albanian Earthquake Kills at Least 14
Rescue crews used excavators to search for survivors trapped in toppled apartment buildings Tuesday after a powerful predawn earthquake in Albania killed at least 14 people and injured more than 600.
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Seven-Story Building Collapses in Brazil, Trapping People
A seven-story building collapsed Tuesday in an upscale part of the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, killing one person and leaving others trapped with some communicating with family members by cellphone from under debris, officials said.
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Hard Rock Hotel Collapses Under Construction in New Orleans
Rescue crews on Sunday searched for a worker missing in the partial collapse of a New Orleans hotel that was under construction, their work proceeding cautiously amid fears about the stability of the structure, authorities said.
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Polish Politician Rescues Child and Father From Burning Car
A left-wing party leader in Poland has rescued a 2-year-old boy and his father from a burning car, winning praise across the political spectrum days before a national election.
Read moreRescues Underway as Imelda Floods Southeast Texas
Tropical Depression Imelda, sauntering through southeast Texas at 5 mph, flooded some homes with 5 feet of water early Thursday, forced a hospital to evacuate patients and shut down a stretch of Interstate 10.
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Bahamians Begin Rescues as Dorian Lumbers North
Bahamians rescued victims of Hurricane Dorian with jet skis and a bulldozer as the U.S. Coast Guard, Britain’s Royal Navy and a handful of aid groups tried to get food and medicine to survivors and take the most desperate people to safety.
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40 Refugees Drowned in Capsizing off Libya
A boat carrying dozens of refugees bound for Europe capsized Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, with at least 40 people missing and presumed drowned, U.N. officials said, as a support group reported it had received a call from someone on the vessel “crying and shouting” that passengers had died already.
Read moreFrance Rescues 22 Refugees in English Channel
French rescuers saved 22 refugees who found themselves “in difficulty” on the English Channel overnight in their bid to get to Britain, French maritime authorities said Sunday.
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Refugees Disembark in Italy After 19-Day Standoff
More than 80 people were evacuated from an immigrant rescue ship on Tuesday, capping a drama that saw 15 passengers jump into the sea to escape deteriorating conditions aboard and spurred Spain to dispatch a naval ship to end a weekslong humanitarian crisis with Italy.
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Refugees Jump off Rescue Boat to Try to Reach Italian Island
Several refugees jumped into the sea from a Spanish rescue boat Sunday in a thwarted bid to reach shore in Italy, where the government’s hardline interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has refused to let the 107 passengers disembark.
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‘Explosive’ Situation on Migrant Rescue Boat in Limbo Off Italy
The captain of a Spanish charity ship carrying 134 rescued migrants warned Friday of the “explosive” situation on board the vessel anchored within swimming distance of Italy’s Lampedusa island but forbidden to approach.
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Libya’s Coast Guard Recovers Dozens of Bodies of Migrants
Libya’s coast guard recovered dozens of bodies of Europe-bound migrants who perished at sea as search operations continued Friday, a day after up to 150 people, including women and children, went missing and were feared drowned after their boats capsized in the Mediterranean Sea.
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1 Missing, 6 Dead in Storm in Northern Greece
A search and rescue operation was underway in northern Greece Thursday for a fisherman missing after a powerful storm left six people dead, including two children, and injured about 140.
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