Pearl Harbor survivor, 91, helps identify unknown dead

Warren P. Hickok broke his right leg as a boy. Payton L. Vanderpool Jr. had a missing front tooth. Those physical characteristics eventually aided the identification of the men, decades after they...

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Many dead in Newtown, Connecticut elementary school shooting

America was tonight facing the prospect of its worst ever school massacre amid reports that as many as 27 people had been killed after a gunman went on the rampage in a kindergarten class. Up to 18...

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Bopha’s death toll may reach 2000

Death toll of Typhoon Bopha could reach as high as 2,000 with 906 confirmed dead and 932 missing, most of them in hard-hit south Philippines, a senior official said, adding that retrieval missions...

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Filipino bill seeks training of health officers in identifying fatalities

A bill seeking to require all local health officers to have mandatory training in the identification of fatalities from natural and human-induced disasters was filed recently by Sen. Aquilino “Koko”...

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Another N.Korean Corpse Found Drifting Off Japan

Yet another North Korean boat carrying a dead body has been found adrift in Japanese waters. Japanese police said on Wednesday they found a man's skeleton in a fishing boat drifting off Wajima, Ishikawa...

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Two Police Officers Arrested For Looting Jenni Rivera's Crash Site

Two police officers have been arrested on suspicion of stealing unspecified items from the scene of the plane crash that killed Mexican-American superstar Jenni Rivera. The Nuevo Leon state government...

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Typhoon death toll now 902

The death toll from Typhoon Pablo rose to 902 on Thursday but was expected to climb further because 635 people remained missing, an official said. Benito Ramos, executive director of the National...

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