Ferry sinking trial overshadowed by possible sightings of missing passengers

Shortly after photographs appeared in news reports of two missing passengers from the sunken Queen of the North ferry, others who were on the ship that night started reporting foggy memories of possibly...

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Death toll in Leyte landslide rises to 14

The death toll in the landslide that marred operations in a geothermal power plant in Leyte last week rose to 14 following the recovery of five bodies Wednesday and another one early Thursday morning....

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Brooks County officials develop investigation protocol in handling of immigrant deaths

Brooks County officials are developing a protocol for handling investigations of immigrant deaths after a wave of scrutiny from a civil-rights group. County officials weren’t consistently ordering...

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Buried alive: true stories of premature burial

Mary Best was 17 years old when she contracted cholera in India. All alone since her adoptive mother left the country some months earlier, Mary suffered hours of agonising stomach cramps and sickness,...

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