Coroner identifies 40th victim of Lac-Mégantic disaster. Admits that remaining 7 missing people will never be identified

Using microscopic bone fragments and DNA samples, forensic anthropologists have identified the 40th victim of the train derailment at Lac-Mégantic last July. Jimmy Sirois, 30, has been positively...

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Ohio: Local hospitals hold mass-casualty exercise

At St. Rita’s Medical Center, incident commander Katie Hunt stood before a room of hospital employees telling them the morgue was overflowing with bodies. Some had to be sent to funeral homes immediately...

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Digging starts at suspected mass grave in Bosnia

Excavation of a suspected mass grave of victims from the Bosnian war began on Wednesday as prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Serge Brammertz, arrived in...

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Sibi train attack: Bodies sent for DNA testing

DNA samples of 12 unidentifiable victims of Tuesday’s bomb attack at Sibi Railway Station have been sent for testing to establish their identities. Talking to the media on Wednesday, Resident Medical...

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Death toll from Washington landslide rises to 36

The death toll from a massive landslide that struck in Washington state's Cascade Mountains rose to 36 on Wednesday, the Snohomish County medical examiner said. Of those 36 bodies, 32 have been...

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