Major search operation ends for AirAsia QZ8501

The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) officially ceased its search operation on Monday for AirAsia flight QZ8501, which crashed into the sea off South Kalimantan two months ago. However,...

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Brazilians recover last body after oil-rig blast

Search and rescue teams have recovered the body of the last of nine people killed in a Feb. 11 explosion on an offshore platform leased by Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras, the owner...

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SS Eastland disaster, Illinois National Guard share history

Many know of the SS Eastland, which capsized on July 24, 1915 drowning 844 people in the Chicago River. But few know that the vessel took on a new life after the disaster helping to train Illinois...

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