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January 2, 2025

New Zealand police officer killed in New Year's Day vehicle attack, another injured

A driver ran down two New Zealand police officers on patrol in the early hours of New Year’s Day, killing one and seriously injuring the other, the country’s police chief said.

December 31, 2024

At least 66 people die after a truck plunges into a river in southern Ethiopia

At least 66 people were killed in southern Ethiopia after an overcrowded truck that was contracted by wedding guests plunged into a river.

December 28, 2024

One dead, 2 hospitalized after fire at Tyson Foods plant in Georgia

A woman was killed and two other people were injured after a fire at a Tyson Foods plant in Georgia; Tyson is reportedly working with authorities to determine the fire's cause.

December 28, 2024

Oldest living survivor of attack on Pearl Harbor dies at 105

Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died at age 105.

December 27, 2024

Sinkhole in New Jersey keeps I-80 closed after a section collapses into an abandoned mine

Road crews have been working 'around the clock' to repair a stretch of Interstate 80 in New Jersey after a sinkhole forced the eastbound lanes to close.

December 27, 2024

Missing dog returned to family home and rang the doorbell

Athena, a 4-year-old Husky and German Shepherd mix, found her way back to her Florida family home and even rang the doorbell after a nearly weeklong search.

December 20, 2024

Malaysia agrees to resume 'no find, no fee' hunt for flight MH370, 10 years after plane disappeared

Over 10 years after flight MH370 is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean, Malaysia's government has agreed to accept a "no find, no fee" proposal from a U.S. company to resume the hunt.

December 20, 2024

Knife attack in Croatian school leaves 7-year-old dead, 6 people wounded, police say

A young male in Croatia's capital killed a 7-year-old girl and wounded a teacher and five other students in a knife attack at Precko Elementary School.

December 19, 2024

13 die as an Indian navy speedboat crashes into a passenger ferry off Mumbai

At least 13 people were killed after an Indian navy speedboat crashed into a ferry that was carrying more than 100 people; the ferry was on its way to a tourist destination off Mumbai.

December 18, 2024

2 pilots die in fiery small plane crash into vacant building near Honolulu airport

Shortly after taking off from Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, two pilots were killed when their small plane on a training flight crashed into a vacant building.