Disasters

January 4, 2017 9:41 AM

Over 100 suffer minor injuries in NYC train accident

A Long Island Rail Road train hit a bumping block at a Brooklyn station. Fire officials said metal that appeared to be from a rail pierced the bottom of the train and the wheels lifted up.

by The Associated Press

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January 3, 2017 12:46 PM

Toddler boy pushes fallen dresser off twin brother in video

Video from a nanny cam shows a 2-year-old Utah boy saving his twin brother after a dresser falls on him.

by Associated Press

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January 3, 2017 8:38 AM

Employee killed at Shakopee malt plant

Authorities say an employee fell into a machine. Firefighters arrived minutes later and pulled the man out, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

by The Associated Press

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January 2, 2017 6:41 AM

Man dies in snowmobile crash in northeast Minnesota

The Cook County Sheriff's Department says 22-year-old Wayne Gunnar Anderson and a friend were riding on separate snowmobiles along a ditch north of Grand Marais.

by Associated Press

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December 31, 2016 9:48 AM

Blasts in Baghdad kill at least 24 at a busy market

A pair of bombings hit a crowded market in Baghdad on Saturday morning. As people gathered to help the wounded, a man detonated a suicide vest.

by Maggie Penman

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December 30, 2016 2:56 PM

Business exec was pilot of plane that vanished with 6 aboard

The Columbus-bound Cessna Citation 525 departed Burke Lakefront Airport late Thursday night with six people aboard and disappeared from radar about 2 miles over the lake. Why remains unclear.

by Associated Press

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December 29, 2016 1:54 PM

Minnesotans killed in plane crash had long history of flying together

Daryl Ingalsbe, a businessman and experienced pilot, and his partner Deb Solsrud of New London were killed when Ingalsbe's experimental aircraft went down Tuesday while they were trying to land.

by John Enger

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December 29, 2016 11:56 AM

Duo saves woman behind the wheel during seizure in Eagan

A suburban Twin Cities woman has bystanders to thank for coming to her rescue when she had a seizure behind the wheel of her car.

by Associated Press

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December 27, 2016 9:37 AM

Mpls. firefighters rescue motorist after car plunges down river bank

The fire department was called to the area of 26th Street and West River Road, near the Short Line railroad bridge over the Mississippi, just before 9 a.m.

by Tim Nelson