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Brazilian soccer team's plane crashes in Colombia; 76 dead

Brazilian soccer team's plane crashes in Colombia; 76 dead

The Chapocoense soccer team was flying to Medellin for a tournament when the charter plane crashed in a mountainous area late Monday night. Five people survived the crash.
by Associated Press

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Catering truck crashes through airport barrier, injuring two

Two people were injured after a catering truck crashed through a barrier at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and fell to the roadway below over the weekend. It took about five hours Sunday to clear the truck.
by Jon Collins

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Dakota Access protester fights to save arm after explosion

Dakota Access protester fights to save arm after explosion

Sophia Wilansky, currently at Hennepin County Medical Center, will likely undergo multiple surgeries. Her father said Sophia told him she was hit by a concussion grenade. Officials say it did not come from law enforcement.
by Brandt Williams

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Video: 'Dead' deer wakes up in car, bounds off into Wis. woods

A Wisconsin man got quite the surprise Thursday night after hitting a deer and, thinking it was dead, putting it in the back of his car. The surprise? It wasn't dead.
by Nancy Yang

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Official: 6 dead in Chattanooga elementary school bus crash

Six people were killed Monday when a Chattanooga school bus with 35 young children aboard crashed, turned on its side and wrapped around a tree, according to the district attorney.
by Associated Press

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Death toll rises after train derailment in northern India

Death toll rises after train derailment in northern India

Fourteen coaches of a passenger train rolled off track early Sunday, police say. The cause of the crash is still unknown.
by Emma Bowman

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Giant shield moves into place to cover exploded Chernobyl reactor

Giant shield moves into place to cover exploded Chernobyl reactor

It's billed as the "largest movable land-based structure ever built," and it is an important step toward ultimately dismantling the reactor. The 1986 blast was the world's worst nuclear disaster.

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Victim shot at Winona home has died

Police say a man shot in the head at a residence in Winona has died.
by Associated Press

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