Disasters

Kilian the sniffer dog searches for survivors after the Morocco quake
The golden retriever, part of a Swedish rescue team, helped find 18 people alive under the rubble in Turkey earlier this year. He searched this week for the last missing person in a Moroccan village.
Husband of U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola dies in an airplane crash in Alaska
Eugene Peltola Jr. was the pilot and plane’s sole occupant. The Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub appears to have crashed under unknown circumstances upon takeoff after he dropped off a hunter and equipment.
Crews battle large fire at former Hastings Creamery
Crews from more than a half-dozen fire departments spent hours battling a large fire that started late Wednesday at the former Hastings Creamery in Hastings, Minn. — just weeks after the century-old business closed.
A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 2,000 people
Hundreds have also been injured in the 6.8-magnitude earthquake on Friday night devastated homes in villages across the Atlas Mountains, as well as historical sites inside Marrakech city.