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• Israel ignores international calls for cease-fire
Three young brothers were reported killed during shelling, five people died in a house hit by ship fire, and Palestinian wounded filled hospital corridors. Arab delegates met with the U.N. Security Council in New York Monday, urging members to adopt a ...
• Gaza hospital overwhelmed by dead, wounded
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Salah Samouni banged his head in grief against a wall inside the hospital morgue where the bodies of his three nephews lay on the floor Monday. His relatives screamed at exhausted doctors, begging them to find people still ...
• 2 Killed, 4 Injured In Greenfield BBQ Shooting
GREENFIELD, Calif. - Two people were killed and four were injured after two gunmen opened fire on a group of people barbecuing in Greenfield on Sunday, police said. The shooting took place at about 7:40 p.m. at 438 Calaveras St. Witnesses said they ...
• Contractor indicted in fatal N.Y. crane collapse
NEW YORK - The contractor that raised the crane that toppled in midtown Manhattan last year and killed seven people was charged Monday with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for failing to stabilize it, prosecutors said. William Rapetti ...
• Checking in on winter's ills: What to expect
The problem, experts say, is that the grim weather being felt around much of the country drives us indoors. And the closer people are crammed together, the easier it is to spread the germs that are causing this year’s most common winter ills: the ...