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Iowa Police Chief Sold Department’s Machine Guns for Profit, Officials Say
Justice Department officials said the police chief in Adair, Iowa, had requested 90 machine guns to either demonstrate or purchase…
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Fire in France Kills at Least 10, Including 5 Children
Firefighters managed to put out the blaze, in a seven-floor building near Lyon, in central France. It was unclear how…
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‘Nightmare’ Warehouse Fire Erases Evidence in Many Unsolved Cases
Lawyers say evidence in cold cases and bids for exoneration disappeared or was ruined when a Police Department storage facility…
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Fire Erupts at an N.Y.P.D. Evidence Center in Brooklyn
A three-alarm fire on Tuesday burned parts of a warehouse compound in Red Hook that contained vehicles used for evidence…
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The Scooter Battery Peril Worries the Fire Department
Lithium-ion battery fires are surging in the city, but the use of the power packs is difficult to regulate, officials…
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Fire Kills 10 in Xinjiang, Raising Questions About Lockdown
Ten people were killed and nine injured after a fire broke out in an apartment building in Xinjiang, a far…
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China Factory Fire Kills 38
A fire swept through a two-story factory in central China on Monday, killing 38 people in one of the most…
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Deadly Blaze in Gaza Strip Kills 21 People Gathered for a Family Party
Hundreds of Palestinian mourners gathered in Gaza on Friday, a day after a fast-spreading fire killed 21 people at what…
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21 Killed in Fast-Moving Gaza House Fire
JERUSALEM — A festive family gathering in the Gaza Strip celebrating a birthday and a graduation turned deadly on Thursday…
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Despite Warning Signs of a Deadly Crowd Crush, Korean Officials Didn’t Act
For years, officials had known that Halloween weekends in Itaewon, a popular nightlife district in Seoul, attracted large crowds, warning…