How to Survive a Crisis

An international disaster adviser shares advice for going through a difficult time.

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Owner of Dominican Club Whose Roof Collapsed Is Charged With Involuntary Homicide

After the collapse killed 236 people, an employee came forward with evidence the owners had been warned the roof posed a danger.

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Air India Plane Crash Leaves Over 260 Dead With At Least One Survivor

The London-bound Boeing Dreamliner went down moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, with 242 people aboard. Dozens more may have perished as the plane exploded on the campus of a medical college.

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What Caused the Air India Plane Crash?

Safety experts said investigators would be looking at why and how the plane started descending during its take off.

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Chaos At Site of Air India Plane Crash

Firefighters raced to douse smoking buildings as emergency workers recovered the bodies of victims after a deadly passenger plane crash in India.

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Brooklyn Roof Collapse Kills Worker at Construction Site That Lacked Permits

The worker, a 43-year-old man, was trapped under the fallen roof in an extension behind a former restaurant in Brooklyn, the Buildings Department said.

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Landslide at Quarry in Indonesia Kills at Least 10

Officials halted rescue operations on Friday evening after poor lighting and the possibility of more landslides put rescue workers at risk.

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They Inhaled a Gas and Scaled Everest in Days. Is It the Future of Mountaineering?

A group of British men went from London to the summit of Everest and back in less than a week with the help of xenon gas. Mountaineers and the Nepalese government weren’t pleased.

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Sinkholes, Bane of Today’s Drivers, Offer Peek Into a Lost Mining Past

A part of Interstate 80 in New Jersey passes near and over abandoned iron mines, remnants of a thriving ore-and-mineral industry that began before the American Revolution.

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North Korea Arrests 3 Over Failed Ship Launch That Angered Kim Jong-un

Three shipyard officials were arrested, including the chief engineer, state media said. The North Korean leader was watching as the launch of a navy destroyer went wrong.

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