Missing persons

    March 27, 2019 - 6:46 pm

    Body found in Georgia is that of missing man

    HAWKINSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff says a body found on the riverbank is that of a man reported missing back in January. WMAZ-TV reports Pulaski County Sheriff Danny Brannen said Wednesday they've identified the man as 42-year-old Kevin Patterson, of Forsyth. Patterson's body was found at...
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    A man passes through a section of the road damaged by Cyclone Idai in Nhamatanda about 50 kilometres from Beira, in Mozambique, Friday March, 22, 2019. As flood waters began to recede in parts of Mozambique on Friday, fears rose that the death toll could soar as bodies are revealed. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
    March 22, 2019 - 7:33 pm

    'Brace ourselves': Cyclone death toll tops 600 in Africa

    BEIRA, Mozambique (AP) — With the flooding easing in parts of cyclone-stricken Mozambique on Friday, fears are rising that the waters could yield up many more bodies. The confirmed number of people killed in Mozambique and neighboring Zimbabwe and Malawi climbed past 600. Eight days after Cyclone...
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    March 19, 2019 - 12:37 pm

    Bodies of 2 missing Georgia men found in storage unit

    LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — The bodies of two men missing since December have been found in a storage unit in an Atlanta suburb. Athens-Clark County investigators told news outlets that the bodies of Joshua Lee Jackson and Derrick Davion Ruff were found in a storage unit Sunday near Lawrenceville...
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    People clean the debris from a house in Sentani, Papua Province, Indonesia, Monday, March 18, 2019. Flash flood and mudslides triggered by days of torrential downpours tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia's easternmost province.(AP Photo/Djefri Pattiradjawane)
    March 18, 2019 - 5:11 am

    Flash floods, earthquake in Indonesia kill over 80

    JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — The number of people killed after torrential downpours triggered flash floods and mudslides that tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia's easternmost province has climbed to 79, with dozens of others missing, officials said Monday. On Sunday, the disaster-prone...
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    CORRECTS MONTH TO MARCH NOT MAY - The Elkhorn River consumes a section of western Douglas County Sunday, March 17, 2019, in Omaha, Neb. Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in Nebraska and Iowa as levees succumbed to the rush of water. (Jeff Bundy/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
    March 18, 2019 - 5:02 am

    More evacuations in Midwest as floodwaters head downstream

    ST. LOUIS (AP) — Residents in parts of southwestern Iowa were forced out of their homes Sunday as a torrent of Missouri River water flowed over and through levees, putting them in a situation similar to hundreds of people in neighboring Nebraska who have been displaced by the late-winter flood...
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    In this Friday, March 15, 2019, photo, Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales holds a photo of 2-year-old Noelani Robinson as he speaks at a news conference at the Police Administration Building in Milwaukee. A child's body found wrapped in a blanket along a Minnesota highway is believed to be that of Noelani, a missing 2-year-old girl whose mom police have said was fatally shot by her former pimp, authorities announced Saturday. (Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)
    March 16, 2019 - 5:09 pm

    Police: Body in Minnesota appears to be missing 2-year-old

    MILWAUKEE (AP) — A child's body found wrapped in a blanket along a Minnesota highway is believed to be that of a missing 2-year-old girl whose mom police have said was fatally shot by her former pimp, authorities announced Saturday. The discovery of the child's body came hours after officials had...
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    A message card is placed at a collection of flowers left at the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, March 16, 2019. New Zealand's stricken residents reached out to Muslims in their neighborhoods and around the country on Saturday, in a fierce determination to show kindness to a community in pain as a 28-year-old white supremacist stood silently before a judge, accused in mass shootings at two mosques that left dozens of people dead. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
    March 16, 2019 - 5:07 pm

    The Latest: Death toll in mosque attacks rises to 50

    CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The Latest on shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand (all times local): 10:05 a.m. Sunday New Zealand police say a 50th victim of the mosque attacks in Christchurch has died. New Zealand Police Commissioner Mike Bush announced the latest death in a news...
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    March 16, 2019 - 12:55 pm

    Cyclone Idai hits Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, killing 140

    HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been hit by a vicious cyclone that has killed nearly 150 people, left hundreds more missing and stranded tens of thousands who are cut off from roads and telephones in mainly poor, rural areas. Cyclone Idai has affected more than 1.5...
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    Police officers search the area near the Masjid Al Noor mosque, site of one of the mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, March 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
    March 15, 2019 - 9:46 pm

    The Latest: New Zealand rugby match canceled for mourning

    CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The Latest on shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand (all times local): 2:40 p.m. A Super Rugby match between the Christchurch-based Crusaders and the Dunedin-based Highlanders has been canceled in the wake of the shootings at two mosques that killed 49...
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    March 15, 2019 - 6:01 am

    Georgia man arrested in 3 disappearances; bodies to be ID'd

    NASHVILLE, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says a man has been arrested in the disappearances of three people, and it's working to identify three bodies found this week. News outlets report the agency says the bodies have been sent to its Macon medical examiner's office for autopsy...
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