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    San Francisco fire chief Joanne Hayes-White gestures in front of Pacific Gas and Electric spokesperson Paul Doherty while speaking to reporters about a fire on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
    February 06, 2019 - 8:02 pm

    The Latest: Utility says crews had to hand dig gas shut-off

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on an explosion and fire in San Francisco (all times local): 4:55 p.m. Utility crews had to hand dig underground to shut off gas flowing to a fire that raged in a San Francisco neighborhood. A spokeswoman for Pacific Gas & Electric, Melissa Subbotin, says that's...
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    This undated Clark County Detention Center booking photo shows Krystal Whipple, 21, of Las Vegas. Police said Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 that Whipple is sought as the suspect who used a stolen rental car to run over and kill nail salon owner, Ngoc Q. Nguyen, 51, of Garden Grove, Calif., who chased her for failing to pay for a $35 manicure on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, in Las Vegas. (Clark County Detention Center/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)
    January 11, 2019 - 3:35 pm

    Police: Fugitive in Vegas manicurist death found in Arizona

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 21-year-old woman sought for almost two weeks by authorities in Las Vegas after allegedly skipping out on a $35 manicure and using a stolen car to run over and kill a manicurist has been arrested in Arizona, police said Friday. Krystal Whipple was taken into custody by a team of...
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    This undated Clark County Detention Center booking photo shows Krystal Whipple, 21, of Las Vegas. Police said Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 that Whipple is sought as the suspect who used a stolen rental car to run over and kill nail salon owner, Ngoc Q. Nguyen, 51, of Garden Grove, Calif., who chased her for failing to pay for a $35 manicure on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, in Las Vegas. (Clark County Detention Center/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)
    January 03, 2019 - 7:43 pm

    Police identify woman sought in Las Vegas manicurist death

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 21-year-old Las Vegas woman was being sought Thursday for allegedly using a stolen car to run over and kill a Las Vegas nail salon owner who chased her last weekend for failing to pay for a $35 manicure, police said. Las Vegas police released storefront security video footage of...
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    Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greets the gathering during an interaction with journalists in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Bangladesh's ruling alliance won virtually every parliamentary seat in the country's general election, according to official results released Monday, giving Hasina a third straight term despite allegations of intimidation and the opposition disputing the outcome. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
    December 31, 2018 - 3:29 pm

    Bangladesh prime minister denies accusations of rigged vote

    DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The day after winning a record fourth term in power, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina trumpeted her accomplishments and dismissed opposition claims that the vote was rigged. Hasina's ruling alliance won virtually every parliamentary seat in the general election,...
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    The Conservators Center says a worker has been killed by a lion that got loose from a locked space, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, in Burlington, N.C. The facility was founded in 1999 and is in Burlington, about 50 miles northwest of Raleigh. (WTVD/ABC11 via AP)
    December 30, 2018 - 9:42 pm

    Lion kills worker after escaping locked area at conservatory

    BURLINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A lion killed a young worker at a wildlife conservatory Sunday after it got loose from a locked space, the center said. Alexandra Black, 22, of New Palestine, Indiana, was killed Sunday after being attacked by the lion in an enclosure that was being cleaned at the...
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    December 19, 2018 - 8:49 am

    Worker killed in trench is contractor's 4th death in 2018

    DUNDALK, Md. (AP) — The employer of the construction worker killed at a Baltimore wastewater treatment plant this week has been identified as a contractor that's seen three other worker deaths this year. Baltimore City Department of Public Works spokesman Jeffrey Raymond tells The Baltimore Sun 36-...
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    December 17, 2018 - 8:25 am

    Police: Ambulance driver fell asleep, crashed into wall

    BURLINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say an ambulance driver fell asleep, slamming the vehicle into a concrete wall and injuring another EMS worker. Citing a Burlington police release, news outlets report the Alamance County EMS ambulance drove off the road Sunday morning, hit a curb, then hit a...
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    Members of rescue services work at the scene of a train accident in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass at a station in the Turkish capital Ankara on Thursday, killing more than 5 people and injuring more than 40 others, officials and news reports said. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
    December 13, 2018 - 6:21 am

    The Latest: 3 train workers detained over Turkey crash

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on the train crash in Ankara (all times local): 2:20 p.m. Turkey's state-run news agency says authorities have detained three state railway agency employees suspected of negligence over a deadly train crash in the capital Ankara. Anadolu Agency says the three were...
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    From left, an aide to the Russian Prosecutor General Mikhail Alexandrov, Russian Prosecutor General spokesman Alexander Kurennoi, and an aide to the Russian Prosecutor General Nikolai Atmoniev attend a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. Russian prosecutors on Monday announced new charges against Bill Browder, accusing him of forming a criminal group to embezzle funds in Russia. They also said they suspect Magnitsky's death in prison was a poisoning and said they have a "theory" Browder is behind the poisoning. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
    November 19, 2018 - 6:33 am

    Russian brings new charges against Kremlin critic Browder

    MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors on Monday announced a new criminal case against Kremlin critic Bill Browder, raising the pressure on him before European Union discussions about a set of sanctions he is advocating. They also revealed a "theory" that he could be behind the death of his employee,...
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    October 22, 2018 - 4:33 pm

    Health workers in Congo's Ebola outbreak attacked weekly

    JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Congo's health ministry says health teams in the latest Ebola outbreak are attacked about three or four times a week by wary residents, a level of violence unseen in the country's nine previous outbreaks of the deadly virus. The coordinator of the outbreak response, Dr. Ndjoloko...
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