Malta offered to let the new passengers disembark, saying their boat was in the country’s designated search-and-rescue area, but the other 121 people were picked up in an area the country is not responsible for and therefore had to remain onboard.
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Police say 62 killed in Tanzania fuel tanker explosion
Witnesses say people were trying to siphon fuel when the truck burst into flames.
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Artificial intelligence and bionic eyes help contain raging wildfires
The technology is helping companies and weather services better predict natural disasters due to climate change.
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Durham boys survive canoe capsizing, thanks to life jackets
DURHAM — The Durham fire and rescue officials say life jackets helped save the lives of two Durham boys whose canoe capsized on Runaround Pond Saturday morning. Durham firefighters were called to the pond shortly after 11 a.m. for the overturned canoe. They didn’t know how many people had been in the canoe at the […]
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Maine butchers, farmers feeling strain of tariffs on U.S. products
International trade conditions have affected production and product costs for central Maine farmers, despite their back-breaking work.
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Armed man who sowed panic at Missouri Walmart said he was testing his Second Amendment rights, police say
Dmitriy Andreychenko said he didn’t anticipate customers’ panicked response because Missouri is an open-carry state.
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Teenager from Freeport dies in swimming mishap in Saco River
A diver from the Maine Warden Service recovered the body of a 17-year-old Freeport boy who drowned Friday after using a rope swing on the Saco River in Buxton. Steel Crawford, who was swimming with friends at Pleasant Point Park, let go of the rope swing and landed awkwardly in deep water and never surfaced, […]
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Epstein’s death in jail won’t end sex-abuse investigation, prosecutor says
The convicted sex offender, awaiting trial on new charges, was found unresponsive in his cell Saturday morning. Attorney General William Barr says Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide ‘raises serious questions that must be answered.’
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North Korea fires 2 missiles into sea in likely protest of drills
South Korea says North Korea has fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea in another likely protest of U.S. and South Korea’s joint military exercises.
