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Some of the world rings in 2015

Some of the world rings in 2015

Dec 31, 2014 / 9:07 am

After a turbulent year marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and a horrific series of airline disasters, many could be forgiven for saying good riddance to...

Activist to float DVDs into N. Korea

Activist to float DVDs into N. Korea

South Korea Dec 30, 2014 / 9:01 pm

A South Korean activist says he will launch balloons carrying DVDs of Sony's "The Interview" toward North Korea to try to break down a personality...

Toddler shoots and kills woman

Toddler shoots and kills woman

Idaho Dec 30, 2014 / 1:04 pm

A 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed a woman after he reached into her purse at an Idaho Wal-Mart and her concealed gun fired, authorities said...

Wreckage and bodies found

Wreckage and bodies found

Indonesia Dec 30, 2014 / 11:33 am

Family members of those aboard AirAsia Flight 8501 collapsed in agony Tuesday as images of debris and a bloated body flashed across Indonesian television...

Canadians charged at dolphin park

Canadians charged at dolphin park

British Virgin Islands Dec 30, 2014 / 4:58 am

Two Canadian men face trespassing charges in the British Virgin Islands after they were found after hours at an aquatic park that offers dolphin performances...

AirAsia bodies recovered near site

AirAsia bodies recovered near site

Indonesia Dec 30, 2014 / 2:12 am

Indonesian officials on Tuesday spotted six bodies from the AirAsia flight that disappeared two days earlier, and recovered three of them, in a painful end to...

Obama's golf game bumps wedding

Obama's golf game bumps wedding

Hawaii Dec 29, 2014 / 7:03 pm

A military couple getting married near President Barack Obama's vacation spot in Hawaii learned the hard way that the big day rarely goes exactly as...

Shots fired at LA police car

Shots fired at LA police car

Dec 29, 2014 / 4:38 pm

Two men opened fire on a police car patrolling a tough part of Los Angeles but the two officers inside were not injured as one returned fire and a suspect was...

Dozens of new Ebola cases

Dozens of new Ebola cases

Liberia Dec 29, 2014 / 4:14 pm

Dozens of new Ebola cases have erupted in Liberia, near the border with Sierra Leone, Liberian health officials warned Monday, marking a setback amid recent...

Worshippers converge on Rio

Worshippers converge on Rio

Dec 29, 2014 / 4:07 pm

Swathed in white and bearing bouquets of lilies, thousands of practitioners of the Afro-Brazilian Candomble faith are paying honour to the sea goddess Iemanja...

Ferry passengers recount chaos

Ferry passengers recount chaos

Dec 29, 2014 / 1:43 pm

There were no fire alarms at first, no knocks on the door from the crew, just thick, acrid smoke filling cabins and waking passengers on the overnight ferry...

No traces of missing AirAsia flight

No traces of missing AirAsia flight

Dec 29, 2014 / 10:43 am

The plane sought permission to climb above threatening clouds. Air traffic control couldn't say yes immediately — there was no room. Six other...

432 rescued from ferry fire

432 rescued from ferry fire

Dec 29, 2014 / 8:56 am

Fighting high winds and stormy seas, helicopter rescue crews on Monday evacuated the last of the hundreds of people trapped aboard a Greek ferry that caught...

Emergency landing for Virgin

Emergency landing for Virgin

Dec 29, 2014 / 8:55 am

A Virgin Atlantic jet bound from London to Las Vegas turned back and made an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport on Monday after developing a problem with its...

10th anniversary of tsunami

10th anniversary of tsunami

Dec 28, 2014 / 9:59 pm

A packed train in Sri Lanka that was swept off the tracks by waves as big as elephants. A boat patrolling off Thailand's shore hurled more than a mile...

NATO marks end of war

NATO marks end of war

Dec 28, 2014 / 9:53 pm

The war in Afghanistan, fought for 13 bloody years and still raging, came to a formal end Sunday with a quiet flag-lowering ceremony in Kabul that marked the...

Coyote hunting contest protested

Coyote hunting contest protested

Nevada Dec 28, 2014 / 8:44 pm

A coyote hunting contest in Nevada on Saturday drew howls of protest from animal welfare advocates. Activists branded the contest as unethical and say...

Key moments after jet disappears

Key moments after jet disappears

Dec 28, 2014 / 7:36 pm

An AirAsia jet with 162 people on board disappeared Sunday while flying from western Indonesia to Singapore on a scheduled two-hour flight. Here's a look at...

Hundreds stuck on ferry

Hundreds stuck on ferry

Greece Dec 28, 2014 / 7:10 pm

Update -- 7 p.m. Hundreds of passengers and crew endured a second night of smoke, frigid temperatures and gale-force winds as they waited to be evacuated from a...

5 dead in apartment fire

5 dead in apartment fire

Texas Dec 28, 2014 / 7:00 pm

Five people died Sunday after a fire broke out at a senior-living apartment building in the San Antonio suburb of Castle Hills, authorities said. Ten other...

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