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Production Manager Is Killed in Accident at Jacob’s Pillow, Authorities Say

Jacob’s Pillow canceled weekend programming as staff members grieved the death of Kat Sirico, who was moving staging platforms that toppled, the authorities said.

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The Doris Duke Theater at Jacob’s Pillow, which reopened last month after being destroyed in a fire in 2020. An employee was killed while moving platforms outside.
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Contractor Arrested in Connection With Death of Alabama 3-Year-Old in Hot Car

The child, who was in foster care, died on July 22 after being left in a vehicle. A contractor for the state’s Human Resources Department was charged with a felony on Friday.

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A contractor for Alabama’s Human Resources Department was charged on Friday in connection with the death of Ke’Torrius Starkes Jr., a 3-year-old who was left in a hot car, the authorities said.
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At Least 1 Dead and 5 Missing After Mine Collapse in Chile

Chile’s state-owned copper company halted operations at its El Teniente mine after an earthquake.

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At least one person was killed and five are missing at Codelco’s El Teniente copper mine in Chile.
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Air Traffic Controllers Urged Safety Changes Years Before D.C. Crash

Air traffic control managers told the National Transportation Safety Board that F.A.A. leaders rebuffed efforts over the years to address hazardous conditions that played a role in the Jan. 29 crash.

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Federal Aviation Administration employees preparing to testify on Thursday, the second day of National Transportation Safety Board hearings on the January collision of an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines plane.
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2 Children in Sailing Program Die After Barge Hits Boat Off Miami Beach

Six people were thrown into the water in the accident, including three other children and a camp counselor, the authorities said.

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An aerial view of Biscayne Bay surrounding Hibiscus Island in Miami, where a barge struck a sail boat on Monday, injuring at least four children who were rescued from the water.
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Heavy Rain Likely Caused Deadly German Train Derailment, Investigators Say

Television news footage showed bent tracks and piles of mud at the scene of the accident near the town of Riedlingen in southern Germany. Three people were killed and 41 injured.

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A mudslide next to the rails where a local train derailed near Riedlingen, Germany, on Sunday.
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9-Year-Old Girl Dies in Wave Pool at Hersheypark in Pennsylvania

Lifeguards noticed that the girl was in distress and tried to rescue her, according to the park, which said that the pool remained closed on Friday.

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The water park at Herseypark in Hersey, Pa., in 2016. The amusement park said it had 100 trained life guards on duty in the water park at the time of the child’s death.
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Lake Tahoe Boaters Died Without Life Jackets, Review Finds

The eight people who died in a June accident were found without flotation devices, according to a new report. The two survivors relied on the devices to stay afloat.

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The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office conducted a search near D.L. Bliss State Park after a boat capsized and eight people died in June.
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Collapse at Red Chris Mine in British Columbia Traps 3 Workers

A rescue operation is underway at the Red Chris gold and copper mine to reach the trapped miners, who were safe in a sealed chamber underground, according to officials.

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The Canadian authorities are working to rescue three miners trapped underground after a collapse at the Red Chris mine in British Columbia.
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Oxygen Machine Played Role in Fire That Killed 10 in Massachusetts, Officials Say

The fire began in a resident’s room in an assisted living facility in Fall River, where investigators found an oxygen machine and “smoking materials.”

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Ten people died and more than two dozen others were injured as a result of a five-alarm fire at Gabriel House, an assisted living center in Fall River, Mass., on July 13, officials said.
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Missouri Man Dies in Dam’s Hydraulics While Trying to Save Trapped Boater

The man jumped into the water to help a boater who had become trapped in the powerful, washing machine-like waters at the base of the dam.

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A low-head dam in Hochatown, Okla. At a similar low-head dam on the Elk River in Noel, Mo., a man died over the weekend after becoming trapped in the dam’s hydraulics while trying to save a boater.
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Even as Air-Raid Sirens Blare, Ukrainians Wait for the Light to Change

Anyone new to Ukraine may quickly notice the disconnect between the front line and much of daily life farther away, including the patient behavior of pedestrians waiting to cross the street.

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At Least 28 Dead After Tourist Boat Capsizes in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay

The boat, carrying 46 passengers and three crew members, was on a sightseeing tour of Ha Long Bay when a sudden storm caused it to overturn, state media said. Ten people were rescued.

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A tourist boat capsized on Saturday in Ha Long Bay, in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh Province, northeast of Hanoi.
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Driver Purposely Plows Car Into Crowd in L.A., Injuring at Least 30, Officials Say

Seven people were in critical condition after the driver veered onto a sidewalk outside a music club, officials said. The driver was booted from the club earlier in the night for being disruptive.

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Police vehicles near the scene in Los Angeles where a driver plowed into a crowd early Saturday.
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Robert Alvarez, 76, Dies; Called Attention to Nuclear-Waste Safety

A self-taught expert, he spent decades working in both nonprofits and the government to expose problems in the production of atomic weapons.

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Robert Alvarez, left, a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, and Jeffrey Patterson of Physicians for Social Responsibility in 2011 at a news conference in Washington about the accident triggered by an earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility in Japan.
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Thunderstorms Nearby? How to Stay Safe When Lightning Strikes

Summer is a busy time for lighting strikes, which kill about 20 people and injure many others across the United States each year, officials said.

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“If you’re hearing thunder, it’s time to be inside,” said a meteorologist.
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Cairo Telecommunications Building Hit With 2nd Fire in a Week

A blaze on Thursday at one of Egypt’s main telecommunications hubs was extinguished, days after a larger fire there killed four people and disrupted internet, transport and banking services.

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The initial fire broke out on Monday at a telecommunications hub in central Cairo, killing at least four people.
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