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Elephant kills Spanish zoo keeper with one strike from trunk
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A zoo worker in Spain died when an elephant hit him with her trunk, throwing him against the bars of her enclosure, local officials confirmed. Joaquin Gutierrez Arnaiz, aged 44, was hit by a 4,000-kilogram (4.4-t...
Man kills wife then shoots Dallas officers who responded to call, police chief says
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Two Dallas police officers were shot and wounded this week responding to a domestic violence call, Police Chief Eddie Garcia said Friday. The man who shot the officers Thursday morning -- identified as 57-year-old ...
Male polar bear kills female bear during breeding attempt at Detroit Zoo
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A female polar bear was killed by a male bear during an attempt at breeding at the Detroit Zoo on Monday, according to a news release. Female Anana, who was 20 years old, and male Nuka, 16, had lived together withou...
Blaze at facility of world’s biggest vaccine maker kills 5 people
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New Delhi, India A fire that broke out at a facility of the world's biggest vaccine maker that killed five people would not affect vaccine production, the head of the company said Thursday. The blaze at the Serum Ins...
Gunman kills at least 3 in multiple shootings in Illinois, police say
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A gunman killed at least three people and wounded several others in a series of shootings in the Chicago area Saturday before being shot and killed by police, authorities said. Chicago Police Superintendent David Br...
Boko Haram kills at least seven in Christmas Eve attack in Nigeria, local official says
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Abuja, Nigeria At least seven people were killed in a Boko Haram attack on the majority-Christian village of Pemi in Nigeria's Borno state on Christmas Eve, a local official said. "Boko Haram attacked Pemi village, ...
Ohio police officer kills Black man while body camera wasn’t on, mayor says
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A Columbus, Ohio, police officer who shot and killed a Black man Tuesday morning didn't have his body camera turned on at the time, Mayor Andrew Ginther said. The officer has been suspended pending an investigation,...
Fire at Russian care home kills 11 elderly residents with mobility issues
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Eleven elderly residents were killed in a fire at a care home in Bashkortostan, Russia early on Tuesday morning, according to the state-run news outlet Tass. They had mobility issues and could not be quickly evacuat...
Car bomb kills at least 40 Afghan soldiers
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Kabul, Afghanistan A car bomb attack in Afghanistan's central province of Ghazni killed at least 40 Afghan soldiers and wounded 24, Ghazni public health department told CNN on Sunday. An attacker detonated an explo...
Russian soldier kills three officers in attack at military base
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Moscow A Russian soldier killed an officer with an ax and then shot two more officers at a military base near Voronezh, southern Russia, the country's investigative committee said in a statement Monday. "According to...
Attack on oil company convoy kills 14 in Pakistan
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An attack targeting a military escort on Thursday has left at least 14 dead in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said. The security detail was accompanying a convoy of the state-run Oil and ...
Tractor runs over and kills woman sleeping on California beach
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A woman sleeping on a beach in Oceanside, California, has died after being run over by a piece of construction equipment, police told CNN. The driver of a Caterpillar wheel loader was removing pipes from a dredging ...
Nigerian gas tanker explosion kills at least 28
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Abuja, NigeriaAt least 28 people were killed on Wednesday when a gas tanker exploded in the central Nigerian state of Kogi and started a blaze, a road safety agency official said. Bisi Kazeem, spokesman for the Feder...