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The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state collapsed Thursday evening, sending cars and people into the frigid water. Rescue crews were trying to free people from at least two vehicles, KING reported. The bridge collapsed shortly after 7 p.m. local time between Burlington and Mount Vernon, Wash., a rural area about two hours north of Seattle, according to the Skagit Valley Herald. The Washington State Patrol   Read More ...

A British Airways jetliner with 75 passengers on board was forced to return and make an emergency landing at Heathrow not long after it initially took off, closing runways and fueling speculation about what had caused the trouble. All the passengers were swiftly evacuated from the Airbus SAS A319, reported Bloomberg, which added that images of the plan showed smoke “streaming from the aircraft’s right-hand engine” as it descended over London.   Read More ...

The natural landscape is known as a area under the current control of natural forces and free from the domination of people on an extended time period. The perspective viewpoint can play a crucial role in the beauty of the picture. Having a high or low viewpoint may be important if you wish to include other things of interest within the photograph, or perhaps diminish an items importance. Read more   Read More ...

North Dalmatia is a region in Croatia. It is an ideal vacation destination that lots of merely overlook. Do not make that oversight, simply because this region offers quite a bit when it comes to beauty, history and fun. North Dalmatia consists of the city of Zadar, the coast coming from the Kvarner Riviera up to the Split, and lots of isles in the Zadar island chain. Listed here are   Read More ...

Pope Francis didn’t intend to perform an exorcism Sunday in Rome when he prayed over a wheelchair-bound man. However, if demons fled the man’s body as a result, well, that’s just a bonus. Or at least so says the Vatican. On Tuesday, the Holy See released a statement that said Pope Francis didn’t perform the ancient ritual in front of TV cameras despite claims to the contrary. “The Holy Father   Read More ...

A giant tornado, a mile wide or more, killed at least 91 people, 20 of them children, as it tore across parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon, flattening homes, flinging cars through the air and crushing at least two schools. The injured flooded into hospitals, and the authorities said many people remained trapped, even as rescue workers struggled to make their way through debris-clogged streets to the   Read More ...

A massive, mile-wide tornado touched down in Oklahoma on Monday, killing at least 91 people and injuring 120 as it tore through towns near Oklahoma City. The BBC, the Guardian and several other news outlets both put the feared toll at 91. Anderson Cooper 360 is now reporting that at least 20 of the 51 who have died are children. President Barack Obama had declared a major disaster in the   Read More ...

Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and founding member of The Doors, died Monday in Germany after a long battle with cancer, aged 74. His death was announced in a statement on the iconic band’s Facebook page, which added that he died  surrounded by his wife and brothers in a clinic in Rosenheim. The Washington Post ran a photo gallery in his honor. Manzarek formed The Doors with Jim Morrison in 1965 after   Read More ...

A single winner in Florida has beaten incredible odds and will take home the entire $590.5 million Powerball jackpot. The lucky ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla., outside of Tampa, according to Florida Lottery executive Cindy O’Connell. “This would be the sixth Florida Powerball winner and right now, it’s the sole winner of the largest ever Powerball jackpot,” O’Connell told the Associated Press. “We’re delighted right   Read More ...

Two FBI agents have been killed in a training accident in Virginia, officials said Sunday. The accident, which occurred Friday, involved members of the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team, AP reported. The victims were identified as Christopher Lorek, 41, and Stephen Shaw, 40. No details on how it happened were disclosed, but an FBI spokeswoman in the Norfolk area said the deaths did not involve gunfire, the Washington Post reported. Other   Read More ...