Angry Haitians stormed the twisted wreckage of a collapsed school on Sunday to demand rescuers speed up a search for victims, while officials worried about the stability of other buildings across this desperately poor country. ...more

November 10, 2008

Rescuers pulled four children alive Saturday from the rubble of a three-story Haitian school that collapsed on classrooms filled with students and teachers, killing at least 84 people. ...more

November 9, 2008

A hillside school where roughly 500 students crowded into several floors collapsed during classes on Friday, killing at least 30 people and injuring many more. Rescuers used bare hands to pull bleeding students from the wreckage. ...more

November 8, 2008

Sprinklers helped save the day for more than 40 Tampa apartments in the past few days, Tampa firefighters say. ...more

November 7, 2008

Two people are in stable condition today after their catamaran overturned near Shell Island, authorities said. ...more

October 26, 2008

The local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has taken in more than 130 cats and dogs and two guinea pigs affected by Hurricane Ike in mid-September. The animals had no identification or were surrendered by their owners. ...more

October 1, 2008

PAKISTAN - Pakistan's prime minister says the death toll from the huge truck bombing of a luxury hotel in Pakistan's capital has reached about 53. ...more

September 21, 2008

A massive suicide truck bomb gutted the heavily guarded Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital Saturday, killing at least 40 people and injuring hundreds. Dozens more were feared dead inside the building where rescuers continued to search early today. ...more

September 21, 2008

The death toll from Hurricane Ike is remarkably low so far, considering that legions of people stayed behind as the storm obliterated row after row of homes along the Texas coast. But officials suspect there are more victims out there and say some might simply have been swept out to sea. ...more

September 18, 2008

State officials mounted the largest rescue operation in Texas history on Sunday, taking nearly 2,000 people by boat and helicopter out of flood-ravaged towns on the Texas coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. ...more

September 15, 2008