BOGALAY, Myanmar—The 68-year-old fisherman tries to explain how a cyclone swept away the rest of his family, but he can utter only a few simple words before he is overcome by tears and trauma.
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FOLEYET, Ontario—Canadian authorities have a train in northern Ontario under quarantine after one person died and several others came down with an undetermined illness.
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XENIA, Ohio—An Ohio woman has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole for killing her roommate with an ice pick through the ear.
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GENEVA—The United Nations says it will resume food aid flights to Myanmar on Saturday. It also forecasts heavy rains next week in the country already devastated by a cyclone.
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GENEVA—No helicopters. Almost no boats. Floods and fallen trees on the roads. Many obstacles are keeping relief workers from reaching most of the hundreds of thousands of people without food or safe drinking water in cyclone-devastated Myanmar, organizers said Friday.
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WASHINGTON—Depression, teens and marijuana are a dangerous mix that can lead to dependency, mental illness or suicidal thoughts, according to a White House report being released Friday.
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PHILADELPHIA—Seven more police officers were taken off street duty Thursday as investigators look into the videotaped police beating of three shooting suspects during a traffic stop.
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