A woman in her 20s died Sunday after she was injured in a fireworks explosion during a Fourth of July gathering in California. A 28-year-old man was arrested.
A gas explosion at a coal mine in China killed at least 82 people, local officials said, in what was the country's deadliest mining accident in recent years.
A memorial of flowers dedicated to Firefighter Andrew Cross, 27, was left outside of the Morrill Volunteer Fire Department.
A family whose Hayward-area home was obliterated in a PG&E pipeline explosion last year filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the company, a pair of construction contractors and Alameda County. Several members of the Duenas family are suing over allegations that the defendants were negligent, created a public nuisance and trespassed, among other things.
Several people were rushed to a hospital following a possible boat explosion near Miami, fire officials said.
An explosion at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others, state media reported Tuesday, prompting the halting of all firework manufacturing near the site.