1+ hour, 44+ min ago  (303+ words) BEIJING (July 9): Firefighters worked to reach people trapped in a burning shoe factory in southeastern China on Thursday as state media reported an unknown number of casualties and President Xi Jinping suggested the blaze may have caused heavy loss of…...

8+ min ago  (45+ words) Bethany Republican-Clipper Bethany, MO: Crae Coffey, son of Erik and B. G. Coffey, suffered a serious injury over the Fourth of July weekend when a fireworks device exploded in his hand. You may have missed...

16+ min ago  (206+ words) State broadcaster CCTV reported that thick black smoke billowed from the upper floors as firefighters battled the inferno. Footage showed several workers stranded on the rooftop awaiting rescue while crews directed hoses at the fa'ade and interior of the structure....

3+ hour, 39+ min ago  (32+ words) MTV Lebanon Fars News Agency: Explosions were heard again in the Choghadak area of Bushehr, southwestern Iran...

3+ hour, 4+ min ago  (213+ words) SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) " A San Diego neighborhood was temporarily under a shelter-in-place order Thursday due to a gas leak. Shortly before 11 a. m. , the San Diego Police Department informed residents in the 1200 block of Essex Street, from Vermont to Richmond Streets,…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago  (663+ words) Firefighters worked to reach people trapped in a burning shoe factory in southeastern China on Thursday as state media reported an unknown number of casualties and President Xi Jinping suggested the blaze may have caused heavy loss of life, NBC…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (360+ words) Flames tore through a multistorey Jinjiang shoe plant at midday, forcing rooftop evacuations and prompting a large rescue operation. In Jinjiang, a city on the eastern coast of Fujian province in China, a strong fire broke out at a shoe…...

1+ hour, 53+ min ago  (467+ words) More than a month after the explosion at the Bonnie Apartments in Oak Cliff, residents are still living without natural gas service. A local nonprofit says it has encountered obstacles while trying to help those affected. More than a month…...

2+ hour, 51+ min ago  (138+ words) TOLEDO, Ohio " The Van Wert County Emergency Management Agency said the gas smell residents have been reporting poses no risk to the community." Early Thursday morning, the Convoy, Wren and Willshire Fire Departments were dispatched to investigate reports of a…...

15+ hour, 46+ min ago  (340+ words) More than a week after a house explosion rocked a Hilltown Township neighborhood, investigators have not yet determined what caused the blast that critically injured contractor Steve Harmon. Hilltown Township Police Chief Christopher Engelhart said on Wednesday that the investigation…...