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Spain rescue, aid efforts continue as frustration rises after deadly flooding
Rescue efforts are continuing four days after flash flooding in Spain killed over 210 people, the country's worst natural disaster in generations. More than a year's worth of rain fell in just ...Top stories - CBS News - 2 days ago -
Founder Anne Wojcicki races to rescue 23andMe
Once-hyped genetic testing company hit by data breach, plunging share price and board resignationsBusiness - Financial Times - October 15 -
Baby dead and 65 rescued in Channel sinking
Officials said the overloaded boat carrying migrants started sinking off the coast of Wissant in northern France.Top stories - BBC News - October 18 -
Bodycam captures rescue of woman in basement of burning house
First responders worked frantically to save the woman who was in a basement filling with smoke.Top stories - BBC News - October 25 -
Group rescues food that would otherwise go to waste
The Washington, D.C.-based World Bank is helping with the transfer of a crucial currency, health food, ensuring it goes to people in need instead of in a landfill. Natalie Brand explains.Top stories - CBS News - October 26 -
For Sale: A Painting the Monuments Men Rescued From the Nazis
The portrait by a French court painter is one of three displayed in a photo that came to depict the efforts of a U.S. Army unit that tracked legions of looted art.Top stories - The New York Times - October 28 -
Watch: Helicopters and diggers used in Spain flooding rescues
At least 95 people have died and more are missing after torrential rain caused devastating flash floods.Top stories - BBC News - 5 days ago -
Russian man rescued after 67 days adrift in stormy Sea of Okhotsk
A Russian man has been rescued in the stormy Sea of Okhotsk after surviving for more than two months in a tiny inflatable boat that lost its engine.Top stories - NBC News - October 15 -
Russian man rescued after spending 67 days adrift
Officials say Mikhail Pichugin was found with the bodies of his brother and his 15-year-old nephew.Top stories - BBC News - October 16 -
Man rescued after 67 days adrift speaks of his survival
A Russian whale watcher is found alive, along with two dead relatives, two months after he set off.Top stories - BBC News - October 16 -
Police rescue injured man from tracks seconds before an oncoming train
A police officer risked his life to carry out the daring rescue of a man suffering a "mental health crisis" from train tracks, seconds before a train rushed past.Top stories - NBC News - October 17 -
Video shows officer rescue man from tracks as train bears down
The man had been sitting on a ledge above the train tracks when he slipped and fell.Top stories - CBS News - October 17 -
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An off-duty Hawaii lifeguard helped rescue a teen kayaker stranded overnight
A teenager in Hawaii was recovering after spending more than 11 hours clinging to a kayak before being rescued during an overnight ocean searchSports - ABC News - October 19 -
Hawaii teenager rescued after spending night clinging to kayak in ocean
US Coast Guard and off-duty lifeguard rescued Kahiau Kawa, 17, after he became separated from his school’s paddling team. A teenager in Hawaii was recovering on Friday after spending more than 11 ...World - The Guardian - October 19 -
2 dead, hundreds rescued in 'dangerous' New Mexico flash flooding
Roswell, New Mexico, experienced an overnight Flash Flood Emergency into Sunday morning, the National Weather Service reported.Top stories - ABC News - October 20 -
2 Dead, Hundreds Rescued in ‘Historic’ New Mexico Floods
Roswell, N.M., received nearly a third of its annual rainfall total in just a few hours on Sunday. Rescue efforts were ongoing with more storms in the forecast.Top stories - The New York Times - October 20 -
2 dead, 309 people rescued after severe flooding in New Mexico
The New Mexico National Guard continued search and rescue operations Sunday in Roswell after record rainfall produced severe flooding in and around the city and Chaves County and left at least two ...Top stories - NBC News - October 20 -
Witnesses describe frantic rescue effort after dock gangway collapse
Life jackets bobbed in the water, people formed a human chain to pass survivors to safety and bodies were carried ashore in blankets.Top stories - CBS News - October 21 -
Dog reunites with state trooper who rescued him during Hurricane Milton
A dog captured the nation's attention after he was abandoned in chest-deep water before Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida. CBS News contributor David Begnaud shows the 5-year-old bull terrier ...Top stories - CBS News - October 21 -
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Cockatoo rescued after ‘living on brioche’ for four weeks inside Sydney supermarket
NSW environment minister hopes ‘Mickey will be flying free by tomorrow’ after successful capture by wildlife services. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A ...World - The Guardian - October 22 -
Woman rescued after 7-hour ordeal wedged between boulders
Australian rescuers had to use specialist equipment to free a woman who fell down a crevice and got wedged upside down between two massive boulders.Top stories - CBS News - October 22 -
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An Australian Woman Trying to Rescue Her Phone Gets Stuck Between Boulders
And she was upside down.World - The New York Times - October 23 -
Three people dead and 46 rescued after boat sinks in attempt to cross Channel
French maritime officials say rescue operation was launched after lifejacket spotted in sea off Calais. Three people have died after a boat sank in the Channel, French maritime authorities said.. ...World - The Guardian - October 23 -
Heather Gay says 'Housewives' rescued her. And she's got the receipts to prove it
Heather Gay reflects on her success since being cast in Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City," now in its fifth season, and leaving the church.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 23 -
Beto provides rescue act for Everton with late equaliser to deny Fulham
Marco Silva had shown respect but no mercy to the club that sacked him in 2019 when returning to Goodison Park with Fulham, beating Everton every time. Victory number four was in hand, and ...World - The Guardian - October 26 -
Can Jim Bridenstine rescue NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission?
If Bridenstine becomes administrator of NASA again, his first task would be to get the Artemis program on track.Politics - The Hill - October 27 -
Mohamed Salah strikes late to deny Arsenal and rescue point for Liverpool
The numbers speak for themselves. Mohamed Salah does not only make hay against the Premier League’s lesser lights, he routinely damages Liverpool’s rivals in the so‑called Big Six. And so it was ...World - The Guardian - October 27 -
Rescued diary in Hong Kong sheds light on Chinese involvement in D-Day
The diary of a Chinese naval officer that was discovered in Hong Kong sheds light on Chinese involvement in the D-Day landings at Normandy.Top stories - NBC News - October 29 -
Israeli airstrike on Beit Lahiya kills 93, says Gaza rescue agency
Medical staff and emergency services say those killed in the attack include many women and children. Middle East crisis – live updates Scores of Palestinians, including many women and ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
India is key to rescuing Joe Biden’s troubled foreign policy legacy
The Sino-Russian entente has raised the strategic imperative for America to forge an informal alliance with another nuclear-armed giant.Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago -
Woman and her dog rescued from waist-high flooding in Spain
A woman and her dog were airlifted to safety in eastern Spain, as torrential rain caused deadly flooding so high that rescuers had to swim through chest-high waters to get to her. According to the ...Top stories - CBS News - 5 days ago -
British man, 71, dies after being rescued from Spain floods
The president of the Andalusian government says the man suffered "several" heart attacks.Top stories - BBC News - 4 days ago