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American Airlines Jet Hit by Gunfire After Takeoff

American Airlines removed a Boeing 737 MAX 8 from service after workers found a puncture in a right-wing aileron following a round-trip flight between Miami and Medellín, Colombia, a discovery that prompted U.S. and Colombian authorities to investigate what happened. The airline said no one was hurt and the crew reported no in-flight problems, but the location of the damage drew immediate attention because the aileron is a flight control surface used to help an …

Teen Kills Principal in Tragic School Shooting

A teenager who police said seized a firearm from an officer opened fire at a public school in southern Thailand, killing the school’s principal and injuring two students before surrendering after a tense hostage standoff that lasted about two hours, authorities said. The shooting at Patongprathankiriwat School in Songkhla province jolted a region near the Malaysian border and prompted a heavy police response as families gathered outside the gates waiting for children to be led …

Mass Shooting at School Leaves 10 Dead, Dozens Injured

A gun attack at a small secondary school and a nearby home in northeastern British Columbia left 10 people dead, including the suspected shooter, and more than 25 injured Tuesday, police said, shattering a remote community where many residents know one another by name. The violence unfolded in Tumbler Ridge, a town of roughly 2,400 people on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, and sent frightened students and staff rushing for safety as officers …

Gunmen Bomb Armored Cash Van on Highway

Masked robbers armed with military-style weapons blocked a busy highway in southern Italy on Monday, set vehicles on fire and used explosives to attack an armored cash transport van near the town of Tuturano, triggering a brief exchange of gunfire with police and a manhunt that ended with two detentions, authorities said. The daylight assault on State Road 613, the main route between the port city of Brindisi and the city of Lecce in the …

North Korea Executed Kids for Watching “Squid Game”

North Korea has executed school-age youths and sent others to labor camps for watching or sharing banned South Korean entertainment, including the Netflix series “Squid Game,” Amnesty International said in a report based on interviews with people who fled the country. The claims, which cannot be independently verified, add fresh detail to long-running warnings that North Korea is tightening controls on outside information as it tries to block what it calls “reactionary” culture. Amnesty said …

3 Teen Sisters Die in Tragic High-Rise Incident

Three sisters ages 16, 14 and 12 died early Wednesday after falling from the balcony of their family’s ninth-floor apartment in a sprawling high-rise complex outside New Delhi, police said. The fall happened around 2:15 a.m. local time, and investigators recovered a handwritten note from the girls’ bedroom. Police said the case is being investigated as a suicide involving minors, with early attention on whether an online game or social content may have influenced the …

Olympic Athlete, Only Fans Model, Suspended for Anti-Doping Rules Violation

Olympic bronze medalist Alysha Newman has been provisionally suspended from competition for violating anti-doping whereabouts rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit said this week. The notice, dated Feb. 3, cites “whereabouts failures,” which cover missed tests or filing errors within a 12-month period and trigger an automatic ineligibility pending a case outcome. The ruling sidelines one of Canada’s most prominent track and field athletes less than two years after she won a historic pole vault bronze …

Body Found at Sea During Search for Mick Jagger’s Family

A body was recovered from the sea near Bude on Jan. 31 during the search for Alexander Key, 37, a chef reported missing from Boscastle on Jan. 24, police said. Officers and HM Coastguard were called about 6:30 p.m., and the man was pronounced dead at the scene. The discovery focuses attention on a weeklong search that drew national interest because Key is the longtime partner of Assisi Jackson, granddaughter of Rolling Stones frontman Mick …

Hospital Evacuated After WWI Artillery Shell Found in Patient’s Butt

A 24-year-old man’s late-night trip to the emergency room triggered a brief evacuation at Rangueil Hospital after surgeons discovered a World War I–era artillery shell lodged in his rectum, authorities and local reports said Monday. The unusual find set off a standard explosives protocol in one of southern France’s largest medical centers at the start of a busy winter weekend. Police, firefighters and a bomb disposal unit were called to the hospital while an operating …

13-Year-Old Mauled to Death by Shark at Popular Beach

A 13-year-old boy died Thursday after a shark attacked him at Del Chifre beach in Olinda, part of Brazil’s Recife metro area, state officials said. The teen was pulled from the water by friends and taken to a local hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. The death — the sixth shark incident recorded at Del Chifre — renewed scrutiny on coastal safety in Pernambuco, a tourist-heavy state that has logged more than 80 shark incidents …