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Coast Guard finds life ring from missing ship caught in Hurricane Joaquin

An airplane involved in the search located a life ring from the El Faro about 75 miles northeast of the ship’s last known position, the Coast Guard said in a press release. A Coast Guard MH-60 helicopter recovered the life ring and confirmed it belonged to the missing ship.

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An airstrike hit a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in the Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, killing at least 16 people in what the U.S. military called possible “collateral damage” in the battle to oust Taliban insurgents.

 
At least 25 dead, hundreds missing after Guatemalan mudslide

The collapse of a hillside onto a town on the edge of Guatemala City killed at least 25 people and left hundreds missing on Friday, as rescue crews searched for survivors in homes buried by dirt and sludge.

 
Oregon gunman was enrolled in the class he attacked

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Coast Guard searching for ship with 33 aboard caught in Hurricane Joaquin

The U.S. Coast Guard also said one of its helicopter crews had rescued 12 mariners who abandoned their sinking 212-foot (64.6 m) cargo ship after it was beset by heavy weather from Joaquin on Thursday evening off the northwest coast of Haiti.

 
Where Obama stands on the Syria, Russia conflict

President Barack Obama said he would not turn the Syrian civil war into a “proxy war” between the United States and Russia as the two countries launch air strikes on different opponents of President Bashar Al-Assad’s government.