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An explosion tore through an Austrian gas pipeline hub at Baumgarten on Tuesday. At least one person was killed, and now onlookers fear the explosion could send shock waves through the European gas supply.

World News

Deadly Blast At An Austrian Gas Hub Prompts A State Of Emergency In Italy

12:53pm December 12, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

At least one person was killed and many others injured when an explosion ripped through the hub. Fears of supply disruptions quickly caused energy prices to leap across Europe, especially in Italy.

The Trump administration's decision is being lambasted by consumer rights organizations and members of the U.S. Senate.

National

DOT Suspends Proposed Rule Requiring Airlines To Show Baggage Fee At Booking

12:39pm December 12, 2017

by Rebecca Feldhaus Adams

Late last week, the Department of Transportation announced it would withdraw proposed measures that would require airlines to show the full cost of booking, including baggage, at ticket purchase.

San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee died in the early hours of Tuesday morning. He's seen here with his wife, Anita Lee, at a NASA event earlier this month.

National

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee Dies At Age 65

12:07pm December 12, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Mayor Ed Lee was not known to be ill; he died at a San Francisco hospital in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

African migrants sitting in a shelter at the Tariq Al-Matar migrant detention center on the outskirts of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Monday.

World News

Amnesty International: Europe Complicit In Libyan Migrant Abuses

11:10am December 12, 2017

by Scott Neuman

European governments aiming to stem an exodus of refugees from Libya have been knowingly complicit in the abuse of would-be migrants held in detention centers there, says Amnesty International.

Russian short track athletes, first row, and ice hockey players wearing sweatshirts with the words "Russia is in my heart" attend a Russian Olympic Committee meeting Tuesday. The Russian committee said it will support athletes who compete at the 2018 Win

Russian Olympic Head Says 200 Of Russia's Athletes Might Compete Under Neutral Flag

9:54am December 12, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The decision comes one week after the International Olympic Committee suspended Russia's national team over a system of doping.

In this Oct. 12, 2005, photo, U.S. Army deserter Charles Robert Jenkins speaks to reporters in Tokyo.

Charles Jenkins, Cold War Defector To North Korea, Dies At 77

9:26am December 12, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Stationed at the DMZ, the sergeant made a fateful decision in 1965 to cross over to North Korea. He spent the next four decades as a trophy of Pyongyang.

An illustration of a Thylacine (Photo by: Brown Bear/Windmill Books/UIG via Getty Images)

Lack Of Genetic Diversity May Have Doomed Tasmanian Tiger, Scientists Say

8:23am December 12, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Although humans are blamed for the extinction of the dog-like Australian marsupial some 80 years ago, researchers say its problems may have started more than 70,000 years ago.

Rahul Gandhi (center), the new president of the Indian National Congress, waves while being garlanded during a political rally at Chilloda village on Nov. 11. Gandhi takes over the party leadership this week from his mother, Sonia Gandhi, who steps down a

World News

As A New Gandhi Takes Over, Can India's Opposition Find Its Footing Again?

8:10am December 12, 2017

by Julie McCarthy

Rahul Gandhi, the 47-year-old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family, takes over the Congress party from his mother. Will the generational shift signal a change in fortune for the lackluster opposition?

Firefighters In California Take Advantage Of Milder Winds

5:09am December 12, 2017

by Scott Neuman

After losing some ground to the massive Thomas Fire north of Los Angeles over the weekend, firefighters on Monday managed to bring it to 20 percent containment.