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A French man and one of his three children died after they jumped along with his wife off a 164-foot cliff into the sea to flee a raging wildfire that forced them out of their car just as they were about to cross the Spanish border into France at the end of their vacation, officials said Monday.

14 people killed in US city of Denver...

A couple used a jug to make their 10-month-old daughter take solid food which eventually killed her, a court hears.

A Russian jet carrying a top ice hockey team crashed while taking off Wednesday in western Russia, killing at least 43 people and leaving two critically injured, officials said.

Fire officials say six people, including four children, have died in a house fire in northeast Ohio. Shane Cartmill of the state fire marshal's office says the dead include two adults, their two children and two other children who were visiting.