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Flames that engulfed Dubai's Address Downtown hotel on New Year's Eve were caused by an electrical short, forensics experts said Wednesday.

Fire At Dubai High-Rise Is Blamed On Electrical Issue In Spotlight

No deaths were caused by the New Year's Eve fire. The short-circuit occurred in a bright light that's used to illuminate the hotel's exterior, police say.

Amnesty Report: Child Labor Used To Gather Minerals For Gadget Batteries

Amnesty International says that Apple, Samsun and Sony are failing to do basic checks to make sure that minerals in their products are not mined by children in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

North Korean Scientists Come Up With 'Amazing' Breakthroughs

Last year the scientists came up with a vaccine that could cure AIDS, drug addition and Ebola. This year, according to the Pyongyang Times, they've discovered hangover-free alcohol.

U.S. troops from the 82nd Airborne receive rifles in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in 1982. For decades, U.S. troops have been part of the multinational peacekeeping force in the Sinai Peninsula designed to ensure the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. While the accord has held, extremists linked to ISIS now operate in the Sinai and are considered a threat to the Americans.

A Place Where U.S. Troops Are Very Close To ISIS

U.S. peacekeeping troops have been based for decades in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, where the greatest danger was often sunburn. But with extremists now nearby, the mission has become far riskier.

This combination of two satellite images provided by DigitalGlobe, taken on March 31, 2011 (top), and Sept. 28, 2014, shows the site of the Christian monastery known as St. Elijah's, or Dair Mar Elia.

Aerial Images Show Destruction Of Ancient Christian Monastery In Iraq

The new images obtained by The Associated Press show the site of St. Elijah's Monastery in the ISIS-held city of Mosul. ISIS likely destroyed the monastery in the fall of 2014.

Be Heard: Transit Officials Planning Next Five Years

The Washoe County Regional Transportation Commission is holding public open houses this week to get feedback on what transit services are most important…

SoCal Gas spokesman MikeMizrahi meets with journalists outside the SoCal Gas Aliso Canyon storage facility in Porter Ranch, California on January 8, 2016, where residents have been lodging complaints and seeking an alternative housing situation from their homes near where natural gas leaking from a well has sickened and displaced thousands of residents. More than 1,600 odor complaints have been lodged with the air district by Porter Ranch residents since October 23, 2015 when the leak began. Repeated efforts to stop the leak by pumping liquid and mud down the well have failed and the gas company is now drilling a relief well to intercept and plug the damaged well. (Frederic J. Brown//AFP/Getty Images)

Los Angeles Suburb Still Suffering From Gas Leak

California State Sen. Fran Pavley discusses the new legislation she introduced, in response to the ongoing natural gas leak.

Trader Michael Capolino (right) watches prices on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday. Stocks endured another bloodbath, and oil fell below $27 a barrel.

Wall Street Has Another Brutal Day, As Stock Prices Plummet

Fears about slowing global growth have sent the Dow Jones industrial average down by about 10 percent this month since the start of the year.

Groove Master Benji Hughes Sings 'Songs In The Key Of Animals'

The singer-songwriter plays most of the instruments himself on his new album. Critic Ken Tucker says you can hear a love for pop music in Hughes' silly sentiments and artful arrangements.

Black Lives Matter Protesters Crash U.S. Conference Of Mayors Meeting

Members of the Black Lives Matter movement protested Wednesday at the U.S. Conference of Mayors right before a group of city leaders were set to discuss policing and safe communities.

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