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SANTA CLARA, Calif  | Shanahan defends 49ers' handling of troubled LB Foster

SANTA CLARA, Calif  | Shanahan defends 49ers’ handling of troubled LB Foster

SANTA CLARA, Calif.  — A day after the San Francisco 49ers released linebacker Reuben Foster following a domestic violence arrest, coach Kyle Shanahan said he and the team were unaware of a prior altercation in October between Foster and the same alleged victim.

Foster was arrested Saturday night for an incident at the team hotel in Tampa, the latest in a string of legal issues involving the…

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PARADISE, Calif. | Dogs and portable morgues: Search intensifies in fire zone

PARADISE, Calif. | Dogs and portable morgues: Search intensifies in fire zone

PARADISE, Calif. — Authorities moved to set up a rapid DNA-analysis system and bring in cadaver dogs, mobile morgues and more search teams in an intensified effort to find and identify victims of the deadliest wildfire in California history, an inferno that killed at least 42 people.

Five days after flames all but obliterated the Northern California town of Paradise, population 27,000, officials…

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PARADISE, Calif | Devastation as deadly California blaze tallies grim stats

PARADISE, Calif | Devastation as deadly California blaze tallies grim stats

PARADISE, Calif. — As wildfires continued to rage on both ends of California, officials released another grim statistic: six more dead in a swath of Northern California wiped out by fire, raising the death toll there to 29. It matched California’s record for deaths in a single fire.

Another 228 remain unaccounted for as crews stepped up the search for bodies and missing people. Two people were…

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PARADISE, Calif | Death toll rises in California wildfire, matching deadliest

PARADISE, Calif | Death toll rises in California wildfire, matching deadliest

PARADISE, Calif. — As relatives desperately searched shelters for missing loved ones on Sunday, crews searching the smoking ruins of Paradise and outlying areas found six more bodies, raising the death toll to 29, matching the deadliest wildfire in state history.

Wildfires continued to rage on both ends of the state, with gusty winds expected overnight which will challenge firefighters. The…

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JAKARTA, Indonesia | Previous flight of crashed Lion Air jet terrified passengers

JAKARTA, Indonesia | Previous flight of crashed Lion Air jet terrified passengers

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Relatives numbed by grief provided samples for DNA tests to help identify victims of the Lion Air plane crash that killed 189 people in Indonesia, as accounts emerged of problems on the jet’s previous flight including rapid descents that terrified passengers.

Rescue personnel searched the sea where the plane crashed northeast of Jakarta, sending 26 body bags to identification…

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