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Passengers recount harrowing hours aboard stranded cruise ship facing 26-foot swells off Norway coast

Kenyan teacher who gave earnings to poor wins $1M teacher prize

Tugs tow Norway cruise ship after 463 rescued; 17 injured

Driver working with NBC News killed in Syria March 24, 2019 | 3:47 AM

The cruise ship Viking Sky lays at anchor in heavy seas, after it sent out a Mayday signal because of engine failure in windy conditions, near Hustadvika, off the west coast of Norway, Saturday March 23, 2019.

Cruise ship off Norway issues mayday; begins evacuations March 23, 2019 | 12:37 PM

Scott Brown, the U.S. ambassador in New Zealand, poses for a photograph at the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, in Wellington, New Zealand. Brown took up the post two weeks earlier, becoming one of the first ambassadors tapped by President Donald Trump to begin serving. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)

Read Scott Brown's statement on the New Zealand mosque shooting March 15, 2019 | 5:14 PM

American Airlines suspends flights to Venezuela March 15, 2019 | 12:44 PM

BOSTON, MA - 3/15/2019: Local mosque security....Early morning Boston Police presence at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center mosque in Roxbury, dropping children off. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO TOPIC stand alone photo

Police increase patrols around houses of worship following New Zealand attacks March 15, 2019 | 10:30 AM

This image taken from the alleged shooter’s video, which was filmed Friday, March 15, 2019, shows him as he drives and he looks over to three guns on the passenger side of his vehicle in New Zealand.

Mosque shooter a white nationalist seeking revenge March 15, 2019 | 9:53 AM

Tech companies scramble to remove New Zealand shooting video March 15, 2019 | 8:05 AM

Mosque shootings kill 49; white racist claims responsibility March 15, 2019 | 7:11 AM

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Canada bans 737 Max flights, citing new satellite data March 13, 2019 | 12:25 PM

No survivors in Ethiopian Airlines crash en route to Kenya March 10, 2019 | 9:32 AM

Ethiopian Airlines crash kills all 157 people on board March 10, 2019 | 7:53 AM

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Answers to 4 key questions about a cure for H.I.V. March 5, 2019 | 6:45 PM

An 11-year-old in Argentina pleaded for an abortion after she was raped. She was forced to give birth. March 1, 2019 | 9:12 AM

This undated handout photo received on March 17, 2015 from the Australian government's Antarctic Division shows a view of the Totten Glacier, the most rapidly thinning glacier in East Antarctica. Scientists have discovered two pathways that are likely channelling warm ocean water under a massive Antarctic glacier, which could contribute to rising global sea levels, a study revealed on March 17, 2015. The 120-kilometre (75 miles) long Totten Glacier, more than 30 kilometres wide, is the largest in East Antarctica and melting more quickly than others in the area. AFP PHOTO / AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION ----EDITORS NOTE ----RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE MANDATORY CREDIT

Iceberg twice the size of New York City is about to break off of Antarctica February 25, 2019 | 8:40 PM

Grand Cayman

Here's every nonstop international destination out of Logan February 22, 2019 | 4:37 PM

This undated image provided by attorney Hassan Shibly shows Hoda Muthana, an Alabama woman who left home to join the Islamic State after becoming radicalized online. Muthana realized she was wrong and now wants to return to the United States, Shibly, a lawyer for her family said Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. (Hoda Muthana/Attorney Hassan Shibly via AP)

U.S. says Alabama woman who joined Islamic State isn't allowed back home February 20, 2019 | 6:14 PM

This undated image provided by attorney Hassan Shibly shows Hoda Muthana, an Alabama woman who left home to join the Islamic State after becoming radicalized online. Muthana realized she was wrong and now wants to return to the United States, Shibly, a lawyer for her family said Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. (Hoda Muthana/Attorney Hassan Shibly via AP)

She left Alabama to join the Islamic State. Now she wants to come home. February 19, 2019 | 8:56 PM

Floors collapse at Russian university in St. Petersburg February 16, 2019 | 12:40 PM

Flamengo soccer club Brazil fire

Fire at Brazilian soccer team complex leaves 10 dead, 3 hurt February 8, 2019 | 8:40 AM

Members of the Toronto Police Service excavate the back of a property in Toronto on July 5, during an investigation into serial killer Bruce McArthur.

Gay men kept vanishing on the streets of Toronto. Now, a serial killer has confessed. January 30, 2019 | 10:07 AM

9 dead, search for 300 missing after Brazil dam collapse January 26, 2019 | 8:59 AM

Taiwan's 'bikini hiker' dies after falling into ravine on solo trek January 23, 2019 | 10:39 AM

Matt Damon at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 2017.

Matt Damon showed up to the World Economic Forum wearing another man's clothes January 22, 2019 | 2:58 PM

UK police speak to Prince Philip about not wearing seatbelt January 20, 2019 | 9:05 AM

This photo provided by Fort Bragg shows Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan R. Farmer, 37, of Boynton Beach, Fla. Farmer was killed in the northern Syrian town of Manbij on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. The attack also wounded three U.S. troops and was the deadliest assault on U.S. troops in Syria since American forces went into the country in 2015. (Fort Bragg via AP)

One of the 4 Americans killed in Syria this week was a 2003 Bowdoin College grad January 18, 2019 | 4:14 PM

Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen presents a creation by Colcci during the 2015 Summer collections of the Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 2, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Nelson ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Brazilian government official blasts Gisele Bundchen January 16, 2019 | 3:01 PM

Lin-Manuel Miranda receives a standing ovation with tears at the ending of the play's premiere held at the Santurce Fine Arts Center, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

To ovations, Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda reprises his role in Puerto Rico January 12, 2019 | 2:04 PM

A 240-foot-long 'fatberg' of hardened fat, oil, and baby wipes is blocking a sewer in England January 8, 2019 | 2:00 PM

Poland shuts down 13 'escape room' game sites due to safety flaws January 6, 2019 | 8:28 AM

Heavy snow in Germany, Austria causes chaos for travelers January 5, 2019 | 10:31 AM