Australian coroner says 3 asylum seekers died by drowning after boat explosion; 2 missing

SYDNEY — Three people killed last week in the explosion of a boat carrying asylum seekers in Australian waters died by drowning, a coroner said Monday.

Former Democratic Utah congressman Bill Orton, 60, killed in ATV accident on sand dunes

SALT LAKE CITY — Former Utah congressman Bill Orton died in an ATV accident when his machine flipped over on a sand dune at Little Sahara Recreation Area. He was 60.

Former Democratic Utah congressman Bill Orton, 60, killed in ATV accident on sand dunes

SALT LAKE CITY — Former Utah congressman Bill Orton died in an ATV accident when his machine flipped over on a sand dune at Little Sahara Recreation Area. He was 60.

Vapor cloud from 27,000-gallon chemical spill dissipating hours after leak is contained

DOVER, Ohio — A large hydrochloric acid spill early Saturday at an east-central Ohio plant that makes chemical additives spawned a massive vapor cloud that took hours to dissipate, officials said. No injuries were reported.

Spring snowstorm starts to weaken after closing stretch of Colo. I-70, stranding travelers

DENVER — A spring storm was weakening after dumping up to 3 feet of snow on the foothills west of Denver — stranding hundreds of people in shelters and forcing the closure of an 80-mile stretch of Interstate 70.

18 people dead after explosives catch fire at coal mine in central China

18 people dead in coal mine explosion in China

BEIJING — China’s state television says 18 people have died and six are injured after three-story warehouse blew up at a coal mine in central China.

Hundreds stranded at Colo. shelters after spring snowstorm shuts down 80-mile stretch of I-70

DENVER — Hundreds of people were stranded at shelters Friday night after transportation officials shut down an 80-mile stretch of Interstate 70 between Vail and Golden because of wet, heavy snow and multiple accidents.

Plane smashes into Fla. home, splitting it in half; 80-year-old pilot dies in crash

Plane splits Florida home in half; pilot dies

OAKLAND PARK, Fla. — A small plane sputtered and dove into a house shortly after taking off from a local airport Friday morning, slicing the home down the middle into two charred pieces. The pilot was killed.