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Emergency crews respond to a crash involving a bus carrying the junior hockey team. Police say 15 people died.

15 Dead In Canadian Junior Hockey Team Bus Crash

Fourteen others are injured after a collision in the western province of Saskatchewan. Authorities have not released the names and ages of the victims, as condolences poured in from across the nation.

Fire shoots out from a Baltimore store on Gay Street as looting erupted in a five-block business section in Baltimore on April 6, 1968. Police sealed off the area.

50 Years Ago Baltimore Burned. The Same Issues Set It Aflame In 2015

Riots in Baltimore broke out days after Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder. Segregation and economic tensions led to civil unrest. Those issues were still present in 2015 after the death of Freddie Gray.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill November 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. Adams testified about community-level health promotion programs and businesses that offer incentives to employees that practice healthy lifestyles.

Surgeon General Urges More Americans To Carry Opioid Antidote

The drug naloxone can reverse opioid overdoses and save lives. U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams says more Americans should have naloxone on hand in case loved ones, friends or neighbors need help.

Kevin Tuohy of A Shine & Co, of New York.

INDEPENDENT LENS: The Art Of The Shine

Airs Monday, April 9, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

There's a 12-year or greater difference in life span among neighborhoods in Fulton County, Georgia, of which Atlanta is the county seat.

Atlanta Struggles To Fulfill MLK's Legacy In Health Care

Fifty years after the death of Martin Luther King Jr., his hometown still has major racial disparities in mortality and other measures of health.

In this Feb. 14, 2018 photo, the Rev. Jesse Jackson stands on the motel balcony where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn.

'This Was Like A War': Witnesses Remember Day MLK Was Shot

Martin Luther King Jr.'s death changed the world and altered the lives of those who lived through it. Some would spend the rest of their lives fighting for racial equality and economic justice. Others would struggle to come to terms with what they saw.

Atlanta Struggles To Fulfill MLK's Legacy In Health Care

Fifty years after the death of Martin Luther King Jr., his hometown still has major racial disparities in mortality and other measures of health.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stands with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, a day before he was assassinated at approximately the same place. From left are Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, King and Ralph Abernathy.

Despite Swirl Of Conspiracy Theories, Investigators Say The MLK Case Is Closed

Fifty years after the murder of Martin Luther King Jr., alternate theories about his death continue to flourish. Three men who investigated the crime said they're confident in their conclusions.

Despite Swirl Of Conspiracy Theories, Investigators Say The MLK Case Is Closed

Fifty years after the murder of Martin Luther King Jr., alternate theories about his death continue to flourish. Three men who investigated the crime said they're confident in their conclusions.

Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr addresses his supporters during a demonstration in Baghdad in 2017. He is now aligning himself with Communists ahead of Iraq's May election.

Ahead Of Iraq's Elections, Muqtada Al-Sadr Reinvents Himself — Again

The Shiite cleric venerated by millions has reached out to Saudi Arabia, distanced himself from Iran and is effectively burning down his own political movement by aligning with Communists.

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