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(Newser) - A witness in Lisbon said it sounded like a bomb went off just after 6pm Wednesday. In fact, a carriage on the Portuguese capital city's famous Gloria funicular derailed , descending about 800 feet down a steep hill and quickly gaining speed until it crashed into a building, crumpling and...

(Newser) - Three tourists, including a British couple, were among four people who were killed when a mountain cable car plunged into a ravine south of Naples on Thursday, officials confirmed Saturday. The AP reports Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office said in a statement that it is "supporting the...