Maria Ressa's Fight For Press Freedom
Ressa is the first Filipino to win the peace prize and the first woman to be honored this year with an award by the Nobel committee.

China defends close approach to American warship in Taiwan Strait
China said it was responding to a provocation when one of its ships approached a patrol in international waters.

Indian rail official says error in signaling system led to crash
The signaling system caused a passenger train to move onto a different track, where it collided with a loaded cargo train.

India train crash kills over 280, injures 900 in major rail disaster
A railroad ministry spokesperson said one train derailed and then was hit by another train coming from the opposite direction.
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F-16's sonic boom heard over DC area in response to unresponsive plane
Officials attempted to establish contact with the pilot of the unresponsive plane, but they were unresponsive.

Missing man's body recovered at Iowa apartment collapse site
Two other men — 51-year-old Ryan Hitchcock and 60-year-old Daniel Prien — are still unaccounted for.

Why is there controversy over mortgage fees?
Loan-level pricing adjustments are the government's way of raising prices for so-called "riskier" borrowers without putting a penalty on "safer" ones.