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Japan’s coast guard says it is searching for an army helicopter carrying 10 crew members that went missing off a southern Japanese island TOKYO -- Japan's coast guard says it is searching for an army helicopter carrying 10 crew members that went missing off a southern Japanese island. The coast guard said it received information that a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA Black Hawk helicopter disappeared from radar on a mission Thursday evening in an area north of Miyako island. It said four patrol ships are participating in the search but have not found any traces of the missing aircraft. The disappearance near the Japanese island came as the country is aggressively beefing up its defense in the region in response to China's increasingly assertive Military activity in the regional seas, where tension is also rising around Taiwan. Kyodo News said Japanese coast guard ships found traces of oil and debris that may be related to the missing helicopter, but officials declined t...

An explosion has hit a propone facility in Quebec, and at least one worker is missing SAINT-ROCH-DE-L’ACHIGAN, Quebec -- An explosion hit a propone facility in Quebec on Thursday, and at least one worker is missing , municipal officials said. Quebec provincial police said evacuations were underway in St-Roch-de-l’Achigan, a town about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Montreal. Municipal officials had earlier said three or four employees were unaccounted for, but provincial police Sgt. Éloïse Cossette told a news conference this afternoon “at least one person” is missing and there could be more. Fire Chief François Thivierge said authorities were called following an explosion at 11:17 a.m., and the first units to arrive tried to intervene but had to back off due to a risk of further explosion s. Thivierge said the fire is not under control and officials are being prudent due to safety risks and the environmental risk of oil or gas ending up in a nearby river. The explosion occurre...

Missing American college student Kenny DeLand Jr. has been found in Spain three weeks after he disappeared from his French university. Missing American college student Kenny DeLand Jr. has been located in Spain three weeks after he walked away from the University of Grenoble Alpes and apparently stopped communicating with friends and family. DeLand called his father on Friday after last being heard from Nov. 27, according to the Grenoble prosecutor. The prosecutor's office said DeLand sounded OK, and his family confirmed in a statement he is safe. "Kenny is in Spain, and Carol (his mom) is in France, preparing to see Kenny and hopefully bring him home for Christmas," DeLand's family said in the statement, which thanked various people including the FBI, American legislators, French officials and the involved schools. "Without the media's help, Kenny would not have seen himself in the news and reached out to us," the statement added. MORE: Missing Ame...