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A magnitude-5.8 earthquake has rocked northern Chile, the United States Geological Survey reported. There were no immediate reports of victims or major damage. The Seismological Institute of the University of Chile says the quake hit at 12:12 a.m. Wednesday and was centered near the town of Pica, 1,120 miles north …

HONOLULU – Frank Mundus, the legendary shark fisherman said to have inspired the Captain Quint character in the movie “Jaws,” has died. He was 82. Mundus died Wednesday at The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu after a heart attack, his wife said. It was his second heart attack in four …

NACHES, Wash. – A man and a woman died Friday when their small plane crashed in the Cascade mountains of central Washington. The wreckage of the four-seat Lancair ES was found Friday evening in Kittitas County about 10 miles south of Easton, said Nisha Marvel of the state Department of …