CNN — Six people were killed Wednesday after a driver crashed a vehicle into a construction zone near Baltimore, Maryland, police said. The crash happened when a vehicle entered a work zone between temporary concrete walls and struck multiple construction workers in Woodlawn, state police said in a news release. Maryland State Police responded to … Read more
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, sending panicked residents fleeing from homes and offices and frightening people in remote villages. At least 11 people died in the two countries, Trend reports citing The Washington Times. More than 100 people were brought to hospitals in the Swat valley region of … Read more
Landslides caused by heavy rain have killed two people in the Indonesian district of Bogor in West Java province, a local official said on Tuesday, Trend reports citing Xinhua. The disaster took place on Monday afternoon in Puncak, a popular mountain resort surrounded by tea plantations. Aris Nurjatmiko of the district’s disaster mitigation agency said … Read more
Izium, Ukraine CNN — A Russian soldier who allegedly shot a civilian in an extraordinary attack caught on camera by a Ukrainian drone is being accused of war crimes in absentia by the Ukrainian police. The dossier of evidence against him includes phone calls between the soldier and his wife and friend intercepted during a … Read more
A Las Vegas, Nevada, man is in custody after allegedly committing a carjacking and killing a man on New Year’s Day, trying to burn the vehicle and pouring urine and feces inside to cover up and mask his DNA, according to reports. FOX 5 Las Vegas reported that at about 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 1, … Read more
Rebel raids in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) killed at least 21 civilians over the weekend, a UN spokesman said on Monday, Trend reports citing Xinhua. In the last two weeks, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel attacks resulted in at least 118 civilian casualties, said Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesman for UN … Read more
A Connecticut family is experiencing the unthinkable after five young siblings and cousins died in a car crash over the weekend. The victims, ages 8 to 17, were killed Sunday when the SUV they were traveling in veered off a New York highway and hit a tree, police in Westchester County, New York, said in … Read more
Half of the deaths are thought to be in children, and many thousands more will die, a report says. Source link
MARBLE, Colo. (AP) — A skier was killed in an avalanche on Sunday outside a Colorado ski resort boundary, just a day after authorities recovered the body of another avalanche victim, authorities said. Three skiers were caught in Sunday’s large avalanche in the Maroon bowl area outside of the Aspen Highlands resort near Aspen, the … Read more
A Colombian military helicopter crashed on Sunday, killing four soldiers in Quibdo, the capital city of Choco department, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said, Trend reports citing Xinhua. “There were no survivors in the plane crash in Quibdo,” Petro said on social media, extending condolences to the families of the victims. The helicopter was delivering supplies … Read more