HOUSTON—Police in Houston are investigating the death of an 8-year-old girl whose body was found inside a large pipe for a lazy river at a Houston hotel where she’d been swimming with her family. Aliyah Jaico’s death on Saturday was ruled an accidental drowning by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. It said she […]
PHILADELPHIA—Police say eight Philadelphia high school students waiting to board a city bus after classes Wednesday were wounded by gunshots from suspects who jumped from a car and opened fire, the fourth shooting on the transit system in as many days. The previous three shootings each involved a fatality. Those wounded at the bus stop […]
CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich.—A driver who crashed her sport-utility vehicle into a Walmart store in suburban Detroit was likely having a health incident at the time, authorities said Saturday. The woman and four other people who were taken to hospitals Friday did not have life-threatening injuries, the Canton Township Public Safety Department said. Shoppers were stunned […]
United Airlines and Alaska Airlines have both reported finding loose parts on several 737 Max 9 planes during inspections, which were initiated after a door plug of an Alaska Airlines-operated flight blew off in mid-air last week. In a statement on Jan. 8, Alaska Airlines said that initial reports from its technicians, who were preparing […]
Three people were injured after a truck plowed into a crowd attending a Christmas parade in Bakersfield, California, on Dec. 7, according to officials. The driver of the pickup collided with three people at about 5:30 p.m. along the parade route in Bakersfield, roughly 120 miles north of Los Angeles, just as the parade was […]
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge on Oct. 26 for falsely activating a fire alarm at a congressional building on Capitol Hill last month. Mr. Bowman spoke to reporters about the Sept. 30 incident before entering the courthouse, asserting that he was not trying to “disrupt” official government proceedings with his […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told The Epoch Times on Sept. 6 that he was feeling “fine” following a second “freezing” incident” that incited questions about his medical status. Mr. McConnell told a reporter for The Epoch Times, “I’m doing fine,” on Capitol Hill just before his leader remarks to the upper chamber of […]
SALT LAKE CITY—A mountain climber and a cliff diver have died in separate incidents at national recreation spots in the West, officials said. Cory Ryan Ehrnschwender, 36, of Cincinnati died while cliff-jumping at Lake Powell, the Salt Lake Tribune reported Saturday. The lake is located in southern Utah and northern Arizona in the Glen Canyon […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A 15-year-old who died in the Sacramento River over the weekend was trying to save his younger brother, the family said. Amari Quarles jumped in to help his 13-year-old brother, Elijah, who went into the surging river to retrieve a thrown football during a family gathering at Sand Cove Park on Sunday. “He died […]
SEOUL—A passenger on an Asiana Airlines flight told police he opened a door on the plane minutes before it landed in Daegu, South Korea, on Friday because he was “uncomfortable,” Yonhap News Agency reported. The man, in his thirties, was detained on landing. He told police that he opened the door because he “wanted to […]
For the second (well-publicized) time in MLB history, an Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher has claimed a sad and unusual feat—accidentally taking out and killing a bird with a throw. D-backs pitcher Zac Gallen was throwing a side session in the outfield ahead of Arizona’s game against the Oakland Athletics in California on Wednesday and managed to […]
One Volkswagen employee died and two others were injured after being struck by a vehicle at the German automaker’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Saturday, according to local police. One employee died at the scene, a second sustained leg trauma and a third sustained non-life-threatening injuries, Chattanooga Police Department Assistant Chief Jerri Sutton told CNN. […]
Duangphet Phromthep, one of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded Thai cave after a weekslong operation that drew global attention in 2018, has died in the UK, British and Thai officials announced Wednesday. Phromthep, who was enrolled in a soccer academy in Leicestershire, England, died after being rushed to hospital on Sunday, Leicestershire Police […]
A drowning accident in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. A strong current washed away over a dozen swimmers near a popular beach when water gushed into the downstream region of the Sanmenxia Dam. Videos on social media show adults and kids playing on a rocky riverbed, when the upstream dam suddenly released water, […]
ADELAIDE, Australia—The body of a 23-year-old woman was found Wednesday in the ocean off Australia after she fell overboard from a cruise ship. Crew members aboard the Pacific Explorer reported the passenger missing at about midnight, when the ship was around 70 kilometers (43 miles) out to sea from Cape Jaffa in South Australia state. […]
Australian airline Qantas has responded after footage showing baggage handlers deliberately manhandling passengers’ luggage went viral. A video surfaced showing three baggage handlers at Melbourne Airport smiling as they threw and kicked suitcases and bags, roughly slamming them onto a conveyor belt. An urgent investigation was initiated by the airline and its baggage handler contractors, […]
A 71-year-old man was found dead in floodwaters in the backyard of his home in Rochester, Australia, on Saturday, as heavy rains continue to bring major flooding to the southeast of the country. Flash floods this week have caused thousands to evacuate in Australia’s southeastern states of Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania. Victoria, Australia’s […]
CREESLOUGH, Ireland—Ten people, including two teenagers and a younger girl, were killed in an explosion at a petrol station in the Irish county of Donegal, police said on Saturday, adding that the incident appeared to be “a tragic accident.” The police said no more casualties were expected from the explosion which happened shortly after 3 […]
UVALDE, Texas—Two people were killed and 10 others injured when a pickup truck crashed into two other vehicles in the Texas city of Uvalde, authorities said. Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez said U.S. Border Patrol agents saw the truck speeding Wednesday night on a highway outside of Uvalde and began pursuing it, San Antonio TV […]
NAHR EL-BARED, Lebanon—Thousands of Palestinians held prayers on a small soccer field in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Saturday, to mourn one of the scores of migrants who died after their boat sank off Syria’s coast this week, even as others vowed to undertake the same perilous voyage. The death toll rose Saturday […]
