Four people, including children, were killed and several others injured when a vehicle drove through a building used by an after-school camp in Illinois. The victims at the YNOT After School Camp are believed to range in age from four to 18, police said. The vehicle struck multiple people outside a building in Chatham on...
One person has died and multiple others were seriously injured after a boat crash in the city of Clearwater, Florida, police have said. The Clearwater Ferry, which had more than 40 people on board, was struck by a boat which then left the scene. The fire department declared a mass casualty event because of the...
The week started with a bang. To paraphrase T.S. Eliot, it ends with  — well, not a whimper, but only a tired lament from Bill Maher about Larry David’s intellect. For a man who got called a Nazi stooge by his (former?) friend in the pages of the New York Times, it seems like he’s...
AFP via Getty Images A cockfight in Ecuador. File photo Police in Ecuador say they have arrested four people in connection with an attack by gunmen at a cockfighting ring in which 12 people died. Weapons and replica police and army uniforms were seized during police raids in the north-western Manabà province on Friday –...
Five people have downed after huge waves hit parts of Australia at the start of the Easter weekend. Two others are missing off the coasts of New South Wales and Victoria states. On Saturday the body of a man was found in the water at near Tathra in southern New South Wales. It came a...
Azadeh Moshiri Pakistan correspondent EPA Police have been stationed outside KFCs across major cities Police in Pakistan have made dozens of arrests following a string of protests targeting KFC branches across the country which led to one man being killed. Protesters, angry at the war in Gaza, have been urging a boycott of the chain,...
Four people have died after a mountain cable car cabin crashed to the ground near Naples in southern Italy, emergency services say. Another person was “extremely seriously injured” in the crash at Monte Faito and was being airlifted to hospital, officials said. Several Italian media outlets report one of the cables supporting the cabin had...
Ireland secured their first win at the Women’s World Cup qualifier in Pakistan as they defeated Thailand by 46 runs in a high-scoring contest. The Irish side’s hopes of securing a place at the World Cup in September had been been ended by defeats against hosts Pakistan, West Indies and Bangladesh. Amy Hunter top-scored for...
Donald Trump has said Volodymyr Zelensky shares the blame with Russian President Vladimir Putin for “millions of people dead” in the Ukraine war. The US president was responding to reporters’ questions during a meeting with El Salvador’s leader at the White House. “When you start a war you got to know you can win,” he...
A 25-year-old woman has died and two others have been seriously injured after a car hit pedestrians outside a leisure park. The pedestrians were struck by a grey BMW 3 Series in London Road, outside Crawley Leisure Park, at about 20:35 BST on Saturday, police said. The woman’s 12-year-old sister and their cousin, a 19-year-old...
The Trump administration this week reportedly classified thousands of immigrants living in the United States as dead in a Social Security database in an effort to force them out of the country, a scheme that was met with furious uproar from advocates and lawmakers. By entering the names and Social Security numbers of roughly 6,000...
A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday afternoon, killing all six people on board. One witness said she saw the aircraft “kept spinning in the air” before falling into the river. New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed all the individuals on the flight, including five family members visiting from...
Handout At least one person is dead after a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York, authorities said on Thursday. The New York police department said at least two people were pulled from the water, though their condition remains unclear, an official told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. It is not clear...
I just happened to run across a statistic that made my jaw drop. I poked around a bit and it was everywhere. Google is filled with “news” stories going back a week, the New York Times originally ran with it until revising their story, and it showed up on Mentour Pilot, one of my...
A teenager found dead after going swimming in a lake in south-east London has been named as Izaiah Smith. The body of the 15-year-old was found in Beckenham Place Park in Beckenham at about 22:40 BST on Friday following searches by specialist dive teams. The Metropolitan Police previously said his death was being treated as...