Four people have been killed and more than 60 injured in a passenger train crash in the Bronx area of New York. Eleven of the injured are believed to be in a critical condition in hospital. They have to be guided by attorneys for car accident injuries to claim compensation and continue advanced treatment. The Metro-North train’s locomotive and carriages derailed as the train went into a bend in the […]
Footage shown to jurors shows a car approaching Fusilier Rigby There were gasps in the court room, and his relatives left in tears Prosecutors claim Michael Adebolajo, 28, was driving the Vauxhall Tigra Both Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, 22, are on trial at the Old Bailey The horrific last moments of soldier Lee Rigby were played out in court yesterday as a jury was told a Muslim convert tried to […]
A police helicopter has crashed into a busy pub on the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow. The crash happened at The Clutha in Stockwell Street at 22:25 on Friday. Police Scotland confirmed there were three people on board the helicopter – two officers and a civilian pilot. There have been “numerous” casualties but police have not confirmed whether anyone has died. It is not known how many people […]
An Indian couple have been sentenced to life in prison for murdering their daughter, Aarushi Talwar, and their Nepalese servant, Hemraj Banjade. Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were found guilty on Monday of murder, destroying evidence and misleading investigators. Their 14-year-old daughter was found murdered at their home in May 2008. Suspicion initially fell on Hemraj until his bludgeoned body was found on the Talwars’ roof just one day later. The […]
At least six people have been killed and dozens more are feared trapped after the roof of a supermarket collapsed in the Latvian capital, Riga. Two of those killed were emergency workers, officials said. At least 35 people have been injured. It is not yet clear what caused the collapse. A BBC correspondent says a garden was being constructed on the roof of the supermarket at the time. The 500 […]
Two quick-thinking men on Newfoundland’s northeast coast managed to save a Greenland shark from choking to death on a large piece of moose hide this past weekend. Derrick Chaulk said he was driving down a road by the harbour in Norris Arm North this past Saturday when he saw what he thought was a beached whale. When Chaulk went closer to investigate, he realized it was a shark, which he estimated […]
Many children cannot run as fast as their parents could when they were young, a study of global fitness says. Experts say the work – being presented at the American Heart Association’s annual meeting – suggests children’s fitness levels may be declining. Researchers analysed data spanning 46 years and involving more than 25 million children in 28 countries. On average, children today run a mile 90 seconds slower than did […]
Police in the Indian city of Bangalore are hunting a man who brutally attacked a woman in a cash machine kiosk. Jyothi Uday, a bank manager, was about to withdraw money when a man entered, pulled out what looked like a pistol and asked her to withdraw cash. When Ms Uday resisted the man pulled out a machete and attacked her, leaving her bleeding from head injuries. CCTV footage shows […]
At least 22 people have been killed and more than 140 injured in a double suicide bombing outside the Iranian embassy in the Lebanese capital Beirut. There are conflicting reports as to whether the Iranian cultural attache survived the attack. Iran is a major backer of the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah, which has sent fighters to Syria to back the government of Bashar al-Assad. A jihadist group linked to […]
Passenger jet crashes in Russia STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: NTSB, Boeing to aid Russian investigation The Tatarstan Airlines jet had 44 passengers and a crew of six aboard The Boeing 737 was flying from Moscow to Kazan when it crashed on landing Security official, regional leader’s son aboard crashed jet A Russian jetliner crashed on landing in the city of Kazan, killing all 50 aboard, authorities there reported Sunday. Tatarstan Airlines […]
