Gang violence in Haiti is escalating and spreading from the capital Port-au-Prince through the center of the country to its two other major cities, Gonaives and Cap-Hatien, with a significant increase in killings, kidnappings and rapes in the past few months, the U.N. chief said in a report circulated Wednesday. …
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A University of Maryland bus crashed Wednesday morning, injuring 27 people, emergency officials said. The bus hit a light pole at the intersection of Baltimore Avenue and University Boulevard in College Park, Prince George’s County Fire/EMS posted on social media. Crews took 27 people to hospitals with minor injuries. Details …
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A home explosion outside of St. Louis, Missouri damaged more than 20 properties and reportedly left an 18-year-old with life-threatening injuries. The St. Louis County Police Department said at least three people were hurt in the blast that rocked a neighborhood in the northern part of the county Monday morning. …
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Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, survivors and first responders are reflecting on how their personal hardships pushed them to persevere and rebuild New Orleans. “I was in the water trying to get to my parents,” said Salvation Army Captain David Brittle. “But I didn’t realize God was using me to …
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A scathing new report into the Titan submersible disaster that killed five people has found the vessel was damaged during earlier dives and built through a flawed engineering process that failed to meet safety standards — conditions that ultimately led to its fatal implosion. The report released by the National …
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The suspect accused of starting what prosecutors have described as “one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history” reportedly had an outburst in federal court as he pleaded not guilty. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, of Melbourne, Florida, entered a not guilty plea Thursday to counts of destruction of property …
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Two people are dead after a crane collapsed Friday at an industrial site on a river just north of Boston. One person died at the scene and a second person died at the hospital, according to Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria. DeMaria said the two men, in their 30s and 40s, …
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