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Tributes to first victim named after Croydon tram crash that killed seven people
A football fan described as a ‘friendly, genuine lad’ was among at least seven people killed when a tram derailed. Dane Chinnery, 19, has been named as one of those who died in the morning rush hour incident in Croydon, south London, on Wednesday. The driver of the tram is being questioned by police amid suggestions...
Three legendary jockeys have reportedly been arrested over the alleged rape of a woman
Three jockeys have reportedly been arrested over the alleged rape of an 18-year-old woman at a party. The alleged attack is said to have taken place on November 3 at a house in Chiseldon, Swindon, Wiltshire Police said. The Sun reported that one of the jockeys was arrested while weighing in for a race due to take place last...
13 Dead, 6 Injured as Fire Hits Bar in French City of Rouen
A fire has swept through a bar in northern France, killing at least 13 people and injuring six others. Police say the fire broke out at a birthday party at the bar in the city of Rouen in Normandy. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve gave an initial count of 13 dead and six injured. He says more than 50 firefighters are...
Georgia Cops Investigating Double Homicide After Teens Found Dead Behind Grocery Store
Police in Georgia are searching for answers in a double homicide after two teenagers were found dead behind a grocery store. The teens, identified as Natalie Henderson and Carter Davis, both 17, were found dead behind a Publix supermarket in Roswell, Georgia, shortly before 6 a.m. Monday, the Roswell Police Department said....
India Flooding Kills 96, Forces 1 Million Into Relief Camps
The death toll in flooding from heavy monsoon rains in India has climbed past 90, with about a million people taking shelter in government-run relief camps, officials said Tuesday. Incessant downpours have damaged swaths of land, uprooted trees and snapped telephone cables in dozens of districts in the states of Bihar in the...
Spain Rescues 44 Migrants Trying to Cross Med in 2 Boats
Spain's maritime rescue service says it has rescued 44 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea crammed into two small boats. The rescue service says it collected 25 migrants before dawn Sunday from one boat and 19 others hours later from a second craft. No casualties were reported. It says captains of passing...
US Coalition Airstrikes Kill at Least 28 Civilians in Syria, Say Activists
U.S.-led airstrikes killed at least 28 civilians, including seven children, in Syria on Thursday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The attack happened in al-Ghandour near Manbij, just one day after the U.S. announced a formal inquiry into airstrikes in the same area that may have led to the single largest...
Fighter Jet Crashes in California, Killing Pilot
An F/A-18C Hornet fighter jet crashed near Twentynine Palms, California, last night, killing the pilot on board. According to the Marine Corps, the pilot was conducting a training mission out of Air Station Miramar, just north of San Diego. The crash occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m. local time. The Marine Corps said in a...
Authorities Raid Mosque in Northern Germany
Authorities in northern Germany say police have raided a mosque believed to be a "hot spot" for Islamic extremists in the city of Hildesheim. The interior ministry of Lower Saxony state said that the apartments of eight leading members of the "German-speaking Islam Circle Hildesheim" organization were also...
Syria: Deadly IS blast rocks Kurdish city of Qamishli
Forty-four people have been killed in a massive bombing in the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli in north-east Syria, Syrian state TV reports. The blast was caused by a truck bomb which struck near a Kurdish security headquarters, according to a UK-based monitoring group. So-called Islamic State (IS) has said it was behind...
Coast Guard: 46 People Rescued From Sinking Boat off Alaska
Two Good Samaritan vessels rescued 46 people Tuesday night who abandoned their sinking fishing boat in the Bering Sea off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, the Coast Guard said. There were no reports of any injuries as the crew members were transferred from life rafts to the merchant ships, in a fairly calm seas, Coast Guard Petty...