accidents
Pilot killed in plane crash at Atlanta-area airshow
A small biplane crashed Saturday afternoon during a performance at an air show in suburban Atlanta, killing the pilot, authorities say. DeKalb County Public Information Officer Sheira Campbell says the pilot crashed and died while flying in tandem with another plane during an aerial acrobatics stunt at the Good Neighbor Day...
Casino coach crash near Laredo, Texas, kills eight
Eight people were killed and 44 others injured when a coach carrying people to a casino crashed in the US state of Texas. Police say the driver lost control and the bus rolled over on Highway 83 about 46 miles (74km) north of Laredo. No other vehicle was involved. Seven people died at the scene and one other died later in...
Venezuela crisis: Maduro threatens seizure of closed factories
The Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, has threatened the seizure of factories that have stopped production and the jailing of their owners. In a speech to supporters in the capital Caracas, he said the country had to recover the means of production, to counter its deep economic crisis. On Friday, he introduced a new,...
Suspect In Shooting Of Two New Hampshire Officers Apprehended
Police in New Hampshire have arrested the man suspected of wounding two officers in separate shootings early Friday that prompted a tense manhunt in a residential neighborhood of Manchester, the state’s largest city, authorities said. Ian MacPherson, 32, was apprehended around 5:00 a.m., three hours after he allegedly...
Spain toxic tyre dump at Sesena forces mass evacuation
People living near a "toxic cloud" from a burning tyre dump in Spain have been told to leave their homes. Local officials ordered the evacuation of the Quinon de Sesena area, where 9,000 people live, saying human health may be at risk. However, many residents have already left their homes and it is thought that just...
Hezbollah killing: Thousands mourn Badreddine at Beirut funeral
Thousands of people have attended the funeral in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, of top Hezbollah military commander Mustafa Amine Badreddine. He died in an explosion near Damascus airport, the Lebanon-based group said, adding it would announce "within hours" its report into the killing. Hezbollah has sent thousands of...
Australian security worker killed near Baghdad embassy
A security contractor has been killed outside the Australian embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials say. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop issued a statement identifying the victim as a 34-year-old Australian man. Ms Bishop said at a press conference that the man's death was not related to Baghdad's broader...
‘ISIS on terror tour of UK’: Suspect ‘scouted out targets’ posing as tourist
A TERROR suspect and Afghan refugee scouted out some of the UK’s most famous landmarks as potential targets on a tour of Britain covered up as a holiday, police fear. Anti-terror experts in Italy are quizzing Hakim Nasiri after he was arrested for being part of a suspected Islamic State (ISIS) terror cell plotting attacks...
MH370 BOMBSHELL: Debris found ‘almost CERTAINLY’ from missing Malaysian Airlines jet
DEBRIS found washed up in South Africa and Mauritius is almost certainly from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the Malaysian transport ministry has revealed. The MH370 flight had 239 passengers and crew on board and took off from Kuala Lumpur, bound for Beijing. It disappeared from radar on March 8 2014 and is presumed to have...
Shocking footage shows police suspect die at the scene of his arrest
THIS shocking video shows the moment a group of police officers restrained a suspected drug user who later died at the scene. Police watchdogs have now launched an investigation after the two-minute- long video emerged, which appears to show the male suspect being pinned to the ground with his head pushed to the pavement....
Erotic actress fined after drunken antics forced plane to make emergency landing
A FORMER erotic actress was forcibly retrained on a flight after flying into a drunken rage when refused alcohol Harlee McBride, married to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actor Richard Belzer, was fined £19,700 after her sozzled antics. McBride, 67, was travelling on an flight from New York to France, when...
Protecting Europe from ballistic missiles
America's latest addition to its Ballistic Missile Defence System looks out of place surrounded by mile after mile of flat Romanian farmland. The building at Devesulu, which houses radar and 12 interceptor missile tubes, appears remarkably similar to the "sensors and shooters" that have already been placed on US...