Hotel evacuates 400 people after helicopter crashes into roof and sparks massive fireball: ‘Sounded like a bomb’
A helicopter crashed onto the roof of a Cairns hotel, sending out a huge fireball and causing up to 400 people to be evacuated, leaving one man dead. Emergency services were called to the DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton at around 1:50am local time after reports a twin-engine helicopter had crashed onto the roof. Police said […]
US ambassador to Japan to skip Nagasaki atomic bomb memorial because Israel was excluded
The United States, the other Group of Seven countries and the EU have announced that they will send lower-ranking envoys, rather than ambassadors, to this year’s Nagasaki atomic bomb memorial ceremony because Israel was not invited. Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki announced last week that he would not invite Israel, citing concerns about the possibility of […]
NYC PBA backs bill to better police hotels, which owners call `nuclear bomb’
The union representing New York City police officers has backed a controversial bill that would more strictly regulate hotels, but innkeepers say the measure would devastate the city’s lodging industry. Police Benevolent Association president Patrick Hendry said Bill 991, the Safe Hotels Act, would make it easier to control troubled hotels, working with the Hotel […]
City Council defuses ‘nuclear bomb’ plan to regulate luxury restaurants at NYC hotels amid backlash
After all, it probably won’t be last orders at many of the city’s most popular restaurants and bars. The City Council listened to protests from chefs and restaurateurs, and a scathing rebuke from The Washington Post, and killed parts of a hotel regulation bill that would have been the downfall of many top-notch eateries and […]
NYC hotels launching $20 million blitz against ‘nuclear bomb’ council bill that could boost room costs
Big Apple hoteliers plan to raise $20 million and launch a new lobbying group to fight a City Council bill they say would devastate the local lodging industry. Organizers told The Post that the New York Hotel Owners Association plans to maintain its $15 million annual budget to continue lobbying and education efforts. “This job-killing […]
Kamala Harris came within 20 feet of a planted pipe bomb on Jan. 6: report claims
A new report says Vice President Kamala Harris was just feet away from a “potentially detonable” pipe bomb placed outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. A new report from the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog, obtained by ABC News, says the pipe bomb was planted […]
Bomb That Killed Top Hamas Leader In Iran Was Planted Months In Advance By Assassins, Officials Say
According to multiple reports, the bomb that killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh had been planted in his guesthouse in Iran two months earlier. Haniyeh was assassinated on Tuesday after attending the inauguration of Iran’s new president in Tehran. Although it was initially believed to have been an airstrike, Haniyeh was actually killed in an explosion […]
Hamas Leader Killed By Smuggled Bomb In Tehran, Previously Thought To Be Israeli Airstrike
People hold up Palestinian flags and portraits of assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh during a rally at Tehran University (AFP) (Photo: -/AFP via Getty Images) By Blake Wolf, OAN StaffThursday, August 1, 2024 11:05 AM It has emerged that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a remote-controlled bomb, not an Israeli airstrike as previously […]
‘Murder pornography’ and pet torture found on devices of 11-year-old who allegedly made 20 swatting and bomb threat calls
Police in Florida say they have identified an 11-year-old boy who allegedly made about two dozen swatting calls and bomb threats that caused chaos at his school. Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staley said: Media Briefing Police said Thursday that with the help of the FBI, they were able to identify the perpetrator of numerous false […]
11-year-old ‘juvenile terrorist’ arrested for making 20 bomb and shooting threats to Florida schools
Florida authorities say a mentally disturbed Virginia teenager with an interest in snuff films and animal cruelty made more than 20 violent, threatening phone calls to Florida schools in May, including one that said he had two bombs at an elementary school and threatened to “shoot any police officers who showed up.” The so-called “boy […]