Car kills 2 after plowing into Minnesota restaurant’s patio; driver arrested for criminal vehicular homicide
Two people were killed when a driver crashed into a Minnesota restaurant patio Sunday night, authorities said. Three more people were injured in a horrific crash at Park Tavern in St. Louis Park around 8 p.m., city police said. He said. Police said surveillance video showed the driver, described only as a man, pulling into […]
West Nile kills 2 in NJ — 5 total dead across US
Two people have died after contracting West Nile virus in New Jersey, the fourth and fifth deaths from the mosquito-borne disease in the United States this year. The state health department announced the deaths. In a statement Friday. Little is known about the victims other than they have been identified as “elderly people.” Culex pipien […]
US, Iraqi forces raid targeting Islamic State group militants kills 15 in western desert
U.S. troops took part in a raid in western Iraq early Saturday that targeted suspected Islamic State militants, killing 15 people, the U.S. military said. U.S. troops have been battling Islamic State for years since driving the militants out of their self-declared caliphate across Iraq and Syria, but the deaths and injuries from Friday's attack […]
Owner of popular Hamptons summer rental pleads guilty to homicide after fire kills Maryland sisters
The owner of a luxury vacation rental in the Hamptons, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after two sisters died in a fire caused by shoddy electrical work. Peter Miller, 56, admitted to installing an illegal outdoor kitchen that overloaded the electrical system of an $8,000-a-week apartment in Sag Harbor that killed Jillian Weiner, 21, […]
Israel launches major West Bank counterterror operation that kills 9 militants, IDF says
The Israeli Defense Forces said on Wednesday that Israeli forces had carried out a major operation in the West Bank this week, killing nine militants. The IDF said a large contingent of its forces entered the city of Jenin on Wednesday, adding that all nine killed in the operation were militants. IDF spokesman Lt. Col. […]
A dam collapse in eastern Sudan kills at least 30 people following heavy rains, a UN agency says
A United Nations agency said at the weekend that the Albert Dam in Sudan's eastern Red Sea state had collapsed and caused heavy rains to flood nearby homes, killing at least 30 people. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said late Monday, citing local officials, that the actual death toll from […]
Iceland ice cave collapse kills 1 tourist, leaves 2 others missing
One tourist was killed and two others are missing after an ice cave partially collapsed during a trip to Breidamerkurjökull glacier in southern Iceland on Sunday. According to a statement posted on social media by local police, a group of about 25 foreign tourists of various nationalities were exploring an ice cave with a guide […]
Gunman kills mourner at friend’s grave after victim threatens to puke in cemetery: reports
A Colorado man reportedly shot and killed a friend inside a cemetery after he said he was going to vomit near the friend’s grave. Ryan Trujillo Falcone, 22, shot and killed Geno Eugene Chavez, 20, and pistol-whipped a woman at Crown Hill Cemetery in Wheat Ridge as they gathered to celebrate the birthday of a […]
Former MMA fighter, anti-gun advocate Lumumba Sayers allegedly kills Malcolm Watson at Colorado party in son’s death revenge
A former mixed martial artist and longtime anti-gun violence activist is accused of shooting a man in the head at a children’s pool party in retaliation for the murder of his son just a year earlier. Lumumba Sayers Sr., 46, was arrested on August 10 after he shot a man in the head at close […]
Michigan man shoots and kills a dad after his daughter touched shooter’s mulch at his home, police say
A Michigan man was arrested. Murder and firearms offences He allegedly shot and killed his father following an argument over mulch. Investigators say 47-year-old Devereaux Christopher Johnson got into an argument with 35-year-old Nathan Morris just before noon Saturday outside Johnson’s home in Canton Township. “Everyone is telling their wives and kids to be careful.” […]