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The President of Haiti has been assassinated in his own home. Per BBC News, President Jovenel Moïse and his wife, First Lady Martine Moïse, were shot by an unidentified group of individuals at their private residence in Port-au-Prince at approximately 01:00 AM local time. Moïse was killed outright, while reports…
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A woman was denied permission from a judge to save her pet from the standing part of the stricken Miami condo prior to the building being completely demolished. It has been nearly two weeks since the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South, a residential building in Surfside, Florida, near Miami.…
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A Russian plane has crashed into the sea with 28 people on board after vanishing from radar. The twin-engine Antonov An-2 aircraft disappeared on Tuesday (July 6) over the country's Kamchatka peninsula, CNN reports. Rescue teams have now been deployed to the stricken plane after it was discovered in the…
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Professional golfer Gene Siller and two others have been found dead at a golf course in Georgia. Atlanta's Cobb County police responded to a report of a person shot around 2:20 PM on Saturday, July 3, at Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw, CNN reports, and found the golfer on the…
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The remains of the partially collapsed Miami condo have been demolished ahead of storm Elsa. Explosions were heard in the area at 10.30 PM ET before the building began to fall, with the hope that the demolition will give rescuers access to more areas of the rubble as they continue…
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At least 50 people have been killed after a plane burst into flames in the Philippines. The tragedy, which took place on July 4, saw an Air Force aircraft overshoot a runway - killing 47 soldiers on board, four civilians on the ground, and injuring dozens. Per CNN, the C-130…
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A gigantic firework explosion has caused chaos in Ocean City, Maryland. Per CNN, a truck carrying a large supply of Fourth of July fireworks unexpectedly exploded on Sunday, July 4, causing mass panic. The Starfire Corporation brand fireworks were intended to be detonated in a display scheduled for 9:00 PM…
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The body of a Miami firefighter's seven-year-old daughter has been discovered in the wreckage of the collapsed Surfside condo. Stella Cattarossi's father had kept watch in the area for nine days after she went missing following the tragic collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, on June 24. BBC…
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A 12-year-old Indian-American prodigy has just become the youngest chess grandmaster in the history of the game. According to CNN, Abhimanyu Mishra, who hails from New Jersey, broke Hungarian Sergey Karjakin's record by becoming a chess grandmaster at the age of 12 years, four months, and 25 days old. This…
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A woman trapped in the Miami condo rubble was heard screaming for hours - but sadly, her cries for help went silent before the search team could reach her. Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Alan Cominsky recounted the unsuccessful effort to save the woman on Thursday, July 1 - exactly one…
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Protesters in Canada have toppled and defaced statues of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II following the discovery of bodies of indigenous children in unmarked graves, BBC News reports. The incident occurred at the legislature in Winnipeg on Thursday (July 1) - Canada Day - and was sparked by fury…
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The US House of Representatives has voted to remove statues of Confederate generals from the Capitol building. According to CBS News, this new piece of legislation passed on Tuesday, June 29, with a vote of 285 to 120, with 67 Republicans joining all Democrats voting in favor of the bill.…
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A chilling audio file has emerged which reveals a firefighter's reaction to the Miami condo disaster. NBC Miami obtained an audio recording of first responders from the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Engine 76 rescuing victims from the rubble of the Champlain Towers South condominium. Per the above publication, in the Engine…
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The official who signed off on the collapsed Miami condo after residents complained of "shaking" in 2018 has been suspended. Rosendo "Ross" Prieto, the former top building official for the town of Surfside, is now on a leave of absence from his job as a government contractor, The Sun reports.…
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The death toll in the wake of the Miami condo building collapse has risen to 11 as cracks have been found in the foundation of its sister building. Tuesday marks the sixth day of search efforts as authorities continue to look for more survivors potentially trapped under the rubble. Thus…
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Five people have been confirmed dead following a tragic hot air balloon crash in Albuquerque, New Mexico. As reported by BBC News, the tragic incident occurred early on Saturday morning just after 7:00AM (local time). Video footage from the incident shows the moment the balloon plummeted to the ground in…
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A female spectator who caused a huge crash during the Tour de France is to face legal action, organizers have confirmed. Yesterday (June 26), an unnamed woman was caught on television cameras stepping out onto the road with a giant cardboard sign as the speeding peloton rode by. Appearing to…
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A toddler from Italy who went missing in the middle of the night was found by a journalist who was sent out to report on his disappearance, BBC News reports. The young boy, who is just three months shy of his second birthday, was discovered some miles away from his…
