The crash occurred at 11:15 p.m at 85th Avenue and International Boulevard. Three people were killed at the scene, and three others, including two in critical condition, were transported to local hospitals. Two other pedestrians suffered minor injuries.
Two occupants in one vehicle, a man aged in his twenties and a man aged in his thirties, were pronounced deceased at the scene. Their remains have been removed to Letterkenny University Hospital where post-mortem examinations will take place in due course. The Coroner for Donegal has been notified.
An overnight fire in East Flatbush resulted in the deaths of two individuals, an 80-year-old woman and a 59-year-old man, who were both taken to the hospital and pronounced dead.
In 2025, the mountain rescue service faced an unprecedented number of operations, with 13,037 rescues conducted, averaging 35 missions a day, reflecting a significant increase in demand.
A small aircraft carrying two people crashed Thursday afternoon on Catalina Island, fire officials said. The plane, which was en route to the island, crashed on landing around 12:20 p.m. in Avalon in a rugged, not easily accessible area.
In 2023, a report from the Police Executive Research Forum called for police to put the brakes on car chases unless a violent crime has been committed and the suspect poses an imminent threat. The report noted a spike in fatalities and an increase in pursuits by some departments, including in Houston and New York City.
Shark attacks returned to near-average levels in 2025 after a dip the previous year, according to the latest report from the Florida Museum of Natural History's International Shark Attack File, published Wednesday. Researchers recorded 65 unprovoked shark bites worldwide last year, slightly below the 10-year average of 72, but an increase from 2024. Nine of those bites were fatal, higher than the 10-year average of six fatalities.
The fire service said in a statement that the blaze broke out Monday evening in a storage room on the top floor of a five-story building in Manlleu, a town around 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Barcelona. The cause of the blaze has not been identified and officials are looking into it. The five people killed also didn't live in the building, police said.
A 19-year-old has been arrested in connection with a shooting at a Halloween party in Santa Clarita that left two people dead. On Monday, Alejandro Trujillo of Newhall was arrested in connection with the deaths of 30-year-old Elijah Harts and 27-year-old Anthony Mora, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department news release. The deaths occurred Oct. 31 in the 25000 block of De Wolfe Road.
(Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times) A 13-year-old boy and his older brother were killed Tuesday evening in a suspected fireworks blast in Bell Gardens, according to authorities. Around 6 p.m., the Bell Gardens Police Department responded to a report of explosions and a structure fire in the 6500 block of Purdy Avenue, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department news release. Arson investigators from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department found materials used to make homemade fireworks and explosives at the scene, according to the release.
Sophie Quinn was sitting in a car with her partner, John Harris, outside a house in Lake Cargelligo on Thursday afternoon when a ute approached from the opposite direction. From the driver's side window, at least three shots were fired, killing her and Harris. Quinn was seven months pregnant with a boy her family say she planned to name Troy.
Though trails have reopened, hazardous winter conditions still persist and hikers should come prepared to meet snow-covered trails, icy sections, limited visibility, and the possibility of sudden storms, said the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department in a news release. That means evaluating weather conditions, carrying appropriate gear, and understanding personal limits.
At least 15 people have been killed and 19 injured after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine on the Inter-American Highway in western Guatemala, local authorities say. The deaths included 11 men, three women and a minor, according to Leandro Amado, a spokesperson for local firefighters. Amado told reporters on Saturday that some 19 injured people were taken to hospitals near the scene of the accident.
The deaths of two innocent people in Edenderry, Co Offaly, last weekend have highlighted the deadly threat that organised crime gangs pose to communities in rural towns around the country.
Three people died in a Florida boating incident on Saturday, officials said. Emergency personnel responded to the "incident" involving a 39-foot vessel on the Caloosahatchee River near the Cape Coral Yacht Club that day, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wrote in a statement, providing no additional information on what exactly occurred. Three of the four occupants were transported to a local
What follows is the most detailed description to date of the events that took the lives of more than two dozen campers and counselors, and the elder Mr. Eastland, at the 99-year-old summer retreat. The descriptions and rendering of those events were taken from the first interviews that Camp Mystic's owners have granted, along with never-before-seen videos and photos taken during flooding at the camp, data from devices such as Apple watches, cell phones and vehicle crash data, and court documents from a lawsuit filed by some of the parents of children who died.
