The electric car burst into flames on Wednesday in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It ignited around 9pm local time, according to the Gladwyne Volunteer Fire Company, who said in a now-deleted post that the crew battled the raging fire for about three hours. Fortunately for the neighborhood and the firefighters, the two …
Read More »Riders get trapped on Texas roller coaster for hours after sudden stop at sharp angle (VIDEO)
The park confirmed the incident in a statement, saying their Poltergeist roller coaster “stopped in the middle of a ride cycle,” but there have been no reports of injuries. The riders were stuck in an upright position, but the Poltergeist coaster includes multiple loops where the ride could have also …
Read More »ANOTHER hazmat train crashes & catches fire in Iowa, just 24 hours after Minnesota derailment (VIDEOS)
The derailment happened around 2pm Sunday, on the outskirts of Sibley, a small town of roughly 2,700 residents in the far northwest Iowa on the border with Minnesota. There were no reported injuries, but part of the town received evacuation orders over a “HAZMAT train derailment and fire,” as first …
Read More »2yo girl hurt in Chicago drive-by shooting, hours after city’s gun violence left 5 teens & young boy with gunshot wounds
The shooting occurred around 7pm local time on Friday near the steps of the Cook County courthouse in Chicago’s Southwest Side. The toddler was sitting in the back seat of a car when someone drove up and fired shots from another vehicle, police said. The little girl was hospitalized with …
Read More »FBI agents SHOOT ‘armed intruder’ after hours-long standoff at CIA entrance gate
The FBI’s Washington Field Office said Monday evening that agents opened fire on an intruder sometime after 6 pm local time. “An individual involved in a security incident outside Central Intelligence Agency Headquarters in McLean, VA, emerged from his vehicle with a weapon and was engaged by law enforcement officers,” the …
Read More »Furious Manchester United fans storm Old Trafford hours before Liverpool Premier League match in anti-Glazer protest (VIDEOS)
The protest, which has initially been planned to take place outside of Old Trafford, bled into the famous stadium on Sunday after hundreds of fans upset with the ownership of the controversial Glazer family raided the pitch and threw Sunday’s pivotal fixture with arch-rivals Liverpool into doubt. It is also understood …
Read More »Angry Renault workers take bosses ‘hostage’ for 12 hours in bid to block factory sale
Around 350 employees picketing Renault’s Fonderie de Bretagne factory in Brittany held seven managers “hostage” on Tuesday as they prevented them from leaving work. The incident comes after the automaker announced plans to sell or close the facility. Following several attempts to convince the workers to release their “hostages,” the executives were …
Read More »Woman charged with killing NYPD officer in drunken hit & run, hours after saying ‘f**k the police’ in livestream
Jessica Beauvais, 32, was arrested early Tuesday morning after slamming her Volkswagen into NYPD Highway Officer Anastasios Tsakos, a 14-year veteran on the force. Tsakos later died of his injuries at New York-Presbyterian/Queens hospital. At the time of the incident, Tsakos was redirecting traffic following another fatal car crash on …
Read More »Delhi oxygen crisis: Hospitals hover hours from running out amid hike in serious Covid-19 cases
Early on Wednesday morning, an oxygen tanker arrived at Delhi’s GTB Hospital, where over 500 patients require the medical gas as part of their treatment. The delivery came less than an hour before the facility was expected to run out of what was left of its stockpile. “All of us …
Read More »New Zealand throws support behind Five Eyes spy network 24 hours after raising concerns about increasing its remit
In a statement released on Tuesday, Mahuta walked back her remarks, recommitting to the “security and intelligence partnership” with the other members of the Five Eyes intelligence network, describing it as vital to the nation’s defense. On Monday, the foreign minister told the New Zealand China Council that “we are …
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