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Dozens injured when driver ploughs into parade crowd in Liverpool
New York Times, Published on 27/05/2025
» LONDON — A driver slammed a car into a crowd celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League victory, seriously injuring a child and an adult and sending more than two dozen people to hospitals, officials in England said Monday.
California asks insurers to spare wildfire victims ‘the list’
New York Times, Published on 07/02/2025
» LOS ANGELES — California’s top insurance regulator urged insurance carriers Thursday to pay policyholders the full amount of the belongings in their coverage without requiring them to itemise every object lost — an undertaking that has burdened thousands of residents whose homes were destroyed by wildfires last month.
30,000 ordered to evacuate as LA wildfire burns out of control
New York Times, Published on 08/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES — Raging flames driven by a fierce windstorm scorched a rapidly growing area of Southern California on Tuesday, destroying homes, forcing at least 30,000 residents to evacuate and choking the sky with smoke, with officials warning that the worst was yet to come.
Two killed and 19 injured in California plane crash
New York Times, Published on 03/01/2025
» At least two people were killed and 19 others were injured in a fiery explosion Thursday after a small plane crashed into a furniture manufacturing facility in Southern California, shortly after taking off from a nearby airport.
One dead after Cybertruck explodes outside Trump hotel
New York Times, Published on 02/01/2025
» LAS VEGAS — One person was killed and at least seven people were injured after a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning, authorities said, and officials were investigating any possible links to an earlier attack on a crowd in New Orleans.
Massacre in Haiti leaves nearly 200 dead
New York Times, Published on 10/12/2024
» PORT-AU-PRINCE — More than 180 people were killed in a massacre over the weekend in one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Haiti’s capital, the United Nations (UN) human rights chief said Monday.
Conor McGregor, UFC fighter, is held liable for sexual assault in Ireland
New York Times, Published on 23/11/2024
» DUBLIN — A woman who had accused mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Conor McGregor of raping her in a hotel penthouse in 2018 was awarded nearly 250,000 euros (about US$260,000) in damages Friday after a jury found him liable for sexual assault in a civil trial in Dublin.
26,000 evacuate as US wildfire spreads
New York Times, Published on 04/07/2024
» CALIFORNIA - When a fast-moving wildfire began marching across thousands of acres of Butte County on Tuesday, David Pittman did not panic. He packed up his family, including their 90-pound (40-kilogramme) African sulcata tortoise, and drove to his sister’s house across town in Oroville, California.
Russia arrests 4 suspects in Moscow attack as death toll climbs to 133
New York Times, Published on 24/03/2024
» Russian authorities said Saturday that they had arrested the four individuals suspected of setting a suburban Moscow concert venue on fire and killing at least 133 people, one of the worst terrorist attacks to jolt Russia in President Vladimir Putin’s nearly quarter-century in power.
One dead, 21 shot at Kansas City Super Bowl celebration
New York Times, Published on 15/02/2024
» KANSAS CITY — One person was killed and at least 21 others were shot, including nine children, in a barrage of gunfire at a Super Bowl victory celebration in Kansas City on Wednesday afternoon, turning a scene of triumph into one of chaos as thousands of fans in red jerseys ran for safety.