Aliyah Jaico, eight, dies after being ‘violently sucked’ into hotel swimming pool pipes in Texas
An eight-year-old girl died after being “violently sucked” into piping at a hotel swimming pool, her family has said. Aliyah Jaico had been enjoying a dip with her family at the DoubleTree hotel in Houston, Texas, when the tragedy happened on Saturday 23 March. Lawyers representing the family said she was in the “lazy river […]
Hawaii wildfires: Governor warns dozens more could be dead
Hawaii’s governor has warned that dozens more could be dead on the island of Maui following devastating wildfires – which have already claimed the lives of 99 people. “We are prepared for many tragic stories,” Governor Josh Green told US media on Monday. “They will find 10 to 20 people per day, probably, until they […]
Three soldiers dead and one injured as two US army helicopters crash in Alaska
Two of the soldiers died at the scene, with the third dying while on the way to hospital. A fourth soldier is being treated in hospital for injuries following the crash on Thursday, which involved two AH-64 Apache helicopters returning from a training flight in the Healy region of the northwestern state. The soldiers’ identities […]
Cruise ship passenger’s body was kept in drinks cooler for almost a week, lawsuit claims
A Florida widow and her family are suing a cruise line for allegedly mishandling her husband’s dead body and storing it in a drinks cooler after he died on board a ship. Robert Jones’ body was stored inside a walk-in cooler normally used for drinks for nearly a week instead of a properly chilled morgue […]
American volunteer fighter died in Ukraine, family says
A US citizen died while volunteering in the fighting in Ukraine Friday, his family told CNN. Edward Wilton, 22, of Florida, had been in Ukraine for nearly a year at the time of his death, his half-brother Parker Cummings told CNN by phone Wednesday. The US Embassy told the family of his death Monday, Cummings […]
Violent tornadoes leave several dead and dozens injured in the central United States
At least three people are dead and dozens more are hospitalized after a series of brutal tornadoes ripped through several states in the southern and midwestern United States on Friday, smashing homes and reducing neighborhoods to rubble, as forecasters warn that the danger will continue into the night. The first death was reported in north […]
9 soldiers dead after two Blackhawk helicopters crash in Kentucky during training mission
Nine US service members died after two helicopters from the 101st Airborne Division crashed in southwestern Kentucky on Wednesday, according to a US Army official. The source said there were no survivors. Two HH60 Blackhawk helicopters from the 101st Airborne Division crashed in Trigg County, Kentucky, around 10 p.m. Wednesday, according to a Fort Campbell […]
More than 30 dead in fire at migration center in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
At least 39 people died in a fire at a migration center in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez, authorities said Tuesday. Authorities said that the fire in the office of the National Institute of Migration (INM) occurred after they picked up some 71 migrants from the streets of the city. Although the […]
7 of the dead after boat capsized in San Diego County came from Mexico
The Mexican Consulate in San Diego said at least 7 of the 8 migrants killed Saturday when their boat capsized near Black’s Beach in La Jolla, in San Diego County, California, came from Mexico. “Based on the identifications that some carried, it is presumed that seven of these people are nationals of Mexico, coming from […]
