Four people were killed and four were injured in a fire that destroyed a motel in a coastal city in Oregon on Friday, local media said. The fire began at about 5:45 a.m. in a room at the City Center Motel in Newport, Oregon, and quickly engulfed the entire building, the Newport Police Department said… Read More Oregon motel fire leaves four dead, four injured
A machete-wielding man yelling “Allahu Akbar!”, which means God is greatest in English, injured two female police officers before being shot outside the main police station in the southern Belgian city of Charleroi on Saturday, police in the city said. The attacker, who was shot by a third officer, subsequently died of his wounds, but… Read More Man yelling Arabic words attack Belgian police officers with machete
Dozens of concertgoers suffered minor injuries on Friday night when a railing collapsed during a hip hop concert featuring Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa in west New Jersey, local media reported. The duo are currently on the road together, for Merry Jane Presents Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa: The High Road Tour. About 42 people… Read More Over 40 injured as railings collapse at a Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa concert in New Jersey
Chicago police released video on Friday that showed the moments before officers killed an unarmed 18-year-old black man last week but failed to capture the fatal shots because a policeman’s body camera was not recording, prompting allegations of a cover-up and calls for a special prosecutor. In the footage released by Chicago’s Independent Police Review… Read More Video of Chicago police fatally shooting black teen released
An accidental explosion at a bar in Rouen, Normandy, in northern France sparked a deadly fire early Saturday, killing at least 13 people and injuring others, according to Rouen police. A witness said a major street was blocked and a security perimeter was set up around Le Cuba Libre bar. He said he had seen… Read More Thirteen dead as explosion rocks bar in northern France
Brazil displayed a colourful ceremony celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population in welcoming the world on Friday to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, all to the pounding beat of samba, bossa nova and funk. Brazil’s interim President Michel Temer declared open the first Games ever in South… Read More Rio 2016 Olympics open in grand style
