A New Yorker known for having a “heart of gold” was killed in a horrific multi-boating accident on Lake Michigan late Thursday night that left 4 people seriously injured. Joanna Gregory, 26, died when a boat overtook another vessel, causing a collision at about 11:30 p.m. near Chicago’s Monroe Harbor, said Jason Lash, deputy chief … Read more
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – A man is dead after a drive-by shooting in the Acres Homes neighborhood in north Houston on Monday afternoon, according to police. The Houston Police Department said homicide detectives are investigating the shooting that was reported near the intersection of Dalview Avenue and Yorkdale Drive. According to HPD, officers responded to … Read more
For half a century, a house on the coast in southern Lebanon has kept vigil over Al-Mansouri beach and the blue Mediterranean waters beyond. Mona Khalil’s grandfather built the house in the 1970s, around seven miles from the border with Israel. A decade later, the Khalil family fled the Lebanese Civil War and left the … Read more
Paris — French authorities announced today, Saturday, that the founder of the international gaming company “Ubisoft”, which produced the game “Assassin’s Creed”, was killed in a plane crash in western France. The city’s mayor, Frank Le Verrier, said in a statement that the twin-engine Cessna 421 plane carrying Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor crashed … Read more
The woman killed in the massive inferno that engulfed a resort in the Dominican Republic was an Italian mother of two who was visiting family on the island when the fire broke out. Francesca Valentino was the only person killed at the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach hotel, which caught fire on Friday. The fire forced … Read more
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – A woman is dead and a man is hospitalized after a shooting in southwest Houston, according to the Houston Police Department. According to investigators, the shooting was reported Thursday evening in the 8700 block of Justin Lane. Lt. Larry Crowson told Eyewitness News that investigators suspect the incident was related to … Read more
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (KABC) — An eight-person crew died after an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in Kern County, located northeast of Lancaster, officials confirmed Monday. The Air Force base said the accident occurred during a “routine test mission.” “An Air Force B-52 Stratofortress … Read more
The heiress to the million-dollar German shipping company DAL was shot dead in mysterious circumstances on her family’s luxury wildlife farm in South Africa – a day after the family’s financial director was killed on the reserve. Caroline von Rantsau, 26, was found dead inside her room at the Leeufontein estate in the northern Limpopo … Read more
crime The second person who was stabbed suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said. One person was killed and another injured in a stabbing Monday night in Mattapan, police said. At 8:26 p.m., Boston police were dispatched to 25 Astoria Street, where they found a male victim inside the home suffering from a stab wound, the Boston … Read more
Local news Prosecutors say Benjamin Hunt caused the overdose death of a 17-year-old. Drugs, firearms and firearm-related components seized by investigators. Office of Massachusetts Attorney General Leah Foley A Fall River man was sentenced Friday to 23 years in federal prison for running an online marketplace that trafficked fentanyl, other illicit drugs and firearms and … Read more