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Local officials in Kandahar province have announced that three children lost their lives due to an explosion of leftover munitions from the war in this province, while two other children were injured. According to local officials in Kandahar province, the incident occurred on Tuesday in the village of Shakhki in the Mahrouf Zaman district. Officials […]
One person is confirmed dead and three others are seriously hurt after a tornado hit Westmoreland Tuesday afternoon.
Severe thunderstorms and high winds Saturday night left at least four people dead in Oklahoma, including an infant, injured residents and destroyed homes, authorities said, as more than two dozen tornadoes were reported overnight.
KOTTAYAM: A 26-year-old man, Libin Jose was killed and three others, including a 55-year-old woman sustained injuries during an altercation that took place at a party in a residence near Pala, Kollappally Mankara area in the early hours of Sunday. The gathering was organized to celebrate a child's holy communion, and the incident occurred around 2 am when friends and relatives engaged in a verbal dispute during a drinking session, according to police reports.The stabbing, which was carried out...
When police got here, they found the man dead inside with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, along with the bodies of a woman and a young girl.
Three people died and one other was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 85 on Friday afternoon.
ATHENS TWP, Pa. (WETM) — Three people are dead in Bradford County after a single-car crash in Athens Township blocked traffic for much of the morning. According to the Athens Township Police Department, three people died in a crash when their car was going south on Riverside Drive along the Susquehanna River around 2:39 a.m. []
ATHENS TWP, Pa. (WETM) — Three people are dead in Bradford County after a single-car crash in Athens Township blocked traffic for much of the morning. According to the Athens Township Police Department, three people died in a crash when their car was going south on Riverside Drive along the Susquehanna River around 2:39 a.m. []
LEBANON, Mo. - Missouri State Highway Patrol's crash team is responding to a crash five miles north of Lebanon Thursday evening. According to MSHP Troop I, two vehicles crashed on Highway 5 at about 5:34 p.m., leaving one person dead and at least three others with injuries. The crash occurred when a pickup traveling south []
Parts of Guangdong province has seen record rains and flooding in the past two weeks, as well as hail. Some villages in Meizhou had flooded in early April, and the city had seen heavy rains in recent days.