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March 21, 2019

Worst Mass Shooting in New Zealand History

In the worst mass shooting in New Zealand history, an Australian man with white supremacist beliefs and connections entered two mosques in the city of Christchurch on the nation’s South Island, shooting anyone he found in a rampage that killed 50 and wounded 50 others. The attacker wore a helmet-mounted camera that he used to […]

March 14, 2019

Boeing 737 Max 8 Grounded

An Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed this week, killing 157 passengers and crew, and has similarities to a crash (based on radar data and other information) of the same Boeing model off Indonesia last October. Several countries, including the U.S., have grounded the Boeing 737 Max 8 pending further investigation. Locally, Newark Liberty Airport was temporarily […]

March 7, 2019

Tornado Kills 23 in Alabama

The National Weather Service reported thirty four tornadoes struck Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina over the weekend. An EF4 twister killed 23 in Lee County, Alabama. The victims ranged in age from 6 to 89 and included seven members of one family. Most of the victims suffered blunt-force trauma, the Lee County Coroner said, […]

February 28, 2019

Toxic Moonshine Kills 154 People in India

At least 154 people have died and more than 200 others have been hospitalized after consuming tainted unregulated moonshine, known locally as “country-made liquor” in India, officials said Monday. Police believe those who drank the liquor contracted methyl-alcohol poisoning from methanol that was added to the mixture. The incident is the latest in India’s long […]

February 21, 2019

Five Dead in Workplace Shooting

Five employees at a warehouse for a large valve company in Aurora, Illinois were shot and killed by a fellow worker. The attacker pulled a gun and shot his coworkers during a termination meeting last Friday. At least five police officers were wounded in the incident before fatally shooting the assailant. The employee had a […]

February 14, 2019

Dozens Die in Fires in India and Brazil

A Tuesday morning fire in the hotel Arpit Palace, located in Deli, India, an area popular with tourists for its budget hotels and shopping, led to the deaths of seventeen people, police said. Additionally, a dormitory fire at the youth training complex of a Brazilian soccer club on Friday morning, killed ten teenagers ages 14 […]

February 7, 2019

Fire Used As a Weapon in Nigeria and Beyond

In what looks to be the standard operating procedure for Boko Haram, the militants targeted a small, poorly defended village along the Cameroon border on Monday morning. The fighters approached the north-eastern Nigerian border town of Rann quickly in gun trucks and motorcycles, causing panic and inflicting carnage by setting houses on fire and killing […]

January 31, 2019

U.S. Midwest Freezes While Australia Swelters

While Australia battles record-smashing heat, interminable drought and deadly bushfires, the U.S. is in the grip of an intense cold snap, with temperatures plunging to historic lows. Last week, Adelaide broke the record for the world’s hottest city at 46.6C (115.16F) as the American Midwest is currently colder than Antarctica, parts of Alaska, and Siberia. […]

March 21, 2019

Worst Mass Shooting in New Zealand History

In the worst mass shooting in New Zealand history, an Australian man with white supremacist beliefs and connections entered two mosques in the city of Christchurch on the nation’s South Island, shooting anyone he found in a rampage that killed 50 and wounded 50 others. The attacker wore a helmet-mounted camera that he used to […]

March 14, 2019

Boeing 737 Max 8 Grounded

An Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed this week, killing 157 passengers and crew, and has similarities to a crash (based on radar data and other information) of the same Boeing model off Indonesia last October. Several countries, including the U.S., have grounded the Boeing 737 Max 8 pending further investigation. Locally, Newark Liberty Airport was temporarily […]

March 7, 2019

Tornado Kills 23 in Alabama

The National Weather Service reported thirty four tornadoes struck Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina over the weekend. An EF4 twister killed 23 in Lee County, Alabama. The victims ranged in age from 6 to 89 and included seven members of one family. Most of the victims suffered blunt-force trauma, the Lee County Coroner said, […]

February 28, 2019

Toxic Moonshine Kills 154 People in India

At least 154 people have died and more than 200 others have been hospitalized after consuming tainted unregulated moonshine, known locally as “country-made liquor” in India, officials said Monday. Police believe those who drank the liquor contracted methyl-alcohol poisoning from methanol that was added to the mixture. The incident is the latest in India’s long […]

February 21, 2019

Five Dead in Workplace Shooting

Five employees at a warehouse for a large valve company in Aurora, Illinois were shot and killed by a fellow worker. The attacker pulled a gun and shot his coworkers during a termination meeting last Friday. At least five police officers were wounded in the incident before fatally shooting the assailant. The employee had a […]

February 14, 2019

Dozens Die in Fires in India and Brazil

A Tuesday morning fire in the hotel Arpit Palace, located in Deli, India, an area popular with tourists for its budget hotels and shopping, led to the deaths of seventeen people, police said. Additionally, a dormitory fire at the youth training complex of a Brazilian soccer club on Friday morning, killed ten teenagers ages 14 […]

February 7, 2019

Fire Used As a Weapon in Nigeria and Beyond

In what looks to be the standard operating procedure for Boko Haram, the militants targeted a small, poorly defended village along the Cameroon border on Monday morning. The fighters approached the north-eastern Nigerian border town of Rann quickly in gun trucks and motorcycles, causing panic and inflicting carnage by setting houses on fire and killing […]

January 31, 2019

U.S. Midwest Freezes While Australia Swelters

While Australia battles record-smashing heat, interminable drought and deadly bushfires, the U.S. is in the grip of an intense cold snap, with temperatures plunging to historic lows. Last week, Adelaide broke the record for the world’s hottest city at 46.6C (115.16F) as the American Midwest is currently colder than Antarctica, parts of Alaska, and Siberia. […]