A fast-moving fire that started on the fourth floor of a large housing complex called Grenfell Tower in North Kensington (West London) spread rapidly upward, most notably from the exterior of the building, trapping many of the more than 400 occupants. As of Thursday, the official death toll is 17, and 18 patients are hospitalized […]

A man with a gun stormed into a casino-hotel in Manila and set gambling tables and other combustibles on fire, which led to the death of 36 people, primarily from smoke inhalation and suffocation, as many of those victims were hiding from the gunfire. The attacker, who was eventually cornered in a hotel room after […]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted another above-normal hurricane season for the Atlantic Ocean in 2017, which always runs from June 1 through November 30. There is currently a 45-percent chance of an above-normal season, a 35 percent chance of a near-normal season, and only a 20 percent chance of a below-normal […]