Eleven people have been killed and at least 75 others are injured after an elevator at a mine in South Africa broke and plunged down hundreds of feet, the mine operator said Tuesday. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon at a platinum mine in Rustenburg, which is around 60 miles …
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A temporary elevator crashed to the ground on a building site in Stockholm Monday, seriously injuring several people, Swedish police said. SWEDEN SIGNS DEFENSE PACT GRANTING US ACCESS TO ALL SCANDINAVIAN MILITARY BASES The construction elevator fell 66 feet with four or five people inside in Sundbyberg, in the north …
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One person was found dead after an early morning explosion and fire at a hotel in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Amish-related tourism area, authorities said Monday. State police in Lancaster County said the blast was reported shortly after 2:30 a.m. Monday at the Bird-in-Hand Family Inn in the Lancaster County …
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The U.S. Virgin Islands reported an island-wide power outage on St. Croix on Monday that forced officials to close schools and government offices. RESIDENTS IN ST. CROIX SUE GOVERNMENT OVER WATER CONTAMINATED WITH LEAD AND COPPER The islands’ Water and Power Authority said in a statement that there was a …
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A scathing new report into the Titan submersible disaster that killed five people has found the vessel was damaged during earlier dives and built through a flawed engineering process that failed to meet safety standards — conditions that ultimately led to its fatal implosion. The report released by the National …
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The suspect accused of starting what prosecutors have described as “one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history” reportedly had an outburst in federal court as he pleaded not guilty. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, of Melbourne, Florida, entered a not guilty plea Thursday to counts of destruction of property …
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Two people are dead after a crane collapsed Friday at an industrial site on a river just north of Boston. One person died at the scene and a second person died at the hospital, according to Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria. DeMaria said the two men, in their 30s and 40s, …
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