dbslocal.com reported that the family of an Italian tourist struck and killed by a car on the Venice boardwalk last summer filed a claim Monday against the city of Los Angeles – the first step toward a civil lawsuit. Alice Gruppioni was just 32 years old when she married Christian Casadei last summer. She was struck and killed by a car on the Venice boardwalk during their honeymoon just a few days later. Read Article
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The fatal Influenza A (H1N1) virus, which became pandemic in 2009-2010 with at least 18,138 global deaths, has staged a comeback in the U.S. Should the world worry? “[Usually] the most common problem from the flu isn’t the virus itself, but the bacteria and pneumonia that the virus sets you up for,” Bruce Hirsch, M.D., […]
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According to the Denver Post, one person died when a private jet crashed and burst into flames at the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport on Sunday, according to the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office. A photo taken at the scene shows a plane resting on its side and what appears to be smoke rising from the fuselage. Three […]
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NBC News reports that a plane landing at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport skidded off an icy runway just after 8 a.m. Sunday, prompting officials to temporarily shut down the airport, authorities said. The FAA said Delta Connection flight 4100 originated in Toronto and was being flown by Endeavor Air, according to NBC […]
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voanews.com reported that Diplomatic tension escalated between the United States and India Tuesday following last week’s arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York City. Indian authorities asked U.S. consular officers to return their identity cards, rescinded airport passes and removed concrete security barriers from in front of the U.S. embassy in New Delhi. Read […]
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NBC News reports the couple and four children who had been missing since Sunday night in the frigid mountains of northern Nevada were found safe Tuesday, local officials said. The six were found “in fairly good shape,” late Tuesday morning after crews had spent two nights searching for them, said Pershing County police dispatcher Leslie […]
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NBC News reports that a Delta Airlines flight from Seattle to Atlanta was rerouted to Spokane International Airport in Washington state shortly after takeoff on Saturday due to a medical emergency that left a 16-year-old male passenger dead, officials said. Spokane International officials stated that the teenager “regretfully died” shortly after Delta Flight 128 took […]
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Reuters.com reported that a Texas woman was killed while watching TV in a suburban Dallas hotel bed on Tuesday after a bullet came through the wall of an adjoining room and struck her in the chest, police in the city of Irving said. Traci Reedy, 48, was in the room with her husband and teenage […]
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CNN reports that an American cruise ship passenger was reported overboard Wednesday, and the U.S. Coast Guard joined the search in the Pacific Ocean northeast of Hawaii. The 54-year-old woman was witnessed intentionally going overboard from the Grand Princess, Princess Cruises said, adding that the witness’ account was confirmed by closed-circuit television. The Grand Princess […]
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The Guardian reports that rescue crews have been scouring an area south-east of Miami after a pilot reported to the Federal Aviation Administration that a passenger fell out of his small plane into the ocean. FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the call came at 1.30pm (6.30pm GMT) on Thursday from the pilot of a Piper […]
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