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Thanksgiving fire engulfs Florida shopping center
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — State fire marshals are investigating a suspicious fire that engulfed a shopping center early Thanksgiving morning. The fire at the Village Plaza shopping center in Daytona Beach broke out at about 4 a.m. Thursday and spread into several units, according to WKMG-TV in Orlando....
Man arrested for arson at COVID-19 hotel for homeless
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — A man staying at a hotel in Renton for people experiencing homelessness with COVID-19 was arrested after a hotel room caught fire, police said. Renton firefighters responded to fire in a sixth floor room inside the Red Lion Hotel on Wednesday afternoon, KOMO-TV reported. Firefighters...
Fire destroys Mississippi business
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — A fire has destroyed a Mississippi cabinet shop, authorities said. The blaze happened late Monday in Rankin County, WLBT-TV reported. A passerby saw smoke at the business and called 911, Rankin County Emergency Management Director Mike Word said. No one was inside at that time, and no...
More charges filed in deadly attack at Nebraska restaurant
BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities filed additional charges Monday against a 23-year-old man in a shooting at a Nebraska fast food restaurant in which two employees were killed and two others were wounded. Roberto Carlos Silva Jr. faces two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree...
Review: In 'Collective,' the rot of government corruption
A politicized healthcare crisis, horrifyingly unnecessary death, a crucial election. “Collective," a piercing documentary about corruption in Romania, may not directly concern current events but it feels urgent and vital just the same. In 2015, a fire swept through a Bucharest nightclub without emergency...
Fire in Hong Kong apartment building kills 7, injures 11
HONG KONG (AP) — Authorities in Hong Kong said at least seven people were killed and 11 injured in a fire at an apartment building that may have started at a gathering of people from the city's Nepalese community. The blaze broke out Sunday night in Yau Ma Tei, a usually bustling area in Kowloon packed...
Fire in Berlin subway station injures 4
BERLIN (AP) — A fire broke out in a subway station in Berlin, injuring four people, one seriously, the German news agency dpa reported Monday. The fire broke out late Sunday and 120 firefighters were still fighting the flames Monday morning, but said the fire was mostly under control. The cause of the...
Romania: Fire in COVID-19 intensive care unit kills 10
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A fire at a hospital treating COVID-19 patients in northeastern Romania killed 10 people Saturday and injured 10 others, seven of them critically, officials said. Prosecutors quickly opened a criminal investigation. The blaze spread through the intensive care ward designated for...
Iowa man convicted for ex-girlfriend's killing, hotel fire
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge on Friday ruled that an Iowa man is guilty of second-degree murder for killing his former girlfriend in a hotel room and then setting it on fire. But District Judge Steven Andreasen ruled 30-year-old Jordan Henry's drug-addled brain and underlying psychosis prevented him...
Human remains found in Lafayette storage facility after fire
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Human remains have been found in a storage facility following a fire in Lafayette, authorities say. Fire investigators discovered the remains in a storage unit that was among several that burned Thursday morning at Simply Self Storage, Lafayette police Lt. Matt Gard told the Journal...
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