London’s Luton Airport reopened Wednesday after a vehicle fire spread through a newly built parking garage, causing the partial collapse of the structure and major disruption for tens of thousands of passengers. Dozens of flights were canceled, diverted or delayed at Luton, located about 35 miles north of central London, …
Read More »Major South African coal plant fires back up as officials aim to ease mass power outages
South African officials are hoping that the gradual recovery of one of the country’s biggest coal-fired power stations will reduce crippling power blackouts. At least two units at the Kusile power station have been restored in the last three weeks, adding 1,600 megawatts to the national grid and reducing the …
Read More »NYC Amtrak service delayed by overhead parking garage's structural woes
Amtrak service north of New York City was disrupted Monday because of structural issues with a parking garage that’s over the tracks on Manhattan’s west side, officials said. Service between the city and the Croton-Harmon station in Westchester County was halted Sunday after structural problems were discovered at the parking …
Read More »More than 30 dead, 18 injured after bus plunges into gorge in India
At least 37 people are dead and 18 others are injured after a bus slid off a highway and plunged into a gorge in northern India on Wednesday. The bus was traveling in the mountainous Dodo district of the Jammu division when it veered off the road and fell at …
Read More »At least 5 dead, 24 injured in New York tour bus crash
A tour bus traveling from Niagara Falls to New York City rolled over in Genesee County, New York, on Friday, killing multiple people and injuring at least two dozen others. The crash, which involved a tractor-trailer and a tour bus carrying 54 people, happened around 12:30 p.m. near mile marker …
Read More »OceanGate Titan submersible damaged on multiple dives before catastrophic implosion, NTSB report finds
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 …
Read More »Palisades Fire suspect has courtroom outburst while pleading not guilty at arraignment
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 …
Read More »Officials investigating after deadly crane collapse at industrial site north of Boston: 'Unfortunate accident'
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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