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The active shooter came from the back of the restaurant called Virginia’s, dressed in a kitchen apron, and began shooting at the frightened guests who were dining at the eatery, located between Calhoun and Morris Streets downtown. The suspect was described as a middle-aged man. Eyewitnesses told the local press […]
The winner of the $758 million Powerball is a medical center worker and mother of two from Chicopee, Massachusetts. Mavis L. Wanczyk, 53, won the massive fortune on Wednesday night after the numbers — 6, 7, 16, 23 and 26, with a Powerball of 4 — were drawn at 10:59 […]
Tropical Storm Harvey rapidly intensified into a hurricane on Thursday as it hurtled toward Texas, with meteorologists forecasting the storm could be a “major hurricane” when it makes landfall. NOAA’s National Hurricane Center said early afternoon that Harvey had become a hurricane with 80 mph sustained winds. “Things have changed […]
Polish media have reported that the policeman sustained facial injuries when he tried to intervene in an area close to where US rock band Allah-Las, whose concert in Rotterdam was cancelled yesterday following a tip-off from Spanish police over a terror threat, are due to perform tonight. The officer was treated […]
Mirgayas Shirinsky, 62, was Russia’s ambassador to Sudan and his body was discovered at his home in Khartoum. Sudanese police said he was known to have suffered from high blood pressure and died of natural causes. He is the fourth Russian ambassador to die while doing his job for Mr […]