One body has reportedly been recovered during the ongoing search for at least six people missing after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, according to Baltimore City Council Member Phylicia Porter. “We are hearing one body was found,” she told CNN. Porter added the body had been pulled from the water after the … Read more
An Australian engineer has revealed his shock at the collapse of a major bridge on North America’s east coast, saying it appeared that immense force on an important pillar was enough to bring the crossing down. There are grave fears for about 20 people after a cargo ship collided with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge … Read more
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed early Tuesday morning after it was struck by a large ship, according to video obtained by CNN. All traffic is being detoured due to an “incident”, the Maryland Transportation Authority (MTA) said on social media. It is unclear if anyone was injured. Watch the latest News on … Read more
DNA found in a piece of discarded chewing gum led to the arrest and conviction of a suspect in a 1980 cold case murder in Oregon, prosecutors say. Robert Plympton, 60, was found guilty last week on one count of first-degree murder and four counts of second-degree murder in the killing of Mt. Hood Community … Read more
A 62-year-old US man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have announced. The four-hour surgery, performed on March 16, “marks a major milestone in the quest to provide more readily available organs to patients”, the … Read more
A suspect has barricaded himself in a home in New Jersey and is holding hostages after shooting three people to death in suburban Philadelphia. The Saturday morning shooting in Falls Township in eastern Pennsylvania forced the cancellation of a St Patrick’s Day parade and shut down a children’s theme park. Authorities in Bucks County issued … Read more
A US family is mourning the loss of their one-year-old baby boy after their dog attacked him in their backyard. Baby Lennox was playing on a trampoline with his mother when the attack happened on Wednesday afternoon at the home on Fuller Ave in East Hartford, Connecticut, the family said. The dog is a family … Read more
President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump have both clinched their parties’ nominations, kicking off the first US presidential election rematch in nearly 70 years. Biden needed 1968 delegates to win the nomination, and he passed that number on Tuesday night as results began to come in from the primary contest in Georgia, Edison … Read more
A tire fell off a United Airlines plane taking off from San Francisco International Airport (SFO), in the US, and landed in a nearby parking lot, damaging several vehicles, officials said. The tire from Japan-bound United Flight 35, which was diverted to Los Angeles, ended up landing in an airport employee parking lot, SFO spokesman … Read more
Presidential contender Nikki Haley has won the Washington DC Republican primary, her first victory in the nominating process and a symbolic win for the former US ambassador to the United Nations. Haley, the only remaining challenger to Donald Trump in the race, won 62.9 per cent of the vote on Sunday, versus 33.2 per cent … Read more
