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Looking at the fire 1 mile away facing the west, northwest. Image: Jason Safoutin.Monday, May 14, 2007
Buffalo, New York —A massive warehouse complex of at least 5 buildings caught on fire in Buffalo, New York on 111 Tonawanda Street, sending a plume of thick, jet black colored smoke into the air that could be seen as far away as 40 miles.
As of 6:40 a.m., the fire was under control, and firefRead More…

Thursday, January 4, 2018
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service vehicle.Image: John Bradley.A fire on Sunday night in the seven-storey carpark for the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England destroyed almost all the vehicles parked inside and led to cancellation of the final evening of the Liverpool International Horse Show and evacuation of nearby blocks of flats. The blaze reportedly started with a parkRead More…

Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Cape Wrath from the sea in 2007 Image: Colin Wheatley.A Scottish woman who set out before Christmas to purchase a turkey finally made it home on Monday, after being cut off by snow for a month. Kay Ure left the Lighthouse Keeper’s cottage on Cape Wrath, at the very northwest tip of Great Britain, in December. She was heading to Inverness on a shopping trip.
However on hRead More…

Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Former Deputy President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, has appeared in a Durban court to face corruption charges. Mr Zuma was dismissed by the President, Thabo Mbeki, earlier in the year, following the conviction on fraud charges of his financial advisor, Schabir Shaik. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Former_SA_Deputy_President_Appears_In_Court&Read More…

Monday, March 8, 2010
Location of Jos in NigeriaAccording to witness and media reports, at least two hundred people in Nigeria have been killed after pastoralists and villagers clashed near the city of Jos, which has been the source of repeated tension between Christians and Muslims.
Local authorities, however, contradicted witness reports, saying that there were eight casualties, as did Mark LiRead More…

Friday, June 16, 2017
On Wednesday, at least six people — United States House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, Representative Roger Williams, congressional staffer Zach Barth, lobbyist Matt Mike, and two Capitol police officers, Crystal Griner and special agent David Bailey, were hospitalized after shots were fired on a ball field in Alexandria, Virginia during practice for a charity baseball gameRead More…

Wednesday, March 29, 2006Local Government workers in the UK withdrew their labour yesterday as part of a dispute over pension entitlements. The members of 11 different trades unions were involved in the 24hr strike. As the day began they declared that support for the strike was solid. Although the strikers work for local councils, their pay and conditions are agreed nationally. The Local GovernRead More…

Sunday, October 10, 2010
Residents of a Leeds, England neighbourhood have requested help from a council because their neighbourhood is plagued by crime, overcrowding, and community tensions. Hyde Park, Leeds, England, where crime has increased by seven percent over the last year. Residents have written to the council asking for help to improve the area. Image: Gunnar Larsson.Leeds City Council Read More…

Tuesday, August 23, 2005
A man missing from a camping ground in southern Utah in the Western US since July 30 was found in Australia. His automobile was found in a campground of Dixie National Forest with a note that he would be back in a few hours. An extensive search and rescue operation was conducted to try to locate this hiker by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Utah.
InvestigatorsRead More…

Sunday, October 10, 2010
Residents of a Leeds, England neighbourhood have requested help from a council because their neighbourhood is plagued by crime, overcrowding, and community tensions. Hyde Park, Leeds, England, where crime has increased by seven percent over the last year. Residents have written to the council asking for help to improve the area. Image: Gunnar Larsson.Leeds City Council Read More…