Tag: DEATH

Chinese Official Sets 1.1 Billion Vaccination Target by October to ‘Win People’s War’

An official in China recently announced plans to have 1.1 billion citizens vaccinated by the end of October, claiming the target was approved by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, according to state-run media. There will be “vaccination coverage for one billion people by the end of August and 1.1 billion by the end of October,” said Qin…


Death Toll Rises to at Least 20 in Western Venezuela Floods

SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela—At least 20 people have died in the western Venezuelan state of Merida following intense rains that caused mudslides and rivers to overflow. On state TV on Wednesday a ruling Socialist Party official in Merida announced the death toll had risen and said authorities were working to restore telephone service in some areas….


2 Indicted in Connection With Atlanta Shooting Death of Girl

ATLANTA—A prosecutor on Friday announced the indictment of two alleged gang members on charges related to the shooting death last year of an 8-year-old girl in Atlanta. Secoriea Turner was killed July 4, 2020, while riding in an SUV with her mother and her mother’s friend near the Wendy’s restaurant where Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old…


2 Bears That Were Rescued From Appalling Conditions Are Now Thriving at an Animal Sanctuary

Warning: This article includes content some readers may find disturbing Two bears who were rescued from shocking conditions are now thriving at an animal sanctuary alongside each other. Four Paws, a global animal welfare organization, received reports of a bear being kept in a cage beside a restaurant in southern Albania. When staff arrived at the scene,…


Pregnant Woman Killed in Road Rage Incident, Police Say

By Donovan X. Ramsey From Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES–A 23-year-old resident of Long Beach and her unborn child were killed Sunday afternoon after a road rage incident that ended in a three-car collision. One man, who was later arrested, was also injured along with a 10-year-old boy. According to the Long Beach Police Department,…


Jane Withers, Child Actor Turned Commercial Star, Dies at 95

Jane Withers, the former child actor who played the nemesis of Shirley Temple on the screen and went on to star in a series of B movies that made her a box-office champion, has died, her daughter said. She was 95. Withers, also known as “Josephine the Plumber” from TV commercials in the 1960s and…


Pakistan Police: 5 Suspected of Abducting Politician Killed

PAKISTAN—Pakistani counterterrorism police said Sunday they killed five people involved in the abduction for ransom and subsequent death of a nationalist political party leader. The raid took place overnight in the southwestern city of Pishin, according to the Baluchistan province Counter Terrorism Department. Malik Ubaidullah Kasi, leader of the secular Awami National Party, was abducted…


Man Charged in Children’s Deaths Face Potential Death Penalty

BOISE, Idaho—Prosecutors in Idaho say they will seek the death penalty against a man in the killing of his wife’s two youngest children and the husband’s previous wife in a convoluted case involving doomsday religious beliefs and another suspicious death in Arizona. The prosecutors made the announcement in court filings on Thursday, saying that all…


Recordings to Be Heard at Trial in Chinese Woman’s Death

COLUMBIA, Mo.—Audio recordings of arguments between a Missouri man and his Chinese wife will be allowed during the man’s upcoming trial in her death, a judge has ruled. Circuit Judge Brouck Jacobs ruled Tuesday the recordings are “relevant and otherwise admissible” in the case against Joseph Elledge, of Columbia, who is charged with first-degree murder…


Death Toll Triples to More Than 300 in Recent China Flooding

BEIJING—More than 300 people died in recent flooding in central China, authorities said Monday, three times the previously announced toll. The Henan provincial government said 302 people died and 50 remain missing. The vast majority of the victims were in Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, where 292 died and 47 are missing. Ten others died in…