Category: building

Pentagon: National Guard Deployment at US Capitol to End

The U.S. Department of Defense confirmed Wednesday that the National Guard mission that was set up following the Jan. 6 Capitol breach will be discontinued on Sunday, May 23. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters during a briefing at the Pentagon that the deployment is expected to wrap up by that date. “We have received…


Building Collapse in Cairo Leaves 5 Dead

CAIRO—Five people were killed and 24 injured when a Cairo apartment building collapsed in the early hours of Saturday, Egyptian state news agency MENA reported. Witnesses told Reuters many people were still trapped under the rubble of the 10-story building. By Mai Shams Eldin and Omar Fahmy


Baltimore Building Explosion Injures at Least 10, Traps Window Washers

At least 10 people were injured, nine of them critically, on Wednesday after an explosion shook a downtown Baltimore office building and left two window washers dangling from a scaffold outside the structure, authorities said. The Baltimore City Fire Department said it responded to an explosion and partial roof collapse at the Baltimore Gas and…