Category: victims

Crews Scour Debris for Missing People After Tennessee Floods

WAVERLY, Tenn.—Crews with chainsaws and heavy equipment cleared their way through trees densely matted with vegetation, garbage, and debris from homes Tuesday as searchers scoured a normally shallow creek for more flooding victims in rural Tennessee. Even cars and sheds were woven into the tangle of debris lining Trace Creek in Humphreys County, where the…


Bidder Offers up to $120 Million for Collapsed Condo Site

MIAMI—A private bidder is willing to offer up to $120 million to purchase the Miami-area oceanfront property where the collapsed Champlain Towers South building once stood. The offer was revealed Wednesday during a hearing before Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman, who is overseeing the dozens of lawsuits that have been filed since the condominium collapsed on…


Search Resumes for Victims of Deadly Indian Landslide

NEW DELHI—Rescuers resumed their search Thursday for survivors and victims of a large landslide that swept across a highway in the mountains of northern India a day earlier, killing at least 13 people. A bus, a truck, and two cars were smashed in the landslide in Himachal Pradesh state’s Kinnaur district. Dozens of people are…


Jeffrey Epstein Victims’ Fund Pays More Than $121 Million, as Claims Process Ends

NEW YORK—A fund to compensate victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuses has completed the payout process, giving more than $121 million to about 138 people, the fund’s administrator said on Monday. About 225 claimants had sought restitution from the Epstein Victims’ Compensation Fund, more than twice the 100 expected when the fund opened in June…


Police Identify Four Bodies in California Helicopter Crash

Police identified the four victims in a helicopter crash, including a husband and wife, in northern California on Monday. Bill Vann, 67, the owner of an almond farm, and Susie Vann, 60, died in the crash with two friends, Bobbie Keaton, 62, and Charles Thomas Wilson, 71, according to local news station KCRA. The Robinson…


Authorities Identify Victims in Wisconsin Triple Homicide

LA CROSSE, Wis.—Authorities have identified the victims of a triple homicide in far western Wisconsin. The bodies of 24-year-old Peng Lor, 24-year-old Nemo Yang, and 23-year-old Trevor Maloney were discovered shortly before 5 a.m. by two workers of the Milestone Quarry, the La Crosse County Sheriff’s Office said. The quarry is located near West Salem,…


Florida Condo Collapse Victims to Receive $150 Million In Initial Compensation: Judge

A Florida judge said Wednesday that victims and families who suffered losses in last month’s collapse of a 12-story condominium in Surfside would get at least $150 million in compensation initially. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman said at a hearing that around $50 million would come from insurance on the Champlain Towers South building, whose collapse…


Police in Nigeria Secure Release of 100 Kidnapping Victims

LAGOS—Police and government authorities have secured the release of 100 people, including women, children, and nursing mothers, who were kidnapped from their village in northwestern Nigeria over a month ago, a local police spokesperson said. Nigeria is battling an increase in armed robberies and kidnappings for ransom, mainly in northwestern states, where thinly deployed security…


Judge: $150 Million Initially for Victims in Florida Condo Collapse

Victims and families who suffered losses in the collapse of a 12-story oceanfront Florida condominium will get a minimum of $150 million in compensation initially, a judge said Wednesday. That sum includes insurance on the Champlain Towers South building and the expected proceeds from sale of the Surfside property where the structure once stood, Miami-Dade…


Judge: $150M Initially for Victims in Florida Condo Collapse

Victims and families who suffered losses in the collapse of a 12-story oceanfront Florida condominium will get a minimum of $150 million in compensation initially, a judge said Wednesday. That sum includes insurance on the Champlain Towers South building and the expected proceeds from sale of the Surfside property where the structure once stood, Miami-Dade…