The accused also injured nine people and they are being treated in the hospital.
A Deputy Coroner described as hard as nails came across something that was harder to handle than a crime scene... a dead snake.
A besieged suburb of Homs received aid for the first time since June. Flour, medical items, water and sanitation material were delivered to cut-off Houla. Aid agencies in Syria called for regular access as one-off deliveries run out quickly. According to the U.N. more than half a million people live in besieged territories. The Syrian opposition accuses the government of using aid deliveries as a ploy.
Manhattan superintendent Martin Fernandez posted a video of an epic apartment cleanup on YouTube. Thousands of cockroaches were crawling through the rooms and Fernandez even found the corpse of a dead cat. According to the superintendent, the former tenant began hording stuff two years ago. He was evicted out of the apartment after a one-year court battle. Fernandez said the smell in the apartment was so foul it came through his face mask.
The authorities says that the fire has been put out and investigations are underway.
Three people, including a child, were injured in a car crash at an Oakland crosswalk. A young woman, her cousin and younger brother were crossing the road when a car plowed into them without slowing down. The five-year-old boy was taken into intensive care with spinal injuries. The victims demand more traffic controls in the area where people often drive over the speed limit of 25 mph.
China provided 3,000 assault rifles worth USD 7.4 million to Philippines government.
An all-girl Afghan robotics team arrived at Kabul airport on Thursday (July 13) to receive their US visas and head to the first International Robot Olympics in Washington after they had twice been denied entry to the United States.
A sinkhole in Florida is continuing to grow. The hole already destroyed two houses and is currently 200 feet wide. Authorities are waiting for the sinkhole to stabilize. 11 nearby homes were evacuated.No injuries were reported and firefighters saved two pets from the homes.
One year after the failed coup Turks gathered for a commemorative event in Istanbul. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan opened a memorial on 15 July Martyrs Bridge.More than 240 people died before the military coup was shut down. A far-reaching crackdown after the coup has impacted Turkish society. Around 150,000 people were fired and 50,000 detained for having a supposed connection to the coup. Critics accuse Erdogan of using the state of emergency to target opposition leaders and journalists.
The artillery bombs were dropped on identified rebel positions in Marawi City so that AFP is able to wipe out the militants
Three people were killed in a fire that broke out in the Marco Polo highrise in Honolulu on Friday, including a mother and her adult son. At least 12 others were injured. The building was constructed in 1971, and did not have a sprinkler system.
This comes as the second work-site death on Friday after a Chinese worker died in Pan-Island Expressway.
At present, limited numbers of men are permitted to land on the island in the Sea of Japan.
Saturn's moon Iapetus has many unique features and it looks like it has been crafted by aliens.
