All 18 people in the limousine and two pedestrians died in the crash. — AFP PhotoViet Nam News NEW YORK — Twenty people have been killed after a limousine careened out of control in what investigators described on Sunday as the most deadly transportation accident in the United States for nearly a decade. All 18 occupants of the SUV-style stretch limo died along with two pedestrians on Saturday afternoon in upstate New York, police deputy superintendent Christopher Fiore told a news conference. He said the 2001 Ford Excursion had failed to stop at an intersection and continued into a parking lot, ultimately crashing into a parked car. Investigators have not yet established if the victims were wearing seatbelts. "Twenty fatalities is horrific... This is one of the biggest losses of lives that we have seen in a long, long time," added National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chairman Robert Sumwalt. "This is the most deadly transportation accident in the country … [Read more...] about 20 killed in New York limo horror
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Wedding limousine crash kills 20 in New York
Twenty people were killed on Sunday (Oct 7) after a limousine carrying a wedding party careened out of control in what investigators described as the most deadly transportation accident in the United States for nearly a decade. An SUV-style stretch limousine sped down a hill, crashing into pedestrians outside the Apple Barrel Country Store and Cafe, the Albany Times Union said, citing police. All 18 occupants of the SUV-style stretch limo died along with two pedestrians on Saturday afternoon in upstate New York, police deputy superintendent Christopher Fiore told a news conference. He said the 2001 Ford Excursion had failed to stop at an intersection and continued into a parking lot, ultimately crashing into a parked car. Investigators have not yet established if the victims were wearing seatbelts. "Twenty fatalities is horrific ... This is one of the biggest losses of lives that we have seen in a long, long time," added National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chairman … [Read more...] about Wedding limousine crash kills 20 in New York
Liberians demonstrate after new banknotes vanish into thin air
President George Weah, who was in New York ahead of the UN General Assembly, insisted he would not rest until the mystery is resolved and warned any wrongdoing would be punished. — AFP PhotoViet Nam News MONROVIA — Hundreds of Liberians took to the streets of the capital Monrovia on Monday to demonstrate over the disappearance of newly printed bills worth nearly $100 million. The cash was officially destined for Liberia’s central bank after arriving in the country at an unspecified time between last November and August this year, but has vanished without trace. A crowd consisting mainly of youths, with a police escort, braved heavy rain in the city to chant: "We want our money back" outside the US embassy and the local headquarters of the African Union and European Union. Information Minister Lenn Eugene Nagbe told AFP last week the government would "leave no stone unturned" to find the cash as protesters blamed the authorities for what they termed "mass looting." … [Read more...] about Liberians demonstrate after new banknotes vanish into thin air
Man dies after fire breaks out at Trump Tower in New York
An elderly man died late Saturday (Apr 7) after a blaze erupted on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York which also injured four firefighters, officials said. Plumes of smoke from the 50th floor of Trump Tower were seen as the fire was put out by the New York Fire Department. (Photo: AFP) The New York Police Department said the 67-year-old man was found "unconscious and unresponsive" when officers arrived at the scene of the fire. The man was pronounced dead after being taken to Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital, according to police, which said the medical examiner's office would determine the cause of death as part of an ongoing investigation. "This was a very difficult fire. As you can imagine, the apartment is quite large, we are 50 stories up. The rest of the building had a considerable amount of smoke," the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) said. It said the four firefighters had "non-life threatening" injuries and that the blaze had been brought "under control." … [Read more...] about Man dies after fire breaks out at Trump Tower in New York
US judge blocks Trump order to restrict funding for ‘sanctuary cities’
Sanctuary cities generally offer safe harbor to illegal immigrants. A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's executive order that sought to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities, dealing another legal blow to the administration's efforts to toughen immigration enforcement. The ruling from U.S. District Judge William Orrick III in San Francisco said Trump's Jan. 25 order targeted broad categories of federal funding for sanctuary governments and that plaintiffs challenging the order were likely to succeed in proving it unconstitutional. The Republican president's moves on immigration have galvanized legal advocacy groups, along with Democratic city and state governments, to oppose them in court. The administration suffered an earlier defeat when two federal judges suspended executive orders restricting travel from several Muslim-majority countries. The government has appealed those decisions. Reince Priebus, Trump's White House chief of staff, told … [Read more...] about US judge blocks Trump order to restrict funding for ‘sanctuary cities’