Day: August 2, 2023

New Jersey housefire that killed 4, including infant, ruled accidental

7:09 pm August 2, 2023

A fast-moving house fire in southern New Jersey that killed four family members, including a four-month-old baby, has been ruled an accident, authorities said Wednesday. Two women, an infant and a teenage girl died in Tuesday’s fire in Lacey Township, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. Another woman who also lived there was able to […]

Danny DeVito and ex Rhea Perlman join ‘Taxi’ co-stars for New York reunion

7:07 pm August 2, 2023

Danny DeVito and ex Rhea Perlman were all smiles during a mini “Taxi” reunion in the Big Apple. The 78-year-old actor and the “Cheers” alum joined co-stars Tony Danza and Carol Kane at the opening night of the play “Let’s Call Her Patty” hosted at the Lincoln Center Claire Tow Theater earlier this week. The […]

Armed men in Central African Republic stage local meeting before killing 13 at point-blank range

7:04 pm August 2, 2023

Armed men killed 13 people and wounded two in a northern village in the mineral-rich but impoverished Central African Republic, local officials said Wednesday. Ousmane Youssef, a tribal chief in the village of Diki near the country’s border with Chad, said a group of armed men entered the community Tuesday and called a meeting with […]

Toddler drowns after parents cooking dinner leave her in harness on boat

7:04 pm August 2, 2023

A toddler drowned while her parents cooked dinner aboard a catamaran during a family vacation in Fiji. “By the time we could find her, it was too late,” a friend of the family wrote on a donation page to cover the costs of flights back from Fiji and a funeral for the deceased. “Māhina was […]

Swedish Consulate in Turkey targeted in gun attack; employee injured, assailant arrested

6:05 pm August 2, 2023

A Turkish employee of the Swedish Consulate in Izmir in western Turkey was recovering in a hospital on Wednesday after being injured in a gun attack at the office in the port city. The lone gunman, a Turkish citizen from the eastern province of Agri, was arrested shortly after the attack on Tuesday afternoon, according […]