Stampede at Religious Festival in India Kills 19

A stampede during the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Hindu festival, which celebrates the goddess Durga in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal state, India, killed 19 people and injured more than 25 others, after attendees rushed to take shelter due to unexpected rainfall. See Full Story>

Roof Collapse at Pakistan School Kills 32, Including Teacher

A roof collapsed at the Al Khair Public School in the city of Peshawar in northern Pakistan, after heavy rainfall atop the two-story building caused instability to the structure, killing 32 people, including a teacher, and injured more than 50 others. See Full Story>

Pentagon Says Fort Hood Shooter's Execution by Firing Squad to be Livestreamed

The Pentagon plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people and injured 32 at Fort Hood, Texas, drawing criticism from human rights advocates, making it the first public execution in the United States since the hanging of Rainey Bethea in 1936 for the rape and murder of a 70-year-old woman in Kentucky. See Full Story>

Iran-Backed Houthis From Yemen Attack Riyadh Airport, Oil Refineries

Saudi Arabia cancelled all flights and closed King Khalid International Airport (RUH) in Riyadh after Houthi rebels from Yemen attacked both it and Abha airport with ballistic missiles, damaging facilities and an aircraft, killing at least four people, including a pilot, and injuring more than 36 others. See Full Story>

NYPD Arrests Man For Pushing Ex-Girlfriend and Her Infant Baby From 15th Floor Balcony

 

The New York Police Department (NYPD) arrested and charged Angel Carrasco, 31, with murder after he pushed his ex-girlfriend Nathaly Ramirez, 23, and her 8-month-old daughter from a 15-story apartment balcony in the Bronx, killing the mother and critically injuring the infant. See Full Story>