An explosion caused a partial building collapse in Chinatown downtown Manhattan that sent eight people and four firefighters to the hospital on Thursday afternoon, CBS Local news reported. The incident took place at 17 Pike St. The neighborhood was blocked off for hours following what appeared to be a gas explosion.
At least seven people were killed and tens of others were injured on Friday when a train derailed in Bretigny-sur-Orge French Interior Ministry Manuel Valls told reporters on Friday.
Boston Authorities have secured a search warrant to exhume the body of Albert DeSalvo, better known as the Boston Strangler, the man who who confessed to a slew of killings in the 1960s. The search warrant seeks to link him to the rape and killing of the woman -19-year-old Mary Sullivan- believed to be his final victim.
George Zimmerman's attorney Mark O'Mara told jurors Friday in closing argument that his defense team has proven the neighborhood watch volunteer's "pure, unadulterated innocence" of second-degree murder when he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
