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At least 28 people were killed when a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashed in central Iran, an official said Wednesday. The crash happened on Tuesday night in the central Iranian province of Yazd, said Mohammad Ali Malekzadeh, a local emergency official. Another 23 people suffered injuries in the crash, 14 of them serious, he added. At the time of the crash, there were 51 people on board, all of whom were from Pakistan. Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi expressed his condolences over the deaths. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of precious human lives in the bu...
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A Michigan couple sued when their local township passed an ordinance to prevent them from opening a cemetery. This week, in a victory for property rights, a judge ruled in the couple's favor and threw out the ordinance entirely. As Reason reported in January, Peter and Annica Quakenbush wanted to open a "green" cemetery, allowing people to bury their loved ones in a natural and environmentally friendly manner, free of chemicals like formaldehyde and coffins containing metal. They specifically intended to establish a conservation burial ground, in which decedents would be buried in biodegradabl...
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Nearly 10 months after the death of Friends star Matthew Perry, the investigation into the ketamine that killed him came dramatically into public view with the announcement that five people had been charged with having roles in the overdose of the actor. One or more arrests had been expected since investigators from three different agencies revealed earlier this year that they had been conducting a joint probe into how the 54-year-old Perry got such large amounts of ketamine. The actor had been among the growing number of patients using legal but off-label medical means to treat depression, or...
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Authorities have arrested at least one person in connection with Matthew Perry’s death from an accidental ketamine overdose last year, according to a law enforcement official. US outlet NBC News reported that a person was arrested in southern California today, after the Los Angeles police department said in Junethat they were working with the US Drug Enforcement Administration and the US Postal Inspection Service to ascertain why the 54-year-old had so much of the surgical anesthetic in his system. Authorities have scheduled a news conference in Los Angeles to announce details in the case late...
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More than more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began its offensive in Gaza, the strip's Health Ministry said on Thursday. Another 92,401 people have also been wounded, and 85% of the Palestinian population has been displaced, according to its count. The Hamas-run ministry does not distinguish between civilians and militants in its death toll. The Israeli military said around 15,000 Hamas fighters were among those killed in Gaza but has not provided evidence to back the claim. However, Gazan health officials also said they had struggled to fully identify the dead owing to...
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At least 17 people have died in a landslide at a garbage dump in the Ugandan capital Kampala, according to Red Cross officials. Rescuers continue to look for survivors after torrential rain in recent weeks caused the city's only landfill site to collapse on Friday. Houses on the edge of the site were destroyed, leading to a high death toll.
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Pokémon star Rachael Lillis passed away on Aug. 10 at age 46. Lillis voiced many characters on the classic animated show but was primarily known for Misty and Jessie. Aside from Pokémon, Lillis lent her voice to hundreds of animated shows, movies and video games (including Winx Club) since her career began in the 1990s. According to Variety, Lillis was diagnosed with breast cancer in May of this year. Veronica Taylor, who voiced the show’s lead character Ash Ketchum, posted a statement about Lillis to her Twitter/X account on Monday morning (Aug. 12). “It is with a very heavy heart that I shar...
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Austrian entrepreneur Richard Lugner has died at the age of 91 at his mansion in Vienna. Lugner was known as a titan in the construction industry, opening his own shopping mall, "Lugner City" in a working class district of the Austrian capital in 1990. At the time, it was the seventh largest shopping centre in Austria. Lugner was also recognised as a Viennese society figure who regularly surrounded himself with various celebrities In 1992, the entrepreneur brought the American singer and actor Harry Belafonte to “Lugner City”, before inviting him to the world-famous Vienna Opera Ball. From the...
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More than 120 people died of heatstroke in Tokyo in July, Japanese authorities said on Tuesday. The nation's average temperature hit record highs and heat warnings were in effect much of the month. According to the Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office, many of the 123 people who died were elderly. All but two were found dead indoors, and most were not using air conditioners despite having them installed. Japanese health authorities and weather forecasters repeatedly advised people to stay indoors, consume ample liquids to avoid dehydration and use air conditioning, because elderly people often thin...
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Protesters were seen on the grounds of the prime minister's residence in Dhaka on Monday after Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country by helicopter. Some looted her residence, some setting fire to cars and carrying out furniture and even fish from the kitchens.
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