An explosion Friday at a metal factory in the countryside of Brazil’s most populous state killed four people and seriously injured at least 30 others, officials said. Dozens of firefighters and rescue teams were sent to the site of the explosion in
Northern Germany’s Wacken Open Air heavy metal festival, in a rural area northwest of Hamburg, opened today. Rainy weather turned the festival’s grounds muddy, and organizers were forced to tell fans that no more cars and trucks could be admitted. Admissions were
There are a total of 9.2 million lead pipes across the country, with an estimated 1.16 million of them located in Florida, according to a recent report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These pipes potentially deliver contaminated drinking water to millions
A man in South Carolina experienced a scare when he briefly lost the engagement ring he’d been carrying with him for the beach proposal he planned at the start of the month. The man, whose name has yet to be disclosed, arranged
A young, healthy woman has died suddenly while playing cards with her parents after a family dinner. Daniella Jade Duchatel, 26, went into cardiac arrest on Sunday in Brisbane, Australia just one month after she had a metal plate inserted in her
The owner and a manager of an English scrap metal recycling plant were sentenced to nine months in jail Monday for safety lapses after a wall collapsed and killed five migrant workers in 2016, a government workplace safety agency said. Wayne Hawkeswood
A 24-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene after a suspected electric scooter crash in Leeds. It is thought that the man crashed into metal railings after he was found injured near the metal barrier. The man was treated by paramedics
Video footage has shown Ukrainian forces using a kamikaze drone to turn a Russian air defence system into “scrap metal”, in another blow for President Vladimir Putin. Earlier this week, a clip showed the moments before a similar drone smashed into a
Bitter fighting in Bakhmut has been branded “worse than Stalingrad” in a harrowing video testimonial shared by what appears to be a Ukrainian soldier. Ukraine’s armed forces are battling to push Russian Wagner mercenaries out of the northern outskirts of Bakhmut, including
A thug who brutally beat a Staffordshire bull terrier with a metal lead has been spared jail. Mark Brown, 24, was snagged when RSPCA received a 37-second clip which showed him striking cowering Rocco several times. A court heard Rocco flinched every time