Disasters

2 dead and several injured in Southern California plane crash
Two people died and 18 were injured Thursday when a small plane crashed through the roof of a furniture manufacturing building in Southern California, police said.
An aspiring nurse, a football star, a single mother and a father of 2 killed in New Orleans attack
An 18-year-old girl dreaming of becoming a nurse, a single mother, a father of two and a football star suffered fatal injuries when the driver of a white pickup truck sped onto Bourbon Street, packed with holiday revelers.
What is the Islamic State group and what attacks has it inspired?
The FBI says it recovered the black flag of the Islamic State group from the truck that an American man from Texas smashed into New Year’s partygoers in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Wednesday’s attack killed 15 people.
U.S. Army veteran who killed 15 in New Orleans attack was inspired by the Islamic State group
President Joe Biden says the U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans had posted videos to social media hours before the carnage saying he was inspired by the Islamic State group and expressing a desire to kill.
Nearly all of Puerto Rico is without power on New Year's Eve
A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year’s, leaving more than 1.3 million clients in the dark. Officials said it could take up to two days to restore power.
Plane crashes and bursts into flames at an airport in South Korea, killing at least 179
Footage of the crash aired by YTN television showed the Jeju Air plane skidding across the airstrip, apparently with its landing gear still closed, and colliding head-on with a concrete wall.
Flooding took away the love of his life after 35 years without a day spent apart
Jerry and Sibrina Barnett never spent a single day apart in 35 years together. They never thought a hurricane could affect their mountainous East Tennessee community of Johnson City. But on Sept. 27, Sibrina was one of 11 people swept into raging floodwaters when Hurricane Helene cut off the Impact Plastics factory.