Philadelphia
In den USA hat ein Mann drei Menschen erschossen und sich anschließend mit mehreren Geiseln in einem Haus verbarrikadiert. Die Schüsse fielen am Samstagvormittag (Ortszeit) an zwei unterschiedlichen Orten in Falls Township, einem Vorort von Philadelphia im Bundesstaat Pennsylvania, wie Polizei und Staatsanwaltschaft mitteilten. Demnach stammten die Opfer aus dem familiären Umfeld des Schützen. Anschließend flüchtete der mutmaßliche Täter den Angaben nach mit einem geraubten Auto und verbarrikadierte sich schließlich in Trenton im angrenzenden Bundesstaat New Jersey mit mehreren Geiseln. Einer ...
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Washington (AFP) - A section of one of America's busiest highways, which collapsed some two weeks ago after a fire, reopened Friday, officials said. An overpass on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia collapsed on June 11 after a tanker crossing underneath burst into flames. One person died and several traffic lanes were taken out of service. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro earlier predicted it would take months to fully restore the road, but state transportation authorities were able to construct a temporary roadway, filling it in with a recycled glass aggregate and paving over it. Among the solu...
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Washington (AFP) - A body was recovered from the debris of a collapsed overpass on one of the busiest highways in the United States, authorities said Monday, after a tanker crossing underneath burst into flames. On Sunday the vehicle carrying gasoline crashed and caught fire in northeast Philadelphia on Interstate 95, a major artery connecting large cities along the US East Coast. Parts of an elevated roadway fell onto lanes below, with television images showing flames and billowing smoke coming from a crumbled section of the street. "The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) has confirmed that body...
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Washington (AFP) - A fire caused an overpass on one of America's busiest highways to collapse early Sunday in Philadelphia, authorities said, as reports attributed the cause to a truck that burst into flames under the bridge. The collapse took out four traffic lanes along an elevated section of heavily traveled Interstate 95, though no injuries were immediately reported. "Companies arrived on location and they found... heavy fire from a vehicle -- we don't know what type of vehicle it was," Battalion Chief Derek Bowmer of the Philadelphia Fire Department told a news conference. Bowmer added t...
AFP
Philadelphia (AFP) - At least 10 people were killed and more than two dozen wounded in four shootings across the United States this weekend, as lawmakers struggle to respond to the country's long-running epidemic of gun violence. The shootings came after a spate of mass killings that have sparked renewed calls for reform of the nation's gun laws. An eruption of violence in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Sunday resulted in 14 people being shot, including two killed, while another person died and two more were injured after they were struck by vehicles fleeing the scene, police chief Celeste Murphy s...
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New York (AFP) - The mayor of Philadelphia appealed for "patience" and "calm" on the eve of Tuesday's presidential election in the largest city in Pennsylvania, a state which could be decisive in the White House race.Jim Kenney reassured voters the election would be free and fair despite claims by President Donald Trump there could be potential voter fraud in Pennsylvania.Trump won Pennsylvania by just 44,000 votes in 2016 over Hillary Clinton and a victory in the Keystone State is seen as crucial to his reelection hopes.Kenney, in an open letter, promised a fair and accurate count of both in-...
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