At least one person has died and several people are missing after more than a dozen tornadoes hit Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas on Friday night, damaging homes and knocking out power to thousands as authorities launch search and rescue efforts. The person who died was in McCurtain County in southeastern Oklahoma, which suffered significant storm…
Day: November 7, 2022
At least 38 injured, 2 seriously, after a fire in a Manhattan apartment
At least 38 people were injured in a fire at a Manhattan apartment building on Saturday morning that authorities believe was caused by the explosion of a lithium-ion battery connected to a micro mobility device. Among the injuries, two were critical, five serious and the rest minor, Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said at a news…
Iowa teen who killed her alleged rapist and was sentenced to probation escaped custody
Pieper Lewis, the Iowa teen who killed a man she said raped her and was sentenced to probation and restitution to her family, escaped from a correctional facility, according to the Iowa Fifth Judicial District Department of Corrections. Lewis “ran away from the Fresh Start Women’s Center on Friday at 6:19 a.m. after cutting off…
The deadline to apply for the US visa lottery expires
The end of the period for registration for the 2024 visa lottery program is approaching. This November 8 at noon registration will close to access the Diversity Visa Program for Immigrants. The program seeks to benefit about 55,000 people from countries with low levels of migration to the United States and is a path to…