CHENNAI, India—A nine-year-old Asiatic lion has died from the coronavirus in a state-run zoo on the outskirts of the south Indian city of Chennai, the zoo said on Friday. There have been various coronavirus cases in animals, including two white tiger cubs thought to have died of COVID-19 in neighboring Pakistan and lions also testing…
Swiss Motorcyclist Dupasquier Dies Following Moto3 Crash
FLORENCE, Italy—Swiss motorcycle rider Jason Dupasquier has died following a crash during Moto3 qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix, the Careggi Hospital in Florence announced Sunday. He was 19. “Despite the best efforts of circuit medical staff and all those subsequently attending to the Swiss rider, the hospital has announced that Dupasquier has sadly succumbed…
Swiss Motorcyclist Dupasquier, 19, Dies Following Moto3 Crash
FLORENCE, Italy—Swiss motorcycle rider Jason Dupasquier has died following a crash during Moto3 qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix, the Careggi Hospital in Florence announced Sunday. He was 19. “Despite the best efforts of circuit medical staff and all those subsequently attending to the Swiss rider, the hospital has announced that Dupasquier has sadly succumbed…
2 Dead, More Than 20 Injured in Florida Banquet Hall Shooting
Assailants opened fire on a crowd outside a concert in Florida early on Sunday, killing two people and wounding more than 20, police and media reports said. Three people got out of a white SUV and shot at revelers gathered at the El Mula Banquet Hall near Hialeah, a city in Miami-Dade county, according to…
2 Dead, More Than 20 Injured in Florida Shooting
Two people have died and more than 20 were injured in a shooting outside a billiards club in Hialeah, a town to the north of Miami in Florida, police said early on Sunday. “I am at the scene of another targeted and cowardly act of gun violence, where over 20 victims were shot and 2…
Former Virginia Republican Senator John Warner Dies at 94
WASHINGTON—Former Sen. John Warner of Virginia has died of heart failure. He was 94. Warner died late on Tuesday, with his wife and daughter at his side, his chief of staff Susan Magill said in an email to family and friends, according to a Politico report on Wednesday. The Washington Post said he died in…
Downtown Minneapolis Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 8 Injured
Ten people were shot, two of them fatally, when gunfire broke out outside a downtown Minneapolis nightclub overnight Saturday, capping an exceptionally violent night across the city. The incident, one of the most casualty-laden shootings in the city’s history, occurred just before 2 a.m. outside Monarch, 322 N. 1st Av., police spokesman John Elder said….
2 Dead, Over 150 Injured in Israeli Synagogue Bleacher Collapse
JERUSALEM—Israeli medics said at least two people were killed and more than 150 injured after a bleacher collapsed at an uncompleted West Bank synagogue on Sunday, the eve of a major Jewish holiday. The bleacher was packed with Orthodox worshippers and collapsed during prayers at the beginning of Shavuot. A spokesman for Magen David Adom…
Child Reporter Who Interviewed Obama at White House Dies at 23
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—The student reporter who gained national acclaim when he interviewed President Barack Obama at the White House in 2009 has died of natural causes, his family says. Damon Weaver was 23 when he died May 1, his sister, Candace Hardy, told the Palm Beach Post. Further details were not released. He had…
Pierre ‘Pete’ Du Pont IV Dies; Ran for President in 1988
WILMINGTON, Del.—Pierre S. “Pete” du Pont IV, a former Delaware governor and congressman who sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1988, has died. He was 86. Du Pont, a scion of the family that established the DuPont Co., died at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday after a long illness, his former chief of…
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