A gunman and three female hostages have been found dead after a stand-off at a veterans home in California. The gunman was a former United States serviceman who had undergone treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder at the facility, and was asked to leave the Pathway Home program two weeks ago. On Friday morning (local time) Albert Wong, 36, calmly walked …

TERRIFIED passengers were forced to evacuate a plane after a passenger’s bag in the overhead compartment suddenly burst into flames. Passengers were boarding Sunday’s China Southern Airlines flight from Guangzhou to Shanghai when smoke began to fill the cabin. A video taken on board showed a bag on fire in the overhead compartment. Passengers and cabin crew could be seen …

A 4-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy wounded in the same attack were among at least six people who have been wounded in Chicago shootings since early Sunday afternoon, authorities said. In the most recent shooting, the girl and the teenage boy were both in good condition after being shot about 9 p.m. in the 4700 block of West North …

The Centre Daily Times is reporting that EMS calls in the State College area were delayed Saturday because of incidents related to State Patty’s Day. State Patty’s Day is the student-created holiday that falls each year between Thon and St. Patrick’s Day. The day, which started in 2007, is marked by heavy drinking. As of 4 p.m. Saturday, ambulances were delayed by …

ANN ARBOR, MI – Over 6,000 gallons of raw sewage is estimated to have spilled into the Huron River last week, Ann Arbor officials report. Between Feb. 20 and Feb. 22, the city reported two incidents in which raw sewage overflowed into the river. On Tuesday, Feb. 20, the city reports there was an overflow at a pipe between the north …

Three people were injured, two seriously, in a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 2 at Whakamarama yesterday. The crash was the latest in a series of serious incidents in the Western Bay over the weekend which saw one person dead and four hospitalised. Police were called to the Whakamarama crash involving a car and a van at 3.30pm. Two people …

HUNDREDS of serious incidents which could have caused significant harm to patients have been revealed following an extensive Freedom of Information investigation. The probe asked public health providers, including Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, the East of England Ambulance Trust and North Essex University They are deemed so significant a heightened level of response and investigation is justified. There …

More than 136 people have been charged with drug offences at three music festivals and dance parties in Sydney over the weekend. The latest set of 38 arrests happened at The Secret Garden Music Festival in Camden after NSW Police searched almost 200 people and 55 vehicles. Seventeen people were treated by paramedics for the effects of drugs, including two …