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South African businessman Mandla Mthembu died Sunday evening at a New York hospital after suffering two strokes, family spokesperson Karabo Mohlala confirmed Monday morning. He was 68. Mthembu, ex-husband of media personality Khanyi Mbau, had been living in the United States for several years before his death. He was taken to the hospital in New […]

Financier Jeffrey Epstein who was indicted on sex trafficking charges, died overnight by apparent suicide in his Manhattan jail cell, according to multiple reports Saturday morning. His body was found at 07:30 local time (11:30 GMT) on Saturday at a facility in New York. He was reportedly on suicide watch following an earlier incident in which […]

A helicopter has crashed on the roof of a high-rise building in New York City, local officials say. At least one person, believed to be the pilot, was killed, a senior NYPD official said. The accident happened just before 2 p.m. on Monday when the aircraft crashed or crash-landed on the top of 787 7th […]

A limousine carrying several couples to a birthday party failed to stop at an intersection in upstate New York and struck a parked vehicle, killing 20 people in the deadliest transportation accident in the United States in nearly a decade, according to authorities and a family member. Everyone in the limousine died along with two […]

A fire in an apartment building in New York City’s borough of the Bronx has killed at least 12 people, including an infant, and left four others fighting for their lives. The blaze broke out on the first floor of the brick building just before 7:00pm on Thursday (local time), and quickly spread upstairs. About […]

A bomb has exploded on a Manhattan subway platform leaving four people injured in a suspected-Isil-inspired attack. The suspected bomber is Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi national who is thought to have lived in the US for seven years. Ullah, who lived in Brooklyn, was armed with a five-inch metal pipe bomb and battery pack as he walked through […]

Officials in New York reportedly said they were treating the fatal attack in south Manhattan was a “terrorist attack” and the FBI had taken charge of the investigation. Police said that up to six people were killed after a pickup truck slammed into 15 people as it was driven down a bike path located alongside the Hudson River. […]
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