@GabrielaRose12/Twitter(MIAMI) — At least two firms involved in the construction of a pedestrian bridge that collapsed at Florida International University, killing 6 people, have previously been accused of unsafe practices that resulted in people being injured, documents show. Figg Bridge Engineers, the firm that designed the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge in […]
@GabrielaRose12/Twitter(MIAMI) — At least two firms involved in the construction of a pedestrian bridge that collapsed at Florida International University, killing 6 people, have previously been accused of unsafe practices that resulted in people being injured, documents show. Figg Bridge Engineers, the firm that designed the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge in […]
Allentown Police Department(ALLENTOWN, Pa.) — A missing 16-year-old girl from Pennsylvania is believed to have flown to Cancun, Mexico, with a 45-year-old man around the time her mother was reporting her missing, police said. Kevin Esterly and Amy Yu, 16, have been missing since March 5, and police believe the […]
Lauren Lodder/Facebook(NEW YORK) — Most parents likely hate to watch their children struggle. But what if letting them do so is the loving choice? That’s the center of the controversy surrounding one woman’s Facebook post about letting her 5-year-old daughter “struggle.” Texas mom Lauren Lodder wrote in the viral post, […]
iStock/Thinkstock(MALIBU, Calif.) — A mudslide in Malibu, California, Thursday morning closed down a road, potentially for several more days. Storms also brought as much as 16 inches of snow to the Sierra Nevada Mountains over the last 24 hours. Snow and high-wind alerts have been issued in 18 states from […]
@CHPAltadena/Twitter(PASADENA, Calif.) — A distraught and pregnant Southern California widow is asking for the public’s help in finding the person who police say intentionally threw a 35-pound boulder from an overpass onto a freeway, killing her husband. “If anybody saw anything, please help us,” Guadalupe Gutierrez said through tears at […]
iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — U.S. Army veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan is in danger of being deported after his application for citizenship was denied. Miguel Perez Jr., a native of Mexico, came to the United States legally when he was 8. He grew up in Chicago as a legal permanent […]
GabrielaRose12/Twitter(MIAMI) — The death toll from the bridge collapse on Florida International University’s campus has climbed to six, police said. Five of those were pronounced dead at the scene, and another died after being transported to a hospital, Alvaro Zabaleta, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department, said at an […]
GabrielaRose12/TwitterThe death toll from the collapse of a brand-new pedestrian bridge near Florida International University has risen to six, including a student at the school, authorities said Friday. Officials believe the number of dead may rise as investigators sift through the rubble after the search and rescue efforts were called […]
GabrielaRose12/Twitter(MIAMI) — A newly installed bridge touted as a feat of engineering collapsed on Florida International University’s campus on Thursday, killing at least four people. Aerial footage showed first responders tending to victims at the scene, searching for people in the rubble, and loading others on stretchers and into ambulances. […]
