Monthly Misfortune March 2018

Monthly Misfortune March 2018 --- ===

of violence where terrorism is suspected or obvious but media or authorities either rule out, or say there is no evidence of a terrorist motive, or do not even suspect the possibility of a clandestine attack where evidence is deliberately engineered or a cover story provided to hide any political motive.

*References

List of terrorist incidents in march 2017


*Timeline

Date: March 1, 2018 Thursday
Daily Misfortune Thursday, March 1, 2018 ---

1. Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections An alleged Senate Intelligence Committee report states that a House Intelligence Committee Republican was behind the leak to Fox News of private text messages between a Russian-connected lawyer and Senator Mark Warner, the committee vice-chairman, concerning an attempt to contact Christopher Steele, author of the Trump–Russia dossier. Committee chairman Richard Burr later denied the leak report. (The New York Times), (Slate)(The Hill)

crash: utility pole 

1. Dump truck hits pole, causes power outage in Vancouver WA The Columbian  A dump truck hit a power pole in Vancouver on Thursday morning, causing a power outage for 133 people. 
2. 03/01/2018 Power restored to thousands after car crash bent hydro pole 3,000 outage CBC.ca  Power has been restored to thousands of BC Hydro customers in Surrey after it was knocked out by a car crashing into a hydro pole Thursday night. The vehicle ... BC Hydro said the accident caused a power outage in the surrounding neighbourhood which initially affected more than 3,000 customers.
3. Vehicle Hits Power Pole on Shoreline Santa Barbara CA Edhat Vehicle Hits Power Pole on Shoreline Mar 01 2018  vehicle was on top of live wires earlier. P

reported on day: 

Florida Shooting Conspiracy Theories Land Alex Jones, InfoWars in Hot Water with YouTube
MSN.com
Brooks Kraft/ Getty Images File Photo: Conspiracy theorist and radio talk show host Alex Jones speaks during a rally in support of Donald Trump near the Republican National Convention iJuly 18, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. InfoWars is perilously close to a permanent YouTube ban after peddling yet ...


Date: March 2, 2018 Friday

1. 2018 Ouagadougou attacks A terrorist attack at the French embassy and military headquarters in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, leaves 28 people dead and at least 50 others injured. (BBC)
2. Ituri conflict  Burkina Faso: Twin attacks leave 8 dead, 80 injured CNN (CNN) At least eight people were killed and more than 80 injured in two attacks in Burkina Faso's capital, one of them targeting the French embassy, security officials ... Those killed were all security personnel, 
3. An attack on a village, part of the unrest between ethnic Lendu and Hema communities, leaves 49 people dead in the Ituri Province of DR Congo. (News18)
4. War in Afghanistan (2001–present) A suicide car bomber kills one person and injures fourteen others near the Australian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Reuters via Newshub)
5. 2017–18 European windstorm season An avalanche near Entraunes in southeastern France, kills at least four people and leaves another one missing. (BBC)
6. 2018 Baku fire At least 25 people are killed in a fire at a drug-rehabilitation clinic in Baku, Azerbaijan. (RFE/RL)
7. A student shoots his parents dead in a dorm at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States. (NBC), (BBC) 
8. 03/02/2018 Hundreds without power 800 outage in northeast Charlotte after driver slams into pole WSOC  Charlotte N.C. - More than 800 were without power in northeast Charlotte Friday morning after police said a driver crashed into a power pole overnight. The wreck along Harris Houston Road near Bridgehampton Drive happened shortly after 2 a.m. and Channel 9 could see the badly damaged car
9. Head-on crash during police pursuit kills Arkansas man Arkansas Online A driver who was fleeing authorities died after his vehicle crashed head-on into a truck early Friday morning, police said. The Fort Smith Police Department said in a statement that the chase started about 1:40 a.m. after an officer tried to stop a vehicle that had been traveling at a high rate of speed

Road closed after car crashes into power pole and lines fall New Zealand Herald A vehicle has crashed into a power pole causing the lines to fall and block State Highway 14 near Whangarei. Police have put in diversions around the scene east of Kara Rd. Traffic is being diverted through Newton Rd.

Car crashes into power pole
KEYT
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A car crashed into power pole at 800 Cliff Drive around 6:30 p.m. Southern California Edison is on scene assessing damages. Santa Barbara City Fire said the street is closed off due to dangerous live wires that may have collapsed onto the street.

Date: March 3, 2018 Saturday

1. Israeli–Palestinian conflict Gazan officials say Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian farmer on his own land in the Gaza Strip. An Israeli military spokesperson said that he got too close to the border fence. (Oman Times)
2. Turkish military operation in Afrin According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 36 pro-Syrian government troops were killed in a Turkish airstrike in Afrin, Syria. (BBC)
3. Murder of Ján Kuciak On the day of the funeral of slain journalist Ján Kuciak, for lack of evidence, police release seven Italian nationals who are accused of links with the 'Ndrangheta mafia in a posthumously published investigative report by Kuciak. (Daily Star)
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Date: March 3, 2018 Saturday

1. Shooting on Fort Peck Indian Reservation leads to arrest Red Lake Nation News Sheridan County sheriff's deputies responded to a residence in Reserve on Saturday for reports of a shooting. According to the Sheridan County.

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Police suspect DUI in head-on crash in Ogden Canyon
fox13now.com
WEBER COUNTY, Utah — Police say a woman suspected of DUI in a head-on crash in Ogden Canyon Thursday was already an alcohol-restricted driver with a denied driver's license. Sgt. Mike Streker of the Weber County Sheriff's Office said the crash occurred around 5:44 p.m. on SR-39 in


Vacherie man dies after head-on crash in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana State Police say
The Advocate
A Vacherie man died Thursday after a head-on collision in East Baton Rouge Parish earlier in the day, according to a Louisiana State Police press release. Story Continued Below. Senior Trooper Bryan Lee, a state police spokesman, said in the release that 24-year-old Tylen Oubre was driving north on ...
Man dies in head-on collision with cement truck - WAFB.com


Driver Charged in Fatal Highway 252 Head-On Collision
KSTP.com
The driver involved in a fatal head-on collision that killed a 911 dispatcher was charged Thursday. A criminal complaint states 73-year-old Richard John Morie Shaka of Blaine is charged with three counts of criminal vehicular homicide.


KCK man dies after head-on collision with bridge pillar in Miami County
KCTV Kansas City
A Kansas City, KS, man has died after an afternoon crash in Miami County on Thursday. The accident happened at about 4:50 p.m. on northbound US 69 Highway at mile marker 106.5. Authorities say James Carr, 53, of Kansas City, KS, was driving north in a 2003 Ford Taurus when he went off the road ...



Head-On Collision Between Calif. School Bus, Car Injures 3
U.S. News & World Report
INDIO, Calif. (AP) — A speeding car has collided head-on with a school bus on an Indio street, injuring both drivers and a third adult. The California Highway Patrol says three students aboard the bus were wearing seatbelts and weren't hurt when it was struck and overturned Friday morning. The CHP ...

Truck driver dies in head-on Hwy 97 crash in Sherman Co.
KPTV.com
OSP responded to the scene around 3:00 a.m. and learned that a commercial vehicle pulling a box trailer was traveling north on Highway 97 and while passing another car in the northbound lanes the driver crashed head-on into a truck that was heading south pulling double tanker trailers. The driver


Coos Bay man killed in Highway 42 head-on crash
Coos Bay World
The OSP was assisted by the Coos County Sheriff's Office, Myrtle Point Police Department, Myrtle Point FireDepartment, Myrtle Point Ambulance, Bridge Fire Department, North Bend Police Department, Coquille Police Department, and Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). State Route 42 was ...

Reports of a head-on collision westbound I-94
WDAY
WEST FARGO -- We are getting reports of a head-on collision West Bound I-94, by mile marker 340 which is in between West Fargo and Mapleton. The crash happened just before 8:00 p.m.. The left lane of the interstate was blocked off following the collision. Around 8:40 p.m. crews begain to open it ...


School shootings in US: When, where each shooting has occurred in 2018
ABC15 Arizona
According to non-profit organization Everytown for Gun Safety, a total of 19 shootings have occurred on school campuses across the United States as of March 2. The tragic suicide of a 7th-grader inside a middle school and the shooting death of two at Central Michigan University marked


Messages reveal boy planned a school shooting worse than Parkland but instead killed himself
USA TODAY
A 13-year-old boy planned to carry out a school shooting before he shot himself inside an Ohio middle school bathroom last week, police said. ... The school went on lockdown because of the incident, and students said they spent two to three hours hiding inside closets while parents waited


Child found in west-side home where man was killed
Indianapolis Star
Several adults and a child were in the home when the shooting occurred, Hamer said. The child, a toddler, and the others inside were not injured. Child Protective Services agents were at the house, Hamer said. Homicide detectives and crime scene investigators have been called to the scene.



Bus Driver Convicted Of Negligent Homicide In Crash That Killed 6 Children
NPR
A Tennessee jury found the driver of a school bus guilty of six counts of negligent homicide in a November 2016 crash that killed six children on their way to elementary school. Prosecutors argued that the driver, Johnthony Walker, was talking on his cell phone and driving 50 mph in a 30 mph zone when ...


Driver on the run after crashing into power pole overnight
fox13now.com
SALT LAKE CITY – 270 homes were without power Friday night into Saturday morning after a car crashed into a power pole, knocking it down. When Salt Lake City Police arrived around 10:30 p.m. they say the passenger was still at the scene near 2800 east Hyland Hills Road, but the driver had fled.
Driver flees, leaves passenger in car, after crashing into power pole in Salt Lake City - Gephardt




Car hits power pole on Pyes Pa Rd
New Zealand Herald
Car hits power pole on Pyes Pa Rd. 3 Mar, 2018 1:27pm. Quick Read. Emergency services attended the scene on Pyes Pa Rd where a car crashed into a power pole. Photo/ Andrew Warner


A 20-year-old man suffered minor injuries
Warrnambool Standard
A young man suffered minor injuries after his ute hit a power pole in the early hours of Saturday morning. Police and emergency services were called to the crash on the Princes Highway in Port Fairy at about 4am. Police said the accident happened in the 60km/h zone and the p-plater was


Car slams into pole on rain-slick streets
Fresno Bee
A woman was rushed to a hospital Friday morning after two cars collided, sending one into a power polenear West Avenue north of Shields Avenue in central Fresno. A police spokesman said the crash took place about 9:30 a.m. at West and Cortland Avenue. Both drivers were northbound on West on .


Date: March 4, 2018 Sunday

Date: March 5, 2018 Monday

1. 03/05/2018  'The Americans' actress injured, daughter killed in New York crosswalk  The Mercury News https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/06/tony-award-winning-actress-injured-daughter-killed-in-wreck/ Lauren Lew was injured and the boy was killed. A 46-year-old man was also struck by the car and was expected to survive. Blumenstein, who is pregnant, and Lauren Lew were both taken to a hospital. The driver, a 44-year-old woman from Staten Island, is seen on surveillance footage in a white Volvo ...driver hasn’t been charged... was not drunk at the time. ..  white Volvo stopping at the  busy intersection of Ninth Street and Fifth Avenue. But the car slowly starts moving, then speeds up and strikes people in the crosswalk.Pregnant Mom Injured in Car Crash Is a Tony Award-Winning Actress - Wall Street Journal Broadway star's daughter, friend's son killed after being hit by car in Brooklyn - 6abc.com 
2. 03/05/2018 One person perishes in two-vehicle head-on crash   Chester County Independent Law enforcement personnel survey the scene where one person died following a two-vehicle head-on collision around 5:15 a.m. Monday morning, March 5.
3. 03/05/2018 Portsmouth man charged with DUI in head-on crash   WPRI 12 Eyewitness News PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WPRI) – Portsmouth Police announced Tuesday they have charged a man with driving under the influence after causing a head-on crash Monday. Police said Michael Lima was driving a green Cadillac in the southbound lane of East Main Road around 4 p.m. when he veered into ...   Driver in apparent overdose crashes head-on in Portsmouth - The Providence Journal
4. 12/04/2017 03/05/2018 Man Charged With Murder After Blaming Shooting On Teen Girlfriend He Left To Die Of Diabetic ...     BET https://www.bet.com/news/national/2018/03/05/man-charged-for-letting-diabetic-girlfriend-die-while-he-sold-dr.html  Fabiola Cosme-Feliciano had just started to stay with her boyfriend, Yeshua Ramirez, when they were involved in a drive-by shooting. After the shooting, which Ramirez blamed on Cosme-Feliciano, Ramirez left his girlfriend alone at home while he went out to sell drugs, according  unfortunate death of a 19-year-old Florida woman who went into diabetic shock, police are accusing her boyfriend of failing to deliver the proper care needed to keep her alive. Fabiola Cosme-Feliciano had just started to stay with her boyfriend, Yeshua Ramirez, when they were involved in a drive-by shooting... Deputies arrested Ramirez on a manslaughter charge in Cosme-Feliciano’s death on Feb. 15... ..re-arrested him on an attempted murder charge in a drive-by shooting that injured one person the day before her death.  As family mourns teen's diabetes death, new charges for boyfriend ... www.orlandosentinel.com Yeshua Ramirez, 19, is facing a negligent manslaughter charge after he allegedly failed to render aid or get help for his girlfriend who was going into diabetic shock. David HarrisContact ReporterOrlando Sentinel. Privacy Policy. Fabiola Cosme-Feliciano left her mother's house on Nov. 29, with her life-saving diabetes ... accused of carrying out a drive-by shooting with her in the car, then leaving her to die the next day in his home while he was out selling drugs.  Deputies arrested Ramirez on a manslaughter charge in Cosme-Feliciano’s death on Feb. 15. According to an affidavit, he left her alone for three or four hours as her condition worsened. When he returned, she was dead  Fabiola Cosme Feliciano Obituary - Kissimmee, Florida | Legacy.com o passed away on December 4, 2017 in Kissimmee, Florida.
5. 03/05/2018 Swat Situation, Shooting in TH MyWabashValley Terre Haute, IN - There is a swat situation unfolding in one area of Terre Haute while police investigate a crime scene at another location  Two shot, cops fired upon, standoff ensues - Terre Haute Tribune Star Standoff on First Avenue continues; police confirm earlier homcide - Terre Haute Tribune Star  Timeline: Homicide, standoff and suspect shot by police  Here is a timeline of the shooting death about 4 p.m. Monday at 2124 Putnam Street in Terre Haute and the resulting standoff that followed Monday night and Tuesday morning on First Avenue and Fourth Avenue.
6. 03/05/2018  Two cars collide head-on in Portsmouth overdose  NewportRI.com PORTSMOUTH — A head-on crash Monday at around 4 p.m. on East Main Road happened after a motorist suffered an apparent overdose before his car veered into oncoming traffic.  Driver suffers apparent overdose before head-on crash WJAR Police in Rhode Island say a driver suffering from an apparent overdose when he crashed head-on into another vehicle was charged with DUI.
7. 03/05/2018 Woman arrested after five stabbed and self on California-bound Greyhound bus: police Fox News   suspect stabbed herself in the neck and chest,Police said as the bus was driving through Tulare, Madrigal walked toward the back of the bus, grabbed a 3-year-old girl and held her at knifepoint. The girl's mother immediately began fighting with Madrigal and was stabbed in the abdomen, police said. "I woke up to screaming: 'I'm gonna kill this baby!'  Teresa Ann Andrade Madrigal, 48, was arrested and charged with five counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of false imprisonment and another count of child endangerment..  Las Vegas to Oakland when she began to act erratically. The sheriff’s office said the bus driver stopped the bus and asked the woman to get off so he could talk to her. After speaking with Madrigal, the bus driver determined she was calm enough to drive
1. Woman stabs mother after holding her 3-year-old at knifepoint on ... abcnews.go.com/US/woman-stabs-mother-holding-year-knifepoint...bus/story?id...1 day ago - A woman stabbed multiple passengers on a Greyhound traveling from Las Vegas to central California on Monday before slitting her own throat, according to authorities in California. The incident started when the suspect, Teresa Ann Andrade Madrigal, threatened a 3-year-old girl. "She grabbed a ...
2. Fight on a bus on Highway 99 forces stop near Visalia | The Fresno Bee  www.fresnobee.com/news/local/crime/article203631619.html2 days ago - ... the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said. There were five victims, including the 3-year-old and her mother. Three victims were taken to Kaweah Delta Medical Center. The suspect, 48-year-oldTeresa Ann Andrade Madrigal, was acting delusional, was also taken to the hospital and was in surgery as of ...
3. Teresa Madrigal Accused Of Stabbing 5 On Greyhound Bus | Crime ...  www.oxygen.com/.../woman-stabbed-five-people-3-year-old-girl-california-greyhoun... Talk about a Greyhound bus ride from hell. Five people, including a three-year-old child and the child's mother, were stabbed on a bus traveling to Oakland, California from Las Vegas Monday.Teresa Ann Andrade Madrigal, 48, was arrested and charged with five counts of assault with a deadly weapon in ...
4. Woman Threatens 3-Year-Old at Knifepoint, Stabs Mother on ... www.newsweek.com/woman-threatens-3-year-old-knifepoint-and-stabs-mother-greyh... A woman traveling on a Greyhound bus from Las Vegas to Fresno, California, stabbed multiple passengers Monday after threatening a 3-year-old girl, authorities said. The woman, identified as Teresa Ann Andrade Madrigal, slit her own throat during the traumatic incident. The ordeal, which took place in ...
5. Man who intervenes to stop the stabbing of woman and her toddler on Greyhound bus describes attack  Monday, March 05, 2018 TULARE, Calif. (KFSN) hailed a hero by the Tulare County sheriff himself is homebound after what he describes as an eventful day. 30-year-old Nathan Wanhala of Santa Cruz is one of three men who wrestled a knife-wielding woman to the ground of a Greyhound bus and restrained her until help arrived.

Date: March 6, 2018 Tuesday

• Single mom of 6-year-old killed in early morning head-on crash in Berwyn, cops say  Chicago Tribune  A 25-year-old single mother of a 6-year-old boy was killed in a head-on crash while driving to work early Tuesday in Berwyn, police said. Berwyn police Chief Michael Cimaglia said the woman was driving a Pontiac west on Ogden Avenue near Ridgeland Avenue about 2:50 a.m. when an eastbound 
• State Patrol: 1 Killed, 2 Injured in Head-On Adair County Crash whotv.com ADAIR COUNTY, Iowa – One person was killed, and two others injured in a head-on crash that happened early Tuesday morning in Adair County. Sgt. Nate Ludwig with the Iowa State Patrol says the crash happened on Highway 25 about six miles south of I-80 at 5:45 a.m.. The driver of a Ford SUV ... Patrol: 1 dead, 3 injured in head-on crash on snowy highway - KCCI Des Moines  woman driving a 2002 Ford Explorer lost control of her vehicle and crashed head-on into a 2012 Buick Regal. Following the initial crash, a third vehicle rear-ended the Buick. 
• Missouri police officer is dead after 911 call of women screaming - CNN  https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/07/us/missouri-clinton-shooting/index.html (CNN)A shooting incident that left one police officer dead and two others injured in Missouri started with a 911 phone call punctuated by screams. Clinton officer, 30, shot dead responding to 911 call of woman ... https://www.kshb.com/news/crime/clinton-police-officers-involved-in-shooting  Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe said officers responded to a 911 call at 9:20 p.m. Tuesday after hearing two women screaming in the background.
• 03/06/2018 One person dead after head-on crash near Menlo WeAreIowa  MENLO - One person is dead and three are injured after a head-on crash Tuesday morning.
• Clinton Police Officer Fatally Shot, Two Other Officers Injured KQ2.com The officer killed Tuesday was identified as 30-year-old Christopher Ryan Morton. Two other police officers were injured but survived the Tuesday night shooting in Clinton, about 75 miles southeast of Kansas City. The officers were shot at about 9:30 p.m. when they entered a home after receiving a 911 ... Missouri officer killed, 2 wounded when sent to wrong house after 911 call - Chicago Tribune Missouri cop killed in line of duty was sent to wrong house by traced 911 call - WGN-TV

Date: March 7, 2018 Wednesday

1. 2018 Vienna stabbing Looks like but isn't declared to be terrroist attack by likely Islamist Two connected stabbings occurred in Vienna, Austria: three people were seriously injured outside a Japanese restaurant, and one man in a later stabbing. The perpetrator was arrested. (The Independent)  Vienna knife attacker blames drugs not terror gets life sentence September 14, 2018 https://www.thelocal.at/20180914/vienna-knife-attacker-gets-life-sentence man who stabbed four people in two knife attacks in the Austrian capital Vienna on March 7 was sentenced to life in jail on Thursday.  The 23-year-old Afghan national was found guilty by jurors on four counts of attempted murder.  did not claim any terrorist political motivation for his actions. couple and their 17-year-old daughter sustained severe injuries in the first attack near Nestroyplatz metro station,... The man then went onto the Praterstern area and stabbed his drug dealer, who he blamed for his "sad life situation", according to prosecutors. defence .. result of a "drug-induced psychosis" after the man had consumed three grammes of cocaine and several ecstasy tablets... a small amount of THC, a psychoactive from cannabis found in blood  attacks were "a rampage, as unfortunately occurs more and more often nowadays".  Rage and frustration seemed to have built up in the attacker Several people injured in knife attack in Vienna: Reports CNBC Austrian media report that several people have been injured in a knife attack on the streets of Vienna. News website heute.at reports that the attack happened Wednesday evening, when a man with a knife randomly attacked pedestrians near the capital's famous Prater park. Citing a police spokesman, ...  Man arrested in Vienna stabbing incident after 4 people injured ...  irishexaminer.com  attack did not appear to be terror-related, but it was too early to say anything about the assailant's motive  "We are still investigating and cannot say what motivated him Tundra falsely claims might be an Islamist terrorist 
2. Hate crime in the United Kingdom Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen, leader and deputy of the British far-right organization Britain First, are convicted of hate crimes for posting things deemed offensive online. Golding is sentenced to 36 weeks in prison and Fransen to 18 weeks in prison for promoting Islamophobic activities and harassment. (The Independent) (BBC)
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4. 3/7/2018 1 dead, 1 injured in 'accidental' high school shooting in Alabama NOLA.com  A Huffman High School senior was killed and another injured when gunfire erupted inside a classroom at the east Birmingham school in Alabama on Wednesday afternoon. ... Students who were still inside the school were ushered into classrooms or other secure locations during a temporary lockdown. Alabama school shooting leaves one student dead, another teen injured - Washington Post
5. Long Beach police shoot and kill armed, barricaded suspect after standoff triggers City Hall lockdown Los Angeles Times Long Beach police shoot and kill armed, barricaded suspect after standoff triggers City Hall lockdown ... shot an armed man who threatened to blow up the federal building in Long Beach on Wednesday, ending a standoff that triggered a lockdown at City Hall, authorities said. ... No officers were injured.

Date: March 8, 2018 Thursday

1. 03/08/2018 killed: 3 Seattle I-5 Fatal Xanax Marijuana Texting Crash  [drugs and distraction cover story for deliberate attack?] man accused of killing three people in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 5 Thursday morning was texting his girlfriend and had used marijuana and taken Xanax.  police found Xanax, marijuana and a pink handgun in the possession of Red — who was also wanted on a warrant and was driving without a license. Seattle: A series of collisions involving a hit-and-run driver this morning left three people dead, a police officer injured and miles-long backups on Interstate 5 near Bridgeport Way in Lakewood. An arrest has been made. irst collision occurred in the southbound lanes just after 2 a.m. when a man struck a Toyota RAV4, causing it to roll and killing all three people inside... hit-and-run vehicle, and police found it about 3 miles away and saw a woman, later determined to be a passenger, trying to pull off the vehicle’s bumper...  The 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run, vehicular homicide, possession of a stolen firearm and driving while under the influence of intoxicants, police said.

Pakistan Taliban chief's son among 20 killed in 'US drone strike' Aljazeera.com Islamabad, Pakistan - At least 20 members of the Pakistani Taliban, including the son of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah, have been killed in a US drone strike in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunar, according to a Taliban statement. The fighters, including Abdullah, were ...

Woman got restraining order, installed security system before being killed Los Angeles Times A woman who was brutally killed in her Huntington Beach home in December 2016 had obtained a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend, who is charged in the slaying, and had installed a security system a day before she died, according to documents filed in Orange County Superior Court.

Man arrested, woman found dead after 24-hour standoff in Bexar mySanAntonio.com A woman is dead and an injured man in custody after a 24-hour standoff in northwest Bexar County ended Wednesday evening. The standoff started about 7 p.m. Tuesday at the man's home in the 9200 block of Saddle Trail when deputies with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office mental health unit tried to ... Man, 2 Texas deputies injured in daylong standoff; elderly woman found dead in house - Dallas News

Local 2 killed in crash on I-75 in West Chester WKRC WEST CHESTER, Ohio (WKRC) - Two people were killed in a crash on northbound I-75 in Wester Chester as crews dealt with icy roads. Ohio State Highway Patrol has identified them as Rodney Bartleson, 34, and Marvin Hunter, 43.The two people were killed in a t.

Date: March 10, 2018 Saturday

3/10/2018 1 dead in head-on vehicle crash in Delaware  6abc.com 1 dead in head-on vehicle crash in Delaware. Gray Hall reports during Action News at 9 a.m. on March 10, 2018. (WPVI). WPVI. Saturday, March 10, 2018 09:39AM. CLAYMONT, Del. (WPVI) --. A violent head-on collision has claimed the life of one of the drivers in Claymont, Delaware. The crash ...

1 wounded, 2 in custody following police-involved shooting on South Side  Chicago Tribune  A boy was shot Friday afternoon during an “armed confrontation” with an officer in the South Shore neighborhood, Chicago police said in a news release. Shortly before 1 p.m., officers were investigating a robbery in the 7200 block of South Merrill Avenue when they saw a vehicle circling the block, ... Person injured in police involved shooting on South Side - WGN-TV


One dead after head-on crash at northbound Hwy 99 Action News Now CHP spokesman Logan Calahan says a 77-year old man driving a blue geo was headed southbound and drifted onto the shoulder, hit a road sign and then went back into the southbound lane and crossed into the northbound lane, striking a Cal Fire pick-up truck head-on. The driver of the Geo was ... One killed in head-on crash on Highway 99 north of Chico - KRCRTV.COM

02/04/2018 Dashcam captures head-on crash with ambulance  KTRK-TV  Dashcam video captured the moment a car crashed into an ambulance head-on in Oklahoma City on Feb. 4.


Man in his 20s seriously wounded in shooting on East Riverside Drive
KXAN.com
In a briefing, police said the victim was shot in the stomach and then walked into a tunnel near the intersection. Officers believe a fight happened between him and another man that escalated when the suspect opened fire. The suspect, described as a black male in his 20s, was last seen wearing dark ...


1 dead, 2 injured in Linwood Township head-on crash
KMSP-TV
LINWOOD TOWNSHIP, Minn. (KMSP) - A head-on collision in Anoka County between two vehicles left one person dead and two others critically injured, according to Commander Paul Sommer with the Anoka County Sheriff's Office. The crash happened around 7:23 p.m. Friday in the 9400 block of ...
Head-on collision in Linwood Township leaves one dead and two critically injured - TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

VID | Fatal double shooting on Baltimore's North Avenue
Fox Baltimore
BALTIMORE (WBFF) - Baltimore police released video of a suspect in Thursday's afternoon double shootingthat left one man dead. The shooting happened at a grocery store on North Avenue and Aisquith Street in East Baltimore. One man died; a second was shot in the leg. Anyone with

Hooper Avenue head-on collision in Brick leaves 4 seriously injured
Asbury Park Press
BRICK - Two children and two adults were seriously injured in a head-on collision on Hooper Avenue Fridaymorning, according to Brick Police.

03/09/2018 hit ice patch Utah man who survived head-on crash with semi says seat belt saved his life fox13now.com  SALT LAKE CITY – A Utah man says he is lucky to be alive after being involved in a horrific car accident early Monday morning while driving in Wyoming. Trent Gabel was headed home

03/09/2018  unprovoked random attack Man charged with attempted murder in stabbing on Clematis  WTVX Police arrested a man on an attempted murder charge following a stabbing in downtown West Palm Beach. Police are calling it an unprovoked attack.Chad Bailey, 24, is accused of stabbing a woman in the neck on Friday night.The incident happened around 10:24.

03/09/2018 1 arrested after shooting on Weston Road  CityNews Toronto  A woman is in serious condition after a shooting near a convenience store at Eglinton Avenue West and Weston Road on Friday afternoon.

Date: March 11, 2018 Sunday

2018 New York City helicopter crash A helicopter crash in Manhattan's East River kills five people. (ABC News)  AP source: Bag may have hit fuel switch before chopper crash - ABC pilot told authorities he believed a passenger's bag might have hit an emergency fuel shutoff switch in the moments before the chopper went down a bag or a strap of a bag might have touched a fuel control switch,” 
1. 2018 Bombardier Challenger 604 crash A private plane from Sharjah to Istanbul crashes in the Zagros Mountains in Iran, killing Turkish socialite Mina Başaran along with, according to Iranian state media, ten other people on board. (The National UAE), (BBC)
2. Law and crime Visa policy of the United Kingdom Far-right activist and journalist Lauren Southern is detained at Calais and prevented from entering the United Kingdom, with the reason given by the UK Home Office that her presence 'was not conducive to the public good'. (London Evening Standard), (Fox News)
3. 2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka The suspension of Facebook remains in place until the riots end. (The Sunday Times)
4. 03/11/2018  Egyptian knifeman killed outside Iran ambassador's Vienna home ...www.middleeasteye.net 6-year-old Austrian was shot dead outside the Iranian ambassador's residence inVienna after a knife attack on a soldier guarding the building, police said on Monday. The assailant, who police said was of Egyptian origin, "died on the spot" after the soldier opened fire, police spokesman Harald Soeros The assailant, who police said was of Egyptian origin, "died on the spot" after the soldier opened fire, police spokesman Harald Soeros told AFP, saying the attack occurred just before midnight (2300 GMT).Police were searching the assailant's home to try and understand what was behind the attack, with Soeros saying they had "not ruled out, nor confirmed" any terrorist motivation....Knife attack at Iranian ambassador's residence in Vienna leaves ...https://www.politico.eu/.../knife-attack-at-iranian-ambassadors-residence-in-vienna-lea...A 26-year-old Austrian assailant attacked a soldier standing guard outside the Iranian embassy with a knife late Sunday night. The soldier first attempted to fend him off with pepper spray, then fired four shots, killing the attacker. The guard acted according to protocol and “did everything right,” according to a ...
   Attacker shot dead after wounding guard outside Iranian ... - Daily Sabah Police say an Austrian attacker was shot and killed by the guard he wounded outside theIranian ambassador's residence in Vienna. Following the late-night incident, investigators identified the attacker as Mohamed E., a 26-year-old Austrian national with family roots in Egypt. His last name was withheld, ...Wikipedia After March 7 stabbing by Afghan refugee On 11 March 2018, there was a separate stabbing attack at the Embassy of Iran in the city. The Austrian government hardened its asylum policy after the attacks
5. Jupiter teen stabbed boys, woman at sleepover because of muslim ‘religious beliefs,’ chief saysOlivia Hitchcock Jorge Milian Julius Whigham II  Palm Beach Post Staff Writer March 13, 2018  Video: Jupiter teen stabbed boys, woman after converting to Islam PALM BEACH GARDENS A Jupiter teenager said his Muslim faith led him to fatally stab a boy on his 13th birthday and injure two others at a sleepover Sunday night in BallenIsles Country Club, Palm Beach Gardens police Corey Johnson, 17, was arrested Monday after he reportedly confessed to stabbing the three people while he spent the night at a friend’s home in the gated community off PGA Boulevard. .. one murder and two attempted-murder charges in the stabbings. The FBI also is investigating the attacks.
1. Police: Florida teen killed 1, stabbed 2 others because 'of his Muslim  Faith https://www.abcactionnews.com/.../police-florida-teen-killed-1-stabbed-2-others-beca...
2. 33 mins ago - A 17-year-old Florida teen has confessed to a deadly stabbing on Monday saying he did it because of his Muslim faith, according to Palm Beach Gardens police. Police say that a sleepover at a friend's house turned deadly when 17-year-old Corey Johnson secretly planned to kill his friend's mother, brother ...
3. Police: Teen stabbing suspect converted to Islam, held on murder ...
4. abcstlouis.com/.../juvenile-named-suspect-in-deadly-stabbing-in-palm-beach-gardens  Police identified the suspect as 17-year-old Corey Johnson of Jupiter. Investigators said Johnson confessed to the stabbings because of his Muslim faith. Johnson once attended Dwyer High School before being withdrawn, police said. The investigation began early Monday when police responded to a report of a stabbing ...
5. CNN no coverage

Date: March 12, 2018 Monday

1. Murder of Iraqi Ahmed Muafaq Abdulhu Al Naddf in Minnesota Ahmed Muafaq Abdulhu Al Naddf, 40, fled violence in Iraq immigrated to the U.S. in 2014 with his wife and their two children.  Sao Yim Jr. was sure that someone had just hit his car that he parked outside, police say.  Yim Jr. was smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol with three other friends in his girlfriend’s apartment  the man he suspected of hitting his car parked in a nearby lot and approached the vehicle.  There was no damage to any vehicles, so likely was a false cover story to hide is real motive. He and his companions confronted 40-year-old Ahmed Muafaq Abdulhu Al Naddf. The two sides began to argue, police say, and that’s when Yim Jr. brandished a semi-automatic handgun  family of Muafaq Abdulhu Al Naddf believed he was working in his garage at the time of the murder. He was pronounced dead at 9:15 p.m. after being shot on a city sidewalk. When Muafaq Abdulhu Al Naddf was lying on the ground dying, the suspects went through his pockets before fleeing the scene
2. Austin Package Explosions That Have Killed 2 People Are Linked .. https://www.npr.org/.../1-dead-at-least-2-injured-in-package-explosions-austin-police-sa...Deadly Package Explosions Across Austin Are Linked, Authorities Believe. ... Within a span of several hours Monday morning, two package bombs detonated in separate areas of Austin, Texas, killing one resident and seriously injuring another and calling to mind a similar blast that ...
1. Deadly package bombs are rocking Austin | New York Posthttps://nypost.com/2018/03/.../police-probe-deadly-package-bombings-as-hate-crimes... Austin police said Monday's package bomb that killed a 17-year-old, as well as a March 2 explosion that killed a man, were being investigated as homicides. The two homes that received thepackages belonged to African-Americans. “We cannot rule out that hate crime is at the core of this but we are not ...
2. Austin package explosions appear connected, police say - CNNhttps://www.cnn.com/2018/03/12/us/texas-austin-blasts/index.html (CNN) Three package bombs that exploded in Austin, Texas, over 10 days -- killing a teenager and a 39-year-old man and critically injuring an elderly woman -- appear to be connected, police ... Police also have not decided if these are hate crimes, but said that's a possibility because of the victims' races.
3. 3 'powerful' package explosions in Austin that killed 2 are connected ...www.chicagotribune.com/news/.../ct-texas-package-explosion-20180312-story.html Manley said that police could not rule out a hate crime as the cause of the bombing, though he warned that police had not yet identified any ideology or connection between the victims. The FBI was assisting with the investigation, and Michelle Lee, a spokeswoman for the bureau, said agents were ...

Date: March 13, 2018 Thursday

1. Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Maoists blow up a mine-protected vehicle of CRPF personnel with an IED, killing at least nine and injuring two others in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, India. (Hindustan Times)
2. A bus plunges into a ravine in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia, killing at least 38 people, mostly students. (Channel News Asia)
3. 03/13/2018 Conwy driver jailed for wrong-way falling asleep head-on crash with cyclist UK BBC News  http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-wales-43421271/conwy-driver-jailed-for-head-on-crash-with-cyclist This is the moment when a driver who had fallen asleep at the wheel ploughed into a cyclist and flung him in the air during a head-on crash. Jake David Tompkinson, of Rowen, Conwy county, was jailed for 12 months at Caernarfon Crown Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to causing serious injury [How do we know he was sleeping and not deliberate?]
4. 3/13/2018  Driver charged in crash that killed 4 Fountain Hills pedestrians azcentral A 27-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter in a fatal crash that killed four pedestrians in Fountain Hills on March 13, the Maricopa ... Alex Bashaw, who lives in Ohio, was identified as the driver of an SUV that hopped a curb and struck the pedestrians near Saguaro and Palisades boulevards.  Three of the pedestrians died at the scene.  No sign of impairment (was deliberate?) 

Daily Misfortune Wednesday, March 14, 2018 ---

1. Two U.S. Navy aviators – a pilot and a weapons officer – are killed after they eject from their FA-18 fighter jet, which crashes into the sea off Key West, Florida. (Navy Times) (CNN)
2. Australia–South Africa relations, South African farm attacks, Racism in South Africa
3. Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says white South African farmers could receive fast-track visas on "humanitarian grounds" amid calls to transfer land ownership from white to black farmers, and fears over the number of racially-motivated farm killings. (BBC)
4. Russia–United Kingdom relations, Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal The United Kingdom expels 23 Russian diplomats and cuts off all top-level ties with Russia as punishment for a reported attack with the Novichok military-grade nerve agent, an attack which Prime Minister Theresa May described as an "unlawful use of force by the Russian state against the United Kingdom". (The Guardian) (NPR) (Reuters)
5. Brazilian politician and outspoken police critic Marielle Franco is killed along with her driver in a drive-by shooting in Rio de Janeiro. (BBC) 03/14/2018 Brazilian Activist Killed In Drive-By Shooting NPR 03/16/2018 popular politician and expert on police violence was shot dead in a drive-by killing that investigators say looks like a targeted assassination. The ones that missed her head killed her driver, Anderson Gomes. Rio police say they believe Franco was targeted but are still investigating the crime. Thousands of protesters marched nationwide last night. Many held signs suggesting Franco was killed because of her activism.   Marielle Franco had to resist – no wonder she didn't survive | Life and ... https://www.theguardian.com fearless, charismatic and popular. Photograph: Mídia Ninja. 'Being a black woman is to resist and survive all the time.” So said Marielle Franco, the Rio de Janeiro city councillor shot dead in a targeted assassination last week, just 18 months after she was elected. Franco was 38 years ...  Say Her Name: Marielle Franco, a Brazilian Politician Who Fought For ...
   https://www.theroot.com Marielle Franco, 38—a black politician from Rio de Janeiro who was raised in a favela but went on to college and was elected as a councilwoman—fought for the rights of women and favela-dwellers until the day she was murdered. On Wednesday night, armed men gunned the councilwoman down in her ... Marielle Franco - Wikipedia Marielle Franco (Portuguese pronunciation: [maɾiˈɛli ˈfɾɐ̃ku], born Marielle Francisco da Silva; 27 July 1979 – 14 March 2018) A black female politician was gunned down in Rio. Now she's a global symbol www.washingtonpost.com
6. Telford child sex abuse ring After a 18-month Sunday Mirror investigation, Theresa May has called for an inquiry "as quickly as possible" on reported Asian grooming gangs in Telfordwhereby up to 1,000 girls were lured from their families to be drugged, beaten, raped and even murdered. (The Mirror)
7. Facebook blocks Britain First, a far-right group that has been deregistered as a political party in the United Kingdom, because leaders Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen have repeatedly violated its community standards. (The New York Times) (BBC) (NBC News)
8. Alabama hospital shooting leaves employee and ... - CNN.com  Mar 15, 2018 - (CNN)A person was killed and another wounded Wednesday in a shooting at the UABHospital-Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama, police and hospital officials said. ... Birmingham police responded to an active shooter situation and said they found two people with gunshot wounds 
Gunman at Alabama Hospital Kills One and Injures Another, Then Kills Himself  NY Times Mar 15, 2018 - Officers responded to calls of an “active shooter” just before 7 p.m. at UAB Hospital-Highlands and found two men with gunshot wounds and another man who had shot and killed himself

Date: March 15, 2018 Thursday

1. Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse An under-construction pedestrian bridge over the eight-lane Tamiami Trail at Florida International University in Miami collapses killing at least six people and flattening eight cars. Nine people are rescued from the rubble and taken to nearby Kendall Regional Medical Center. Two require immediate surgery; the others injured sustain non-life-threatening wounds. (The Washington Post)
2. Accidents and incidents involving helicopters A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashes near Al-Qa'im in Iraq's western Al Anbar Governorate, killing all seven people on board. (ABC News) (CNN)
3. Russia–United Kingdom relations, Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov says Russia will "definitely" expel British diplomats. (Sputnik News)
4. 03/15/2018 'Road Rage' Driver Who Killed Ex-NFL Player Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison
   NPR A man convicted of manslaughter in the 2016 shooting death of former NFL running back Joe McKnight in what prosecutors and witnesses described as a road rage incident, was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison. "Let this be a cautionary tale to all drivers who rage behind the wheel of their car ...
5. 03/15/2018 Police: Man dead after shooting in Fairfax County WJLA  A man is dead following a shooting between acquaintances in Fairfax County Thursday night. According to police, the shooting happened in the 10100 block of Colvin Run Road at a commercial building that is home to several businesses at around
6. Suspect arrested in Forest Park double shooting WKRC  FOREST PARK, Ohio (WKRC) - Two people were shot in Forest Park Thursday night. Darian Davis, 20, is charged with felonious assault.The two people were shot in front of Davis' home on Hamlet Road at about 7:30 p.m., according to court papers
7. 5/15/2018   5/21/2018 Shots fired into Kingdom Hall    Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses was sprayed with gunfire early Tuesday morning Thurston County WA.

Head-on Crash: 

1. 2 killed in head-on collision near Holly Pond AL.com  Two women were killed in head-on collision on Highway 91 Thursday morning, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Natasha Nicole Byrd, 31, of Hanceville, was killed when the KIA Spectra she was driving crossed the center line and collided head on with a Hyundai Sonata on Highway ...
2. Colorado State Patrol: Distracted driving may have played factor in head-oncollision that killed ... Greeley Tribune Police are investigating distracted driving as a factor in a head-on collision Thursday night that killed a 31-year-old Wiggins woman and her 4-year-old daughter near Roggen. About 6:42 p.m. Thursday, the Wiggins woman drove her Ford SUV Escape westbound in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 76 
3. Head-on collision in Canaan sends three people to hospital WABI CANAAN, Maine. (WABI) A  head-on collision in Canaan Thursday morning sent three people to the hospital. It happened around 7:45 on Rte. 2 near Tropical Fish Road. 33-year-old Tabitha Byler of Skowhegan was flown to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor with serious but non-life 
4. Head-on crash injures drivers in Nockamixon The Intelligencer Two people were injured in a head-on collision along Route 611 in Nockamixon Thursday. NOCKAMIXON — Two people were injured when their vehicles collided head-on along Route 611 in Nockamixon. The crash occurred shortly before 1 p.m. just south of Foellner Lane. State police at

Date: March 16, 2018 Friday

1. The death of Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov, who lived in exile in the United Kingdom, is confirmed by a coroner's examination to be a murder. The killing happened eight days after the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. (BBC)  Russian Nikolai Glushkov's London death now a murder inquiry - BBC .  at this stage, no evidence linking the death to the attemptedmurder of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury UK police launch murder inquiry over Russian exile's death - CNN The Russian exile, who had links to compatriots who died in mysterious circumstances in the UK, was found dead in his London home Monday evening.According to the police statement, the examination "gave the cause of death as compression to the neck." The statement also said the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command "is retaining primacy for the investigation because of the associations Mr. Glushkov is believed to have had." Police confirm that Nikolai Glushkov was murdered. But why? the guardian  'I'm practically the last one left,' Glushkov told the Guardian. His words seem grimly prophetic  Police 'contact Russian exiles over safety' after murder probe  www.independent.co.uk  Police are reportedly contacting a number of Russian exiles in the UK to discuss their safety less than a day after the police opened a murder investigation into the death of exiled Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov.
2. Two Israeli soldiers killed in West Bank car ramming attack CNN Jerusalem (CNN) Two Israeli soldiers were killed and three more were injured in a car ramming attack on Friday afternoon in the northern West Bank, ... Since Trump's recognition, Friday protests have become commonplace, with multiple Palestinian protestors killed in clashes with Israeli security forces.
3. bicyclist killed in collision with pickup near Middlebury WSBT  Police have released the name of a bicyclist killed on State Road 13 between County Road 20 and County Road 24 in Elkhart County.This is just south of Middlebury. The crash happened around 4 a.m.Friday.

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Man found guilty of 'savage' Banbury stabbing murder
BBC News
An addict who "savagely" killed a man over a drug deal at a flat in Oxfordshire has been found guilty of murder. Raymond Morgan, 53, inflicted more the 20 stab wounds on Mark Pawley 25, in the attack on 1 October. But he was found not guilty of murdering Adrian Fannon, 39, who was also found ...

2 Teens Die in Head-On Crash in Florida
U.S. News & World Report
2 Teens Die in Head-On Crash in Florida. Authorities say two Florida teenagers died in a head-on crash that resulted in two other crashes. March 16, 2018, at 1:09 p.m.. 2 Teens Die in Head-On Crash in Florida. Share. ×. Share on Facebook · Post on Twitter · Post to Reddit. Email. Share in LinkedIn.
2 teens die in Volusia County head-on crash, troopers say - WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando

1 dead, 1 airlifted to hospital after head-on collision in Orangeburg Co.
WACH.com
According to Lance Cpl. David Jones, at approximately 5:25 a.m. a GMC Yukon was traveling westbound on Highway 178 when the SUV crossed the center line and struck another vehicle head-on. The collision occurred at the intersection of Highway 178 and Black Pond Road. The driver of the SUV ...


Two killed, two more injured in Thursday head-on collision on I-76
Greeley Tribune
Two people were killed and two more suffered serious bodily injury Thursday night after a head-on collision on Interstate 76 at the Roggen exit, in southern Weld County. According to Trooper Gary Culter of Colorado State Patrol, the crash happened at 6:42 p.m. on eastbound I-76. Some details

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Shocking head-on-collision with cyclist caught on camera
Fox News Video
Raw video: Drowsy 28-year-old driver jailed after scary collision with cyclist who was left with serious injuries. North Wales Police release footage to highlight risks of dangerous driving.





Fatal car crash after vehicle crashes into power pole in Millcreek
KUTV 2News
UPDATE: A UPD detective at the hospital has verified that the female passenger is in serious condition after crashing into the power pole.The driver ... (KUTV)- At least one person is dead after a car crashed into a power pole near the intersection of 950 E. and 3300 South Thursday afternoon. According ...

One dead, another injured after car crashes into power pole in Millcreek
Good4Utah
MILLCREEK, Utah (News4Utah) - One man was killed and woman seriously injured after a car crashed into power pole Thursday afternoon. The crash happened at 3300 South 950 East in Salt Lake City. According to police, there were two people in the car at the time of the crash. The driver died on


Semi hits power pole, causing outage in south Salina
Salina Journal
Semi hits power pole, causing outage in south Salina .... About 220 Westar Energy customers were without power about noon Thursday after a semitrailer hit a power pole near Magnolia Road and North Ninth Street about ... As of 4 p.m. Aaron's Rent to Own, 2545 Market Place, was still without


Crash into power pole causes road closure on NW side
Tucson News Now
The Pima County Sheriff's Department has closed a road on Tucson's northwest side because of an electrical hazard. West Overton Road is closed in both directions at La Cresta Road, west of North La Cholla Boulevard. The Sheriff's department says a vehicle crashed into a power pole. Drivers need to




Utility: More than 200 without power near Smithville after crash
Austin American-Statesman
Utility: More than 200 without power near Smithville after crash ... Repairs to power lines and two power poles are underway at FM 153 near Indian Drive, northeast of Smithville, after an 18-wheeler crashed into a power pole ... More than 200 customers are without power after the crash,


Yakima woman arrested for DUI after Thursday crash caused power outage
Yakima Herald-Republic
Update 10:20 p.m. A Yakima woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after she hit a power pole in the SUV she was driving and knocked out power to some 2,000 Yakima residents late Thursday night. The woman was traveling southbound on South 16th Avenue at a “high


Utility pole pierces pickup, driver unharmed
Sun Sentinel
A Neotec spokesman declined to comment; police did not release additional information and said an incident report was not finished. Utility lines were strung above the ground and it was evident that the pole supporting them had snapped. A Florida Power & Light spokeswoman said power was ...

Date: March 17, 2018 Saturday

1. March 17, 2018 Drunk Man Salvation Army Stabbing Rochester Minnesota Post Bulletin: Glenn Roger Johnson, 53, (white male under influence of alcohol) faces two counts of second-degree ... arrested shortly after the stabbing on Saturday night, while attempting to flee from a rear stairway. Authorities are still trying to piece together the circumstances that allegedly led to Johnson fatally stabbing two neighbors, whom he had reportedly “bickered with quite a bit,” Police Capt. John Sherwin said. Police identified the two victims as Eric Alan Flemming, 45, and Phillip William Hicks, 57 It was Rochester’s first multiple-victim homicide since June 1, 1996, 
2. A man is arrested in Austin, Texas, for threatening, via email, to bomb the SXSW festival. (NPR)

Date: March 18, 2018 Sunday

1. Turkish military operation in Afrin The Turkish Army and Free Syrian Army seize the Kurdish stronghold of Afrin from the YPG in northern Syria, raising the Turkish flag above the city centre. A statue of the Kurdish legendary figure, Kaveh the Blacksmith, is bulldozed by Turkish-backed forces. (BBC) (Reuters)
2. 2018 Manila Pavilion Hotel fire Three people are killed in a fire at the Manila Pavilion Hotel in the Philippines. (Reuters)
3. Cirque du Soleil fatal accidents A Cirque du Soleil performer dies after falling 15 feet (4.6 m) during a performance in Tampa, Florida. (CBC)
4. 2017–18 Australian bushfire season A bushfire destroys dozens of buildings in Tathra, New South Wales, Australia. (BBC)
5. Far-right politics in the United Kingdom Lutz Bachmann, the founder of the German nationalist group Pegida, is detained and prevented from speaking at a free speech rally at Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park, London, at which activist Tommy Robinson is also speaking.(The Independent)(The Guardian)

Date: March 19, 2018 Monday

1. History of autonomous cars A woman in Tempe, Arizona, dies after being hit by a self-driving car operated by Uber, in what appears to be the first death of a pedestrian struck by an autonomous vehicle on public roads. In response to the fatal accident, Uber suspends self-driving car tests in all U.S. cities as well as Toronto. (The Guardian) (BBC)
2. Austin serial bombings In Austin, Texas, a fourth bomb detonates, injuring two men. The Austin Police Department believes it is connected to the other parcel bombings, but do not believe it to be connected to the bomb threat leveled at the SXSW festival. (BBC) (NPR)
3. Turkish police discover 1.4 kilograms (3.1 lb) of radioactive-labelled material in a car in Ankara. Initially claimed to be californium by the smugglers, the material is later identified as a type of polystyrene sulfonate. (BBC)(Daily Sabah)
4. Reverend Canon Paul Wancura died  April 16 after he was found in his home in Shelter Island, New York, by the Rev. Charles McCarron on March 19 — after parishioners from the Episcopal Church of the Messiah in Central Islip became alarmed when Wancura didn’t show up for services. He was still bound, lying between a bed and a wall and barely conscious when law enforcement arrived. Blaze  Rev. Canon Paul Wancura Archives - Suffolk Times The Rev. Canon Paul Wancura, who was the victim of a brutal home invasion on Shelter Island more than two weeks ago that put him in Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition,  New York police launch homicide probe after 'beloved' minister, 87 dies www.foxnewsReverend Canon Paul Wancura, an 87-year-old from Shelter Island, was pronounced dead  Wancura apparently lived alone in the home, A friend told Newsday that Wancura worked as an Army counterintelligence officer during the Korean War and studied theology when he returned home to the U.S originally was being looked at as a home invasion and burglary, is now a homicide investigation.  Read added that police also are looking into whether the incident is connected to another burglary in the neighborhood that was reported on March 4 called 'evil personified
   Retired priest dies of injuries following home invasion longisland.news retired priest whose Shelter Island home was targeted in a home invasion87-year-old Rev. Canon Paul Wancura, a retired Episcopal priest, passed away from his injuries sustained during the burglary. discovered tied up and ... Shocking killing of the minister on remote New York island called 'evil ...  hoholok shocked by the death of a New York secretary found tied up in the house to demand that the people behind the shocking act step out of the shadows and put himself in to the police, who are looking for possible suspects. The Rev. Canon Paul Wancura, an 87-year-old ... The last major crime there was in 1998, added, when a carpenter was convicted of murder after blasting his neighbor and best friend in the stomach with a 12-gauge shotgun.
5. 3/19/2018  Police: Possible arsonist targets Jehovah's Witnesses kingdom halls ... kiro 7  Mar 20, 2018 - Police are investigating two arsons in Kingdom Halls of Jehovah's Witnesses in Thurston County Monday morning.  investigating two arsons in Kingdom Halls of Jehovah's Witnesses in Thurston County Monday morning.  fire was started on an exterior wall with the use of an accelerant, like gasoline. Suspected arson damages Kingdom Halls in Olympia and Tumwater ...  www.theolympian.com/news/local/article205844374.html Mar 19, 2018 - Fires at the Kingdom Halls of Jehovah's Witnesses in Olympia and Tumwater within an hour of each other Monday are suspected to have been ...  Video shows suspect linked to fires at Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Halls abcnfews Mar 21, 2018 - WATCH Suspected arsonist is targeting Jehovah's Witnesses centers ... the arson attack at Olympia's Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah's Witnesses, ...Community shows support after Jehovah's Witnesses Hall Arson | KOMO 

Date: March 20, 2018 Tuesday 

1. Syrian Civil War A rocket fired from rebel-held Eastern Ghouta strikes a popular market in Damascus, killing at least 35 people, according to Syrian state TV SANA. (Reuters) (Channel News Asia)
2. An airstrike in Eastern Ghouta kills two women and 15 children in an underground school. (BBC)
3.  RAF Valley Red Arrow crash A Red Arrows jet crashes in North Wales, killing an engineer. (The Scotsman)
4. History of autonomous cars Toyota pulls all its self-driving cars off U.S. roads in the wake of a fatal accident involving an Uber vehicle. (The Verge) Police state their investigation indicates the collision could not have been avoided. (AZ Central)
5. 2018 disasters in the Philippines A bus falls off a bridge in Occidental Mindoro, Philippines, killing at least 19 people and injuring 21 others. (Rappler)
6. Austin serial bombings A bomb detonates overnight at a FedEx facility in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The FBI believes the bombing is linked to the other bombings in the area. The ATF reports that there were no serious injuries. Both the bomb's point of origin and intended destination were in Austin. (CNN) (NPR)
7. A second package presumed to have been sent by the bomber is discovered in a FedEx facility near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. (New York Times)
8. School shootings in the United States A shooting occurs at Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland. Two students are reported injured; the shooter is killed by police. (CNN)
9. Shooting of Justine Damond Minneapolis Police formally charge Mohamed Noor with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the shooting death of Justine Damond. (Star Tribune)

Daily Misfortune Wednesday March 21, 2018 --- ===
Date: March 21, 2018 Wednesday


*Summary

1. Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Houthis claim to have shot down a Royal Saudi Air Force F-15 jet over Sa'da province, Yemen. (Sputnik News) Boko Haram insurgency, Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping Boko Haram releases most of the 110 Nigerian schoolgirls it had kidnapped in February 2018, and warns against sending them back to school. (The Globe and Mail)
2. Accidents and incidents involving helicopters A Eurocopter 120 helicopter carrying five people crashes into the sea near Hardy Reef off the Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia. Two people are killed. (The Guardian)
3. Aftermath of the 2015 Shoreham Airshow crash The Crown Prosecution Service charges pilot Andrew Hill with 11 counts of manslaughter by gross negligence and one count of endangering an aircraft over an accident at Shoreham Airshow in England. (The Telegraph)
4. Israel admits for the first time that it carried out an airstrike on a suspected nuclear reactor in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, on 6 September 2007. The strike allegedly killed ten North Koreanworkers. (Reuters)
5. Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal Russia holds a briefing on the case for all foreign diplomats in Moscow, where it accuses the United Kingdom of withholding evidence. (The Guardian)
6. Austin serial bombings Mark Anthony Conditt, the main suspect in the serial bombings, dies after detonating a bomb in his vehicle while being pursued by Austin police officers. The police chief warns residents that while they believe the bomber is deceased, he may have sent more packages before his death. (CNN)
7. Aftermath of the 2017 Parsons Green bombing The Independent claims the Metropolitan Police misidentified material in convicted bomber Ahmad Hassan's possession as not related to ISIS when in fact it was produced by the group. The newspaper says it has submitted evidence to the Central Criminal Court that could affect Hassan's sentence. (The Independent)
8. Police in the Philippines fatally shoot 13 suspected drug dealers in Bulacan. (France 24)
9. March 21, 2018 Travis Air Force Base Vehicle With Propane Tanks Explodes At Gate A

Date: March 22, 2018 Thursday 

Date: March 23, 2018 Friday

The Teenage Maryland School Shooting Victim Will Be Taken Off Life Support
TIME
Rollins died after shooting Willey. A school resource officer got there within a minute and fired a shot at Rollins, but it's not yet clear whether Rollins was killed by the officer's bullet or took his own life. The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday Rollins and the girl had been in a relationship that ...
School shooting victim 'brain dead,' life support ending - ABC News
Maryland school shooting victim taken off life support - BBC News
Maryland School Shooting Victim Has Died - NPR




Gunman Kills 3, Wounds 16 In Southern France Before Being Killed By Police
NPR
A man who took hostages in a supermarket in southern France killed three people and wounded 16 others, says French President Emmanuel Macron. Investigators say he killed ... "Collomb said Lakdim in the standoff requested the release of the sole surviving assailant of Nov. 13, 2015, attacks in Paris ...

France shooting: Police kill supermarket gunman
BBC News
Armed police have killed a suspect who shot dead three people in a series of attacks in southern France. The heavily ... Later, President Emmanuel Macron said 16 people had been injured in the attack. ... The gunman was killed but the gendarme was seriously injured, and another officer was also hurt.
2 killed, about a dozen wounded, in French supermarket hostage-taking - KSAT San Antonio
Gunman shot dead in France after killing 3 in supermarket, car attacks - CNN
Three dead after jihadist goes on shooting rampage in southern France - The Local France

Journalist Killed in Mexican State of Veracruz
New York Times
VERACRUZ, Mexico — The Mexican police said Thursday that a journalist who ran a local news website was shot to death in the eastern state of Veracruz. The Veracruz State police said that the journalist, Leobardo Vázquez, was found dead late Wednesday in the town of Gutiérrez Zamora,

The Latest: France: Macron says suspect killed 3, injured 16
att.net
French President Emmanuel Macron says the armed man who took hostages in a supermarket killed three people and wounded 16 hours. ... PARIS (AP) — The Latest on a shooting and hostage-taking in southern France (all times local): ... He did not say how or when the police officer was injured.

Greece: Extreme-right group claims arson on Afghan center
WBOY-TV
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A little-known extreme right-wing group has claimed responsibility for an arsonattack on an Afghan community center in central Athens that caused significant damage, but no injuries. A group calling itself Krypteia claimed responsibility in a call to a Greek news website on


2 adults dead, 3 children seriously injured in crash near Camden County bridge, troopers say
Springfield News-Leader
The SUV struck a Dodge minivan head-on, the report said, killing both drivers. Metcalf was 32, the report said, and the driver of the minivan, Jessica J. Brazil, was a 33-year-old woman from Camdenton. Malachi Brazil, 2, Jordan Brazil, 4, and Jozlan Pawelczaklister, 6, were all seriously injured in the ...

Self-defense stabbing on Hollyhock Circle
The Tracy Press
A group of young men apparently picked a fight with the wrong person early Thursday evening. Patterson Police Services Sergeant Joshua Clayton said the young men were walking in the vicinity of Hollyhock Circle shortly after 6 p.m., and confronted a man in his front yard. A fight broke out and


One dead in head-on collision in Evangeline Parish
KATC Lafayette News
One person died and another was injured in a crash on La. 29 near Whiteville this morning, state police say. The crash happened before 7 a.m. near Cabot Road, a Troop I spokesman said. A white box truck was southbound on the highway, and a Republic Services garbage truck was traveling ...


Head-on semi collision in Steuben County kills two
WNDU-TV
STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) - Two people are dead after a semi hit a passenger car head-on along the Toll Road. It happened in Steuben County, just miles from the Ohio border. Very little was left of the semi after state police say it crossed the median for an unknown reason, hitting a car


Man wanted after stabbing on Musqueam territory
CTV News
Vancouver police are searching for a 25-year-old suspect following a stabbing on Musqueam territory last weekend. The suspect, Thomas Joseph Lloyd Brown, was at a family gathering near Stautlo Avenue and Crown Street Saturday night when he was allegedly involved in a fight with anoth


03/23/2018  Head-on collision kills Richmond man, closes Route 202 Friday morning The Keene Sentinel A Richmond man died this morning in a head-on car crash in Peterborough that closed a section of Route 202 Friday morning, police said. advertisement. Driver Michael LeBlanc, 35 of Richmond, died after his 2000 Honda Sedan crossed the center line around 8:15 a.m.


03/23/2018  Head-on collision closes Creekway Drive newstopicnews.com At least three people were injured in this wreck on Creekway Drive in Lenoir shortly before 7:30 a.m. Friday. A head-on collision injured at least three people and temporarily closed Creekway Drive in Lenoir Friday morning. No information about those who were injured was immediately available.


03/22/2018  Ambulance chased by troopers smashes into SUV, power pole FOX 10 News Phoenix ... officials said an ambulance cut off a trooper. That's when the trooper noticed the ambulance had no license plate and tried to stop the driver, who instead of stopping, took off. The driver lost control on Flat Shoals Road near Bouldercrest Drive slamming into a Lexus SUV before hitting a power pole. http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/us-world-news/ambulance-chased-by-troopers-smashes-into-suv-power-pole ambulance cut off a trooper. That's when the trooper noticed the ambulance had no license plate and tried to stop the driver, who instead of stopping, took off.   lost control on Flat Shoals Road near Bouldercrest Drive slamming into a Lexus SUV before hitting a power pole.  ambulance was not stolen. The man actually owned it as his personal vehicle. had warrants for arrest....


03/22/2018 Vehicle hits power pole; driver takes off hit and run crime Fox17 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Plainfield Avenue was shut down at Evelyn Street NE after a car hit a power pole. The driver took off. It happened around 10 p.m. Thursday near the township fire station in the Cheshire area. Dispatchers tell FOX 17 no one was hurt. But wires sagged across Plainfield Avenue, ...
Police: Vehicle hits power pole, takes off – Plainfield closed with wires down - Fox17

03/23/2018 2 men hurt after SUV flips into power pole  Gaston Gazette Two men were taken to the hospital after their SUV struck a power pole and flipped on its side in a Gastonia neighborhood. Police had to use the Jaws of Life to free the men after the vehicle crashed going south  http://www.gastongazette.com/news/20180323/2-men-hurt-after-suv-flips-into-power-pole

03/23/2018 Driver flees after crashing into power pole hit and run crime NZ Otago Daily Times Police are searching for a woman who crashed a ute into a power pole in Concord this morning before driving from the scene. Sergeant Keith Braithwaite, of Dunedin, said a witness saw the blue Nissan ute collide with the pole on Mulford St about 7.40am, https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/driver-flees-after-crashing-power-pole


Pilot Dies After Hitting Power Pole, Crashing in Mid-Michigan 9&10 News Investigators say a pilot is dead after the small plane he was in hit a power pole and crashed in mid-Michigan. Clinton County deputies say the plane was flying over Westphalia Township Thursday. Michael Mills was the pilot in the plane and was airlifted to a hospital. He has since died from his


03/23/2018 Car hits pole in Methuen; knocks out power to 275 customers Eagle-Tribune METHUEN — A car crash has knocked out power to about 275 customers in the Cross and Pelham streets area, police said. Due to the single-car accident late Friday morning, Cross Street is closed between Pelham and Street and Danielian Way, said police Lt. Kevin Martin.


She has the meats? Crash cuts power; police probe whether driver stole from store
Standard Speaker
WEST HAZLETON — One woman was injured after her meat-filled vehicle crashed into a utility pole Thursday afternoon, knocking out electricity to several homes and businesses. The woman told police she lost control of the Kia Soul on slush

03/17/2018  Thousand Oaks mall shooting victim, suspect identified – Daily News Arab/muslim family name https://www.dailynews.com/2018/03/18/thousand-oaks-mall-shooting-victim-identified/  identified the victim and the suspect in what authorities believe was a murder and attempted suicide in a mall in Thousand Oaks that sent shoppers fleeing in a panic Saturday afternoon.  Parisa Siddiqi, 29, of Thousand Oaks was killed in the shooting, said Capt. Garo Kuredjian of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said she was shot by her ex-husband at The Paper Source, a stationery store where she worked at The Oaks mall.  Investigators said the suspect, Kevin Crane, 33, also of Thousand Oaks, shot himself, too. Kuredjian said Crane still is in the hospital and has not been arrested. Kuredjian did not know Crane’s condition. . Siddiqui is a family name or surname belonging to the descendants of Abu Bakr, a companion of Muhammad.

Date: March 24, 2018 Saturday

1. Terrorism in EgyptA bomb planted beneath a car explodes in Alexandria, Egypt, as a motorcade carrying the city's head of security passes by, killing at least two people. (The Telegraph)
2. Saudi Arabian-led intervention in YemenSaudi aircraft attack Houthi targets in residential areas of Hudaydah and Sa'dah, Yemen, killing at least seven civilians. (Press TV)
3. Terrorism in GreeceAn Afghan community centre is burned down in Athens, Greece. An extreme far-right group claims responsibility, and the United Nations condemns the attack. (ABC News)
4. The Kofu District Public Prosecutor’s Office in Japan announces nobody will be prosecuted over the collapse of the Sasago Tunnel, which killed nine and injured three. Officials say the collapse would have been difficult to predict. (The Japan Times)
5. Two men are rescued from a capsized dredger off Malaysia after 50 hours in an air pocket in the engine room. The death toll so far is nine, with rescue efforts underway to search for more survivors. (Sky News)
6. Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia SkripalA friend of poisoned exiled Russian spy Sergei Skripal claims Skripal had written to Vladimir Putin asking to return to Russia. Russia denies receiving such a letter. (BBC)Investigators discover the Skripals switched off their mobile phones for four hours shortly before falling ill, and begin examining mobile phone data from everyone in Salisbury the day of the crime in a bid to link a phone to the poisoner. (Daily Mirror)
7. A car is deliberately driven into a group of schoolgirls in Glasgow, Scotland, injuring five. Policelaunch an attempted murder probe. (BBC)  Event Registry: Car drives into group of five children  car deliberately smashed into a group of children as cops launch an attempted murder probe. The group of youngsters, aged . Gates of Vienna authorities determined that the unfortunate incident was not related to terrorism.
8. Hundreds of thousands of people participate in the March for Our Lives protest around the world regarding gun violence, mass shootings and school shootings in the United States. (BBC)(PBS)
9. 03/24/2018  Arrest made in fatal Inver Grove Heights party bus shooting; second ... pioneer press A 16-year-old Hopkins boy has been arrested on suspicion of second-degree homicide in connection with the fatal shooting of Billy Ray Robles, a 19-year-old St. Paul man shot Saturday in Inver Grove Heights during a fight between two groups of party bus passengers. The suspect was arrested Monday ... arrested in fatal party bus shooting in Inver Grove Heights, Minn fox9  Saturday morning when the party bus returned to the AMC Theatre parking lot. ... The fight and shooting followed an argument between ... 2 Teens Charged in Fatal Shooting Following Party Bus Fight - KAAL the rival groups involving 40 to 50 people argued on the bus. Fighting erupted as...

Date: March 25, 2018 Sunday

1. Twice Deported Illegal Alien Suspected of Drunk Driving Charged in Hit and Run Death of Woman Cyclist in Alabama Gateway Pundit by Kristinn Taylor March 27, 2018 A twice deported illegal alien with a 2013 drunk driving conviction and seven different aliases was arrested after fleeing hitting and killing a woman cyclist on Sunday while drunk driving according to Alabama police and local media. In addition to manslaughter and fleeing the scene, he was also charged with receiving stolen property, a gun that was found in his pick-up truck. ICE has reportedly placed a hold on him.Jose Luis Alonso-De Leon, 36, was driving in Fairhope, Alabama after 12 noon when he switched lanes to pass a vehicle and hit Amelia “Amy” Hawkins, 48 and a mother of two, who was riding a bicycle on the opposite shoulder. Hawkins, who was wearing a helmet, was killed. Twice-deported illegal immigrant charged in fatal hit-and-run | AL.com illegal immigrant, who had previously been deported twice from the United States, is accused of killing a Daphne woman Sunday after allegedly hitting her with his truck. Jose Luis Alonso-De Leon, allegedly hit and killed Amy Hawkins, 48, while she rode her bike on County Road 13 in Fairhope.
2. March 25, 2018 Lori Gjenashaj Shot After Staten Island Crime Spree Lori Gjenashaj shot by New York City police officers Sunday after a weekend crime spree that began when she allegedly choked a parent at a school play and caught breaking into a Staten Island home. A woman by the same name is listed as registered nurse at Staten Island University Hospital Greater New York City Area for 12 yrs. The name is common in Montenegro which is a war torn region bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Kosovo to the east. The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro was created from the two remaining federal republics of war torn Yugoslavia after its breakup in 1992.
3. Somali Civil War (2009–present) A car bomb claimed by Al-Shabab kills five people including the driver and wounds around ten others outside Somalia's Parliament, Interior Ministry, and Presidential Palace buildings in Mogadishu. (ABC)
4. War in Afghanistan (2001–present) Two suicide bombers strike a Shi'ite mosque in Herat, Afghanistan, killing one person and wounding seven others. Security forces kill one bomber while the device kills the other. ISIL claims responsibility. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
5. Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) ISIL releases a statement claiming responsibility for killing or wounding 103 Iraqi soldiers within one month. The group also claims to have abducted 13 more soldiers, and destroyed 12 armoured vehicles. (Iraqi News)
6. Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) Houthi forces fire several Burkan-2 ballistic missiles at targets in Saudi Arabia with at least one person, an Egyptian national, being killed in Riyadh. The Royal Saudi Air Defense says it intercepted seven missiles, three of them targeting Riyadh, two targeting Jizan and one apiece targeting Najran and Khamis Mushait. (The Washington Post)
7. 2018 Kemerovo fire A fire in the Winter Cherry complex, a shopping centre in Kemerovo, Russia, kills at least 64 people, the majority of which are children. (BBC)
8. A bus and a lorry collide head-on near Kitonga, Tanzania, killing twenty six people and wounding nine others. (The Nation)
9. A suspected drunk driver loses control while fleeing police in Maputo, Mozambique, strikes a crowd, and accidentally kills 21 people, injuring 30 more. (The Nation)
10. 03/25/2018-03/26/2018 Three Indian journalists run down and killed by vehicles The Guardian Three Indian journalists have been struck by vehicles and killed in recent days in what their families and rights groups claim were deliberate attacks. The deaths of the reporters Sandeep Sharma in Madhya Pradesh state, and Navin Nischal and Vijay Singh in Bihar state, have underlined India's status as ... Sharma, 36, had recently conducted an undercover “sting” that claimed to have produced footage of a senior police official He had been reporting on the sand mafia and had earlier complained to Police about threat to his life.  Sharma’s motorcycle disappearing under an accelerating truck on Monday morning  arrested the driver, Ranbir Yadav, on Monday. day before Sharma was killed, Nishchal and Singh were also run down by a vehicle allegedly driven by an ex-village chief, Mohammad Harsu.

Date: March 26, 2018 Monday

1. Terrorism in the United Kingdom  Six alleged members of the banned neo-Nazi group National Action appear in court. One is accused of planning to kill MP Rosie Cooper and another is charged with inciting murder. (The Independent)
2. 2018 Kemerovo fire Witnesses and Russia's Investigative Committee say the Winter Cherry complex's exits were blocked and there were no alarms during the disaster. (BBC)
   Fire alarms silent, doors locked during Russian shopping mall fire that ... chicago tribune doors at another movie hall that was showing a cartoon were locked, according to some accounts from the scene, trapping children inside. Some theaters in Russia reportedly lock doors after the movie starts screening to avoid ticketless viewers.  Vladimir Putin late on Sunday offered his "deep condolences" to the families
3. US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 The death toll rises to 52 people as a survivor dies in hospital. (Khaleej Times)
4. Crime in France French police detain two men in connection with the murder of an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor who was found in the burned remains of her apartment. The prosecutor's office is investigating if the killing was "motivated by the real or supposed adherence to a religion". (Reuters)
5. Carbanak Spanish police in Alicante arrest the suspected leader of a bank hacking scheme believed to have stolen over €1 billion. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
6. Carcassonne and Trèbes attack In regards to the March 23 attack that killed four people, French state prosecutor François Molins charges attacker Radouane Lakdim's 18-year-old girlfriend with terrorist conspiracy. (The Guardian) Radouane Lakdim: profile of the France supermarket gunman | World ... guardian killed four people and injured 16 others in a shooting-spree and supermarket hostage-taking in south west France – had been known to police and ..Small-time drug dealer had been on authorities’ radar for several years as a possible future Islamist radical but showed no signs of imminent attack.
7. 03/25/2018-03/26/2018 Three Indian journalists run down and killed by vehicles The Guardian Three Indian journalists have been struck by vehicles and killed in recent days in what their families and rights groups claim were deliberate attacks. The deaths of the reporters Sandeep Sharma in Madhya Pradesh state, and Navin Nischal and Vijay Singh in Bihar state, have underlined India's status as ... Sharma, 36, had recently conducted an undercover “sting” that claimed to have produced footage of a senior police official He had been reporting on the sand mafia and had earlier complained to Police about threat to his life.  Sharma’s motorcycle disappearing under an accelerating truck on Monday morning  arrested the driver, Ranbir Yadav, on Monday. day before Sharma was killed, Nishchal and Singh were also run down by a vehicle allegedly driven by an ex-village chief, Mohammad Harsu. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a report last year that 27 journalists had been killed “with complete impunity” in India since 1992. It listed another 25 murders it was investigating to ascertain a connection to the journalists’ work

Date: March 27, 2018 Tuesday

1. Terrorism in the United Kingdom Old Bailey Justice Charles Haddon-Cave sentences convicted terrorist Umar Haque, who indoctrinated children he was teaching in London so that he could use them to commit attacks, to lifetime incarceration with parole eligibility only after 25 years. (The Evening Standard)
2. Islamophobic incidents in the United Kingdom Justice Michael Alexander Soole sentences Paul Moore to lifetime incarceration with a minimum imprisonment of 20 years for using his car to attack Muslims following a string of terror attacks in 2017 linked to Islamic extremism. (The Guardian)
3. Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War The government of Turkey states that eleven Kurdish militants have been killed near its Syrian border, and two soldiers were killed by an explosion in Syria. (US News)
4. Maritime incidents in 2018 Two ships collide in the Great Belt strait between Funen and Zealand, near Romsø, Denmark. One catches fire. (The Local)
5. 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race Chilean search and rescue authorities declare that a crewman who fell overboard from a competitor vessel is lost at sea. (The Telegraph)
6. Crime in the United States The FBI arrests Everett, Washington, 43-year-old Thanh Cong Phan on suspicion of charges of illegally shipping explosive materials by sending 12 package bombs to the CIA as well as multiple military and government facilities in the Washington, D.C. area. Those devices did notexplode. The alleged perpetrator was already under government scrutiny for previous mental health issues. (The Stranger)
7. A Dutch court rules police are liable for a mass shooting at a shopping centre that killed 6 and wounded 16 because the gunman should not have been issued a firearms licence. (Sky News)

Date: March 28, 2018 Wednesday

1. Cyberattacks Computers at Boeing are infected with the WannaCry ransomware. (The Seattle Times) Boeing hit by WannaCry virus, but says no impact on jet production ... Seattle Times Boeing was hit by the WannaCry computer virus Wednesday, initially raising fears within the company that airplane production could be affected. Later Boeing played down the impact and called it a “limited intrusion” with production unaffected. Boeing Possibly Hit by 'WannaCry' Malware Attack - The New York .Times Boeing said on Wednesday that it was hit by a cyberattack that some Boeing executives identified as the same WannaCry computer virus that struck thousands of computer systems in more than 70 countries around the world last year.  Boeing Hit With WannaCry Virus - The Daily Beast Boeing engineer Mike VanderWel sent out a company memo saying that the viruswas “metastasizing rapidly out of North Charleston.” VanderWel said he feared that key infrastructure needed for the ... Boeing Hit by Cyberattack, Says Jetliner Production Not Affected ...Bloomberg 'detected a limited intrusion of malware'. Seattle Times cites memo on problem 'metastasizing rapidly'.   assembly lines potentially affected by the software problem include those of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner North Charleston, South Carolina, and the 777X Composite Wing Center,yberattack last year compromised companies such as FedEx Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. and crippled parts of the U.K.’s state-run National Health Service.
2. Two teenage girls died after a shooting Wednesday night in the parking lot of a Burien apartment complex. Police are blaming gang violence. They're searching for a shooter or shooters who fled "a horrible and chaotic scene with people running everywhere and screaming." Seattle Times
3. Terrorism in Italy Italian counter-terror police arrest Elmahdi Halili on suspicion of planning attacks with knives and lorries, attempting to recruit terrorist attackers, and creating the first piece of Islamic State propaganda in Italian. (The Local)
4. Libyan Crisis (2011–present) United States Africa Command announces that a March 24 airstrike in Ubari, Libya, killed Musa Abu Dawud, who was a wanted alleged senior member of al-Qaida. (Stars and Stripes)
5. Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) Iraqi authorities announce the arrest of alleged senior Islamic State member Saab Abdullah al-Issawi in a military-supported airdrop in Anbar. (Iraqi News)
6. Somali Civil War (2009–present) A car bomb near an International Committee of the Red Cross office wounds three people in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Anadolu Agency)
7. Terrorism in Greece An anarchist group claims responsibility for a bombing outside a courthouse in Athens, Greece, on March 24. (eKathimerini)
8. A tank containing ethyl acetate explodes in a port in Livorno, Italy, killing two people. (The Local)
9. California Highway Patrol search and rescue operations continue off the Californian coast for three children missing following a crash which killed five of their relatives. Their car drove out of a seaside unbarricaded parking lot and off of a 75-foot cliff into the sea on March 26. (KGW 8 News)
10. A New Zealand light aircraft pilot Rod Vaughan claims that his plane was brought down at Waihi after colliding with a drone. If true, it would be the first such incident in the country. (Stuff)
11. Crime in Qatar Mubarak al-Ajji, named on a Qatari official list of wanted terrorists, wins second place at a government-sponsored triathlon and is photographed at the medal ceremony. (The Week)
12. Crime in Canada A court in Quebec City accepts guilty pleas to six murders and six attempted murders tendered by Alexandre Bissonnette on March 26 and lifts restrictions on reporting the pleas after he passes a psychiatric evaluation. The charges relate to the January 2017 Islamophobic shooting at a mosque that Justin Trudeau described as a terrorist attack. (The South China Morning Post)
13. Aftermath of the Orlando nightclub shooting The trial of Noor Salman, widow of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, hears closing arguments. Jurors begin deliberations. During the trial it was revealed that Mateen's father was an FBI informant. (CNN)
14. French left-wing activist Stephane Poussier receives a one-year suspended term for praising the death of a policeman in a terrorist attack. (The Times of Israel)
15. Officials with former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva say shots were fired at two of his reelection campaign buses. (The Guardian)

Date: March 29, 2018 Thursday

1. Terrorism in Italy Police in Italy arrest five Tunisians suspected of links to Anis Amri, perpetrator of a terror attack in Germany. (Reuters)
2. Terrorism in Israel Two men are indicted for alleged terrorist attacks. Abed al-Karim Adel Asi, 19, is charged with the murder of a rabbi. Malek Yusef Nahar Asadi, 26, is charged with attempted murder over a car ramming attack that injured four. (The Jerusalem Post)
3. Terrorism in the United States  A court in the United States has rejected Saudi Arabia’s request to throw out lawsuits claiming the nation helped plan the September 11 attacks. (The Independent)
4. 68 killed Crime in Venezuela An attempted prison break and subsequent rioting and fires at a police station in Valencia, Carabobo State, Venezuela, results in at least 68 people dead. Two women who were visiting inmates are thought to be among the dead. (BBC)
5. gunfight between Pasadena officer and traffic stop abc13 deadly officer-involved shooting in Pasadena.   Witnesses say driver killed by Pasadena officer opened fire abc13 khou.com  suspect got out of his car during a traffic stop, reached behind his back and pulled out a gun.  officer opened fire and shot the suspect.

Date: March 30, 2018 Friday


Date: March 31, 2018 Saturday

1. 03/31/2018  Police: Man riding party bus shot in Detroit - Detroit Free Press A party bus was involved in a shooting early Saturday morning, and one man aboard thebus is reported to have a gunshot wound to the ankle, according to the Michigan State Police. Troopers from the Metro South post were dispatched to Sinai Grace Hospital in Detroit in response to ...

Date: April 1, 2018 Sunday

1. Seattle: JuiceTheGod has died. The Seattle-area rapper, whose real name is Trevon McKoy, was killed in a shooting near Seattle Center early Sunday. No arrests have been reported.