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Armed conflicts and attacks

Islamist unrest in Egypt:
- An Egyptian court sentences 11 supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi to prison terms ranging from five to 88 years for rioting.(BBC)
2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:
- Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine free a Swedish observer, but not the other seven Europeanmonitors they have been holding for three days.(BBC)
Iraqi helicopters destroy a convoy of ISIL fuel tankers inside Syrian territory.(BBC)

- Disasters and accidents

Eight people are killed by a fire in a medical facility in Russia's eastern Altai region.(BBC)
April 2014 tornado outbreak:
- At least two people are killed after a tornado touches down in Quapaw, Oklahoma, United States. (ABC News)
- Tornadoes hit the Arkansas towns of Vilonia and Mayflower with reports of casualties. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)

Health

Middle East respiratory syndrome:
- Saudi Arabia reports eight more deaths and 16 more cases in the latest outbreak of the disease.(AP via Yahoo! News)

Politics and elections

Sinking of the MV Sewol

The Prime Minister of South Korea Jung Hong-won announces his immediate resignation following growing criticism of the response to the sinking of the MV Sewol. (Al-Jazeera)

April 27, 2014 German Turkish Exchange Student Shot and Killed in Montana Garage In Missoula, Montana, Markus Kaarma is accused of setting a trap when he shot 17 year old intruder Diren Dede. Dede was a German exchange student of Muslim Turkish heritage. Kaarma appears to be of Asian ancestry, and some believe he may be a US citizen of Russian origin. Kaarma is a common name in Estonia.

April 26, 2014 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Five British ISAF personnel are killed in a military helicopter crash in Kandahar province in southernAfghanistan. (BBC)

Date: April 25, 2014 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:
- A Ukrainian military helicopter is destroyed after being hit by a rocket-propelled grenade at a base near the town of Kramatorsk in Eastern Ukraine. (Telegraph)
At least 25 people are killed and several injured in a series of bomb blasts targeted at Shi'ite rally in Baghdad, Iraq. The attack comes less than a week before Iraqis are due to head to the polls in parliamentary elections.(BBC)
A bomb detonates in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 4 people and wounding 25. (AP via Miami Herald)
Maoists set off a landmine on a bus carrying officials near Dumka, Jharkhand, India, killing 3 people and injuring another 10. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

A stampede ensues in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, during a tribute festival for King Kester Emeneya, killing 23 people. (AP via Yahoo! News)
Flash floods in northern Afghanistan kill 58 people. (BBC)
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No injuries, storefront and car damaged April 25, 2014 Maxima Plows Into Mall Dialysis Center In White Plains New York, a Nissan Maxima crashed into the White Plans Dialysis Center storefront at the White Plains Mall. No one was injured as the cause was thought to be a confused gas pedal, not an intentional attack
Friday April 25, 2014 Elderly Man Rams Farrell's Restaurant, At a California Farrell's ice cream restaurant, a man leaving the restaurant drove his SUV directly into customers waiting at the front of the store. One woman was killed, and 5 others were sent to the hospital. Police speculated that he may have confused the gas for the brake.
April 25, 2014 North Bend WA Multiple Building Explosion In North Bend, Washington an explosion rocked a gas station and flattened or damaged 3 other buildings. The cause under investigation might have been gas.
Fire destroys medical office near Lewes, Delaware The News Journal Fire destroyed the Mid-Atlantic Family Practice building
Anaheim school bus crash - driver suddenly speeds up to 70, swerves at car driving next to it and runs off road crashing into a tree as if the driver were trying to crash it. Anaheim Hills school bus crash: Driver, 2 students seriously injured
2 Suffern homes in New York state damaged after car fire spreads The Journal News | LoHud.com the car fire spread to a detached garage between two houses
Brush fire ignites in Osteen WKMG Orlando IT INITIALLY STARTED AS A CAR FIRE THAT SPREAD TO A HOUSE. NO INJURIES
Head-On Crash On Highway 55 In Eagan Kills 1, Injures Another CBS Local crash just before 6 a.m. in the area of Highway 55 and Northland Drive in Eagan. Camry crossed over into oncoming traffic and hit and killed driver in Ford Focus in one of several head-on accidents including FedEx truck which steered into a charter bus with high school children in California.
Fulton prosecutor shot; estranged husband found dead Atlanta Journal Constitution A double shooting this morning after a divorce filing on Monday ... AFulton County assistant district attorney was shot late this morning by her husband who was found dead of self-inflicted gunshot in what was classified as a domestic incident. Two Texas district attorneys were assassinated in 2013 by gang members.
Teen girl stabbed to death at school after rejecting prom invite New York PostTeen girl stabbed to death at school after rejecting prom invite ... she'd posted expectantly under a recent
April 25, 2014 No casualties, 1 arrested Virgin Australia Drunk Passenger Hijack Scare Drunk passenger causes hijack scare in Indonesia's resort island of Bali. as Virgin Airlines plane forced to make emergency landing. (nydailynews)
Superwoman set her own explosion and fire in Washington state

Date: April 24, 2014 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:
- The Ukrainian government says it's regained control of the city hall in the eastern port of Mariupol from pro-Russian separatists. Administrative buildings have been taken over in at least a dozen towns in Eastern Ukraine. (BBC)
- Washington accuses Moscow of fomenting unrest in the east, with Obama threatening the possibility of applying additional sanctions on Russia.(Reuters)
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accuses the United States of being behind the political upheaval in Ukraine, and said Russiawould respond if its interests came under attack. (Reuters)
- A battle between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian troops in Sloviansk, Ukraine, leaves 5 pro-Russian militants dead. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A policeman shoots dead three American medical staff in the Afghan capital of Kabul. The policeman is reported to have shot himself after the attack. (BBC)
In India, six police and election officials have been killed as violence hits restive Maoist region and Kashmir.(Reuters)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict:
- Israel suspends peace talks with the Palestinian Authority following an announcement of a unity agreement between the ruling Palestinian faction Fatah and the militant Hamas rulers of Gaza. (The Guardian) (The Times of Israel)

Date: April 24, 2014 Thursday

1 killed in hit and run. April 24, 2014 Hit and Run Victim Found in San Carlos Driveway In San Carlos near San Diego, California motorcyclist Jack Jackson was found in his driveway dead after he was apparently hit by a car and he tried to crawl back on his elbows back home. Crime is still unsolved.
4 injured April 24, 2014 I-684 Pickup Jumps Guardrail Wrong Way Lands on Subaru On I-684 in Katonah, New York State, a pickup truck jumps a guardrail for no reason and hits 5 vehicles in lanes in the opposing direction and landing on the roof of a Subaru. Driver looks like he was trying to kill himself and others. LOHUD
Gas explosion in Wyoming

Fire at a salvage yard near the airport

Stockton robbery suspects run a red light killing two men in an Acura which collides with another 2 cars

Baldwinsville mother and teacher killed after bouncing tire on I-690 lands on top ...

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Crews haul away the vehicle of Jennifer L. Miles Thursday evening. Miles was killed on Interstate 690 after a tire came off a boat trailer

casualties: 4 total 3 killed 1 wounded April 24, 2014 Afghan Guard Shoots Kills 3 American Doctors in Kabul Three American doctors were shot and killed by an Afghan security guard who opened fire on five doctors. An American nurse was also wounded. It was unclear if the Taliban was responsible, and it was the second insider attack after April 4th shooting of AP photojournalists by an Afghan policeman.

April 24, 2014 Puyallup Superwoman Explosion Hoax A Puyallup woman Melinda Kay Sayers firefighters called “Superwoman” for rescuing her son before an explosion destroyed their home on April 1 has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree arson. She had said that she and her 2-year-old son, Eli, became trapped in her bedroom after she saw smoke.

affected: 20,000 customers affected for 1 day
April 24, 2014 WA Comcast Fiber Communications Cable Cut Thieves or sabotage agents stole or just destroyed 200 feet of fiber optic cable from power poles in Snohomish County, Washington north of Seattle, leaving more than 20,000 Comcast customers without service. Homes and business customers lost television, internet and phone service. Company spokesman Steve Kipp thinks thieves might have thought it was copper wire. Nobody suspects it could be like the attack on the substation in San Jose where 2 or more men went down a manhole to sever optic communication lines while they shot holes in a nearby substation.

April 24, 2014 Teen girl stabbed to death at school after rejecting prom 16-year-old Maren Sanchez, a female junior at Jonathan Law High School in Milford Connecticut high school died Friday after she was attacked and stabbed inside the school's stairwell. The attacker asked her to the prom in the stairwell, and then killed her when she turned him down.

Music teacher beaten for bad grades

April 23, 2014 (Wednesday)

2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:
- Ukrainian security officials discover that the Assumption Monastry Lavra of the Moscow Patriarchate in Sviatohirsk served as a military base for pro-Russian insurgents who have besieged the region. (Kyiv Post)
Islamist unrest in Egypt:
- An Egyptian general is killed and a police officer is injured after a bomb attached to the general's car exploded. (CNN)
Central African Republic conflict:
- A car bomb detonates outside a police station in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 4 people. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

2014 Katanga train derailment:

More than 60 people are killed and 80 are seriously injured in a train crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga Province. (Reuters)

U Massachusetts student is arrested for 2 hoax bomb threats after his calls are traced to subway station phones and he is identified on video. But he's not a terrorist.

Teen playing on xbox claims video game sore loser gave his address to SWAT police, but nobody asks if he might have been the one hoaxing the police

Yale shooting hoax suspect is arrested. He is also suspect in vandalizing police cars.

casualties: 0 injured, 1 attacked, 1 arrested April 23, 2014 Raymond Iwase Shoots at Daly City Doctor In Daly City near San Franscisco California, Raymond Iwase, 84 was arrested after he was spotted by witnesses as the man who entered the medical center and shot at Dr. Kevin Wong he had seen 2 years before yelling “’You gave me a shot in the past and you made me sick!" The doctor ran away unhurt, and told others to get out.

April 23, 2014 (reported May 2) 1 killed, 2 arrested, charged with murder Men charged in killing of retired Birmingham firefighter, Vietnam vet over 'trinkets' are criminal predators, police say HUEYTOWN, Alabama - The slaying of a retired Birmingham firefighter and two-tour Vietnam veteran gunned down during a break-in at his Hueytown home earlier this month was tragic and senseless, said those charged with solving the crime. "This case is not just an outrage for Mr. McKee's neighbors, or just for the citizens of Hueytown or even those in the Birmingham metro area,'' said Hueytown Police Chief Chuck Hagler. "It's the kind of offense that should evoke a reaction from all decent, hardworking people everywhere." Authorities on Friday announced capital murder charges against two men in the April 23 slaying of 66-year-old Howard Arthur McKee. Kamal Potts, 23, was taken into custody into custody Wednesday by Hueytown police and the Birmingham Police Department's Crime Reduction Team. Romel Cunningham, 28, turned himself into authorities in Bessemer midday Friday after he became aware of an all-night search by U.S. Marshals to find him. Both are being held in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. (He wasn't killed for trinkets)

Pregnant woman shot in the stomach by a friend after Facebook argument loses her baby

The pregnant Florida woman who was shot in the stomach on April 23 over a Facebook argument has lost her baby. Markeisha Brooks, 23, is in critical condition after suffering a gunshot wound to the abdomen at the hands of a former friend, 35-year old Virginia Wyche. According to Jacksonville police, the women were arguing on Facebook on the evening of April 22, and Brooks went to Wyche's home on the 9100 block of Castle Boulevard the next day. It is unknown whether Brooks was invited to the home.

April 22, 2014

April 17, 22 2014 Dean Beckford UMass Bomb Threat Dean Beckford, a 29-year-old senior at University of Massachusetts Boston was charged April 22 with two counts of making a bomb threat. In both incidents, a call was received at about 12:45 p.m. at a dean's office in Wheatley Hall, the target of the threats, claiming an imminent danger of an explosion in the building. Both times, police evacuated the building and performed a search with bomb squads. Police tracked calls from pay phones outside two train stations and then used surveillance video to identify the suspect

April 22, 2014 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:
- Russian-born American-Israeli journalist Simon Ostrovsky is reportedly abducted in Sloviansk by the militia of the separatist pro-Russian leader Vyacheslav Ponomarev. (Mashable)
War in North-West Pakistan
- Nine people are killed and dozens wounded in two separate bomb and gun attacks in north west Pakistan. (Reuters)
A Somali lawmaker is shot and killed as he leaves his home in Mogadishu, Somalia. (AP via ABC)
A balloting station on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq, is attacked by militants, leaving 10 people dead. (AP via Yahoo! News)
African troops capture a junior commander of the Lord's Resistance Army and rescue 10 civilians after a firefight in the Central African Republic. (AP via Yahoo! News)

April 21, 2014 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

South Sudan conflict
- The UN condemns the "Targeted Killings" and wounding of hundreds of civilians based on their ethnic origins in the town of Bentiuafter South Sudanese rebels seized the oil hub last week. (Al Jazeera)
Syrian Civil War:
- Syrian Air Force air strikes in Aleppo, Syria, killing dozens of people; 14 others are killed by barrel bombing in the neighborhood of Baeedeen. (Reuters)
2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
- According to pro-Russian militants, the bodies of two pro-Russian militants are pulled from the Seversky Donets River in Sloviansk, Ukraine, with both having multiple stab wounds. The claim could not be independently verified. (Sun News)
30 suspected al-Qaeda militants and 6 civilians are killed in a drone strike by the United States in Yemen. (CNN)
A car bomb in Mogadishu, Somalia, detonates, killing a member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia and injuring another. (BBC)

Law and crime

Five people are sentenced to death and 37 others given prison sentences for their roles in the 2003 bombings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.(BBC)
A defendant is shot to death by a U.S. marshal at a U.S. federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah after attempting to attack a witness. (AP viaSan Francisco Chronicle)
Shooting at National Zoo at annual Easter event where mostly black families enjoy themselves, 2nd deadly incident in 3 years.

2 dead, suspect suicide

Monday April 21, 2014 Danny Wray Brown Guns Down Friend at GA Cumberland Mall GA Cumberland Mall shooting. Gunman Danny Wray Brown had been a friend of the victim Violet Lambert family. Gunman shot victim outside of the Macy's and at a bystander who came to help. Suspedt fled in a white truck and was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot

April 21, 2014 China Police To Carry Guns On Patrols After Attacks China announces that police will be issued 9mm revolvers for patrols to meet the threat of armed criminals and terrorists in some cities, in contrast to the general policy that police generally do not carry firearms

April 21, 2014 Florida After School Facebook Post Stabbing In Poinciana Florida A 16-year-old boy stabbed a 14-year-old several times during an argument that started over a Facebook post at 6:45 p.m. Monday for reports of the two boys fighting. Discovery Intermediate School classmates saw the 14-year-old had been talking about wanting to fight the 16-year-old, identified as Kevin Concepcion, during the school day. Concepcion pulled a pocket knife and stabbed the younger teen seven times, witnesses said.

Daily Misfortune April 20, 2014 (Easter Sunday)

Sunday April 20, 2014 (Easter) Two Unconnected Stabbing Attacks on in Los Angeles Hospital Nurses In two unconnected incidents in the Los Angeles, California region, two nurses were stabbed in attacks by intruders. At the Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in Sylmar just after 2 a.m. Romiro Carnalla, 26, of Los Angeles, rushed past security and stabbed a nurse stabbed several times. The suspect was arrested, and a knife was recovered at the scene. Hours later at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Thomas Robert Fredette, 38 was arrested after he allegedly approached a group of nurses, grabbed one from behind and stabbed her in the ear with a pencil.

April 20, 2014 Skydiver Arkady Shenker 49 was killed falling into a family's yard during an Easter egg hunt after his wingsuit parachute failed. Daily Mail

Chicago shootings weekend total: 9 killed, 35 injured April 19-20, 2014
5 wounded, suspects sought April 20, 2014 Chicago Park Manor Gang Question Easter Shooting Injures 5 Children At Park Manor neighborhood Near Chicago, Illinois, 5 children were wounded walking from apark when a car drove by, asked if they had gang ties, and started shooting. Two girls 11 and 15 were hospitalized. A grandmother said they had just got out of Easter service at church and let the children play in the park. Community activist Father Michael Pfleger called for a peace vigil as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wasexpected to attend. It was a particularly bad weekend when nine people were shot to death and 35 were injured in shootings over the weekend according to Chicago police

1 wounded 4 children shot Sunday night in violent Chicago weekend a About 9:40 p.m., a 15-year-old girl passenger was shot inside a vehicle stopped at a traffic light in the 1700 block of North Pulaski Road in the Hermosa neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Three people crossing the street flashed gang signs and at least one of them opened fire at the vehicle, police said. The girl was struck in the back and taken to a hospital

casualties: 4 total, 1 dead, 3 shot, 3 arrested Sunday April 20, 2014 MN State University Ballroom Sudan Student Event Shooting One killed at Kato Ballroom in Mankato Minnesota at event for South Sudanese group sponsored by Minnesota State University. The victim was 22-year-old Poth Accouth of Nebraska whodied from a gunshot wound to the neck. He was shot outside the Kato Ballroom after an event for a Sudanese student group from Minnesota State University. Accouth was to participate in a weekend basketball tournament held at the school.

casaualties 4 total, 2 killed, 2 injured April 20, 2014 Tampa Park Easter Gunfight On Easter Sunday, four were shot and two killed after an argument turned into a gunfight at Alfred Barnes Jr. Park in Tampa Florida. 17 year old Nico Crawford and Zedmon Culpepper were shot and killed in front of about 100 people in broad daylight among families and children that were there celebrating Easter. One police officer told WTSP "Don't bring a gun to the park on Easter Sunday."

6 injured Sunday April 20, 2014 6 Shot During Chicago Suburb Easter Party 4 women and two men were shot but no children were injured at an Easter party in a garage. It was just after midnight when someone started shooting. The home had no previous gang or shooting incidents.

1 injured April 20, 2014 Airliner Wheel Well Stowaway Wanted To Return To Somalia A Somali teenager jumped the fence at San Jose, California and stowed away in the wheel well of an airliner that flew to Hawaii, where he was discovered by authorities. The teen is recovering in a hospital, and will not be charged as he stated he was only trying to return to his native Somalia though some suspected a trial run for an airliner bombing or joining Al Shabab.

April 20, 2014 Casualties: 21 injured Car Slams Into Packed Fort Myers Church At Easter In Fort Myers Florida, a car plowed into the predominantly black Second Haitian Baptist Church filled with 200 people just before the Easter concert on Sunday night, injuring 21. The driver claimed when her brakes failed, her car just headed straight for the church and she could not stop.

More Than 40 People Killed in Bus Accident in Pakistan

New York Times

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Dozens killed in Pakistani bus crashCBS News

Dozens dead in Pakistan bus crashAljazeera.com

**right side of the bus is ripped off. Article blames deadly traffic conditions**

Pakistan has one of the world's worst records for fatal traffic accidents due to poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless driving.

bus travelling to Pakistan's southern city of Karachi has collided with a tractor-trailer, killing at least 42 people and injuring 17 others.

Among those killed in Sunday's accident were 14 children and 13 women, the AFP news agency quoted the police as saying. The accident happened in the town of Sukkur, 425km north of Karachi in the southern province of Sindh.

Mysterious fatal shooting in eastern Ukraine adds to tension

CNN

- ‎8 hours ago‎

Fatal clash at Ukrainian checkpoint shreds cease-fire on Easter SundayWashington Post

Fatal shooting in eastern Ukraine ups tensionWBAL Baltimore

Girl, 16, Killed After Suspected DUI Driver Plows Into Palmdale Apartment

CBS Local

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[dui is cover story for murder]

Sleeping California teen killed when car plows into apartmentChicago Tribune

Sleeping Girl Killed After Car Drives Into HomeABC News

Utah boy, 2, shot and killed by 3-year-old sister

CBS News

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Boy, 15, Shot For Cutting Foot Locker Line Waiting For Kanye West Shoes

Hollywood Life

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Crews battle two-alarm fire at Henrico church

wtvr.com

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Six People Shot at Easter Party: Police

Patch.com

- ‎6 hours ago‎

Six people shot at Easter party in MontgomeryABC7Chicago.com

6 wounded in shooting at Easter party in MontgomeryChicago Tribune

1 Dead, 1 Injured In Chartiers City Shooting

CBS Local

- ‎7 hours ago‎

Wilkinsburg man killed during shooting on school groundsPittsburgh Post Gazette

8 killed in Finland parachutist plane crash

Fox News

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Finland plane crash kills eight peopleThe Guardian

Eight Parachutists Killed in Plane Crash in FinlandWall Street Journal

Highly Cited:8 dead in airplane crash in Southwest FinlandXinhua