Mecca Stampede Kills Hundreds At Hajj Mina Tragedy
The Mina crowd crush near Mecca during the Hajj left at least 717 dead and 805 injured as rescue teams of about 4,000 treated victims and identified the dead. Saudi civil defense cited a record toll amid questions over crowd control and safety measures.
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Mecca
Saudi Arabia
Civil Defense
Mina
Salman
Yemen
Abdullah Lotfy
Lotty
Associated Press
Roger Hughes
University of Melbourne
Persian Gulf
Iran
R Ceremonies
Mina CE
Seattle Duck Boat and Bus Collision Kills Four on Aurora Bridge
A duck boat tour vehicle and a charter bus carrying North Seattle College students collided on Seattle's Aurora Bridge. Four people died and dozens were hospitalized, with at least eight in critical condition. The cause was under investigation. Witnesses described a loud screech and debris, while experts questioned amphibious craft safety.
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Seattle
Aurora
Rujia Xie
China
North Seattle
Safeco Field
Xie
North Seattle College
Campus
Brad Volm
Philadelphia
Steve Bulzomi
Ducks
Balkan migrant standoff escalates as Serbia Croatia clash
Tensions rose between Serbia and Croatia over migrants moving through the Balkans to Western Europe. Serbia banned imports from Croatia in protest against border cargo limits, while Croatia barred Serbian-registered vehicles. The exchange echoed 1990s Yugoslav tensions as Hungary shut its border, diverting migrants west.
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Zagreb
Croatia
Serbia
Balkan
Europe
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Clerk blames governor in Ky. marriage license case
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, jailed for refusing to issue same sex marriage licenses, filed a 40 page pleading blaming Gov. Steve Beshear. She accuses him of commandeering county offices and usurping marriage law while four couples sue her and she countersued Beshear over religious freedom.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Kim Davis
Steve Beshear
Supreme Court
Beshear
Davis
Border agent indicted in slaying
Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz was indicted on one count of second degree murder for the 2012 death of 16 year old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez. The case marks one of only three federal murder charges against agents in more than two decades in Arizona.
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Tucson
Ariz
Border Patrol
Lonnie Swartz
Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez
U.S
Lee Gelernt
Immigrants’ Rights Project
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Gelernt
Nicholas Corbett
Francisco Javier Dominguez Rivera
Michael Elmer
Dario Miranda Valenzuela
Arizona
Elena Rodriguez
Luis Parra
Department of Justice
Swartz
Sean Chapman
Arizona Daily Star
U.S. Attorney’s
Customs and Border Protection
Six killed in Texas smuggling vehicle crash
A SUV carrying three smuggling-ring members and 13 undocumented immigrants crashed after a police chase in Edna Texas. The driver died alongside five immigrants while the others were injured or detained. The group included adults from Honduras Guatemala and Mexico. One suspect is from Mexico and another’s nationality is unknown.
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Texas
U.S
Honduras
Guatemala
Mexico
Zamarripa
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