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Brooklyn Building Collapse Kills Eight as Rescuers Search Wreckage

City inspectors are reviewing excavation work and earlier violations at the neighboring development after the Flatbush disaster killed at least eight people. NEW YORK — New York City investigators are examining construction beside a Brooklyn building that collapsed Wednesday, killing at least eight people, after officials said workers were excavating an adjoining lot when the three-story structure gave way. The investigation centers on the collapse of 1321 Flatbush Ave., a mixed-use building with commercial space …

Flying Wheel Crosses Traffic Before Striking Student From Behind

Surveillance video captured the wheel crossing traffic before hitting the 19-year-old pedestrian in Santiago’s Providencia district. SANTIAGO, Chile — A 19-year-old student was injured after a wheel detached from a moving vehicle, crossed traffic and struck him as he walked along a sidewalk in Santiago’s Providencia district, according to local officials and Chilean news reports. The Oct. 29 accident on Avenida Los Leones was captured by municipal surveillance cameras. Video showed the loose wheel moving …

Neighbors Catch Two Young Girls From Third-Story Window During Houston Fire

Investigators have not announced a final cause of the fire, which spread from a garage area into a three-story townhome. HOUSTON, Texas — A vehicle fire in the garage area of a northwest Houston townhome preceded a fast-moving blaze that critically injured a father and forced his wife and two young daughters to escape through a third-story window, fire officials and family members said. Houston firefighters responded at about 1:40 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, to …

Bronx Girl, 2, Dies After Fall From Apartment Window

Julia Wilcox-Polanco’s parents said the fifth-floor window involved in her fatal fall did not have a window guard. NEW YORK — The death of a 2-year-old girl who fell from a fifth-floor Bronx apartment is drawing attention to window protections in homes with young children after her parents said the window involved in the fall did not have a guard. Julia Wilcox-Polanco died after falling Tuesday night from her family’s apartment on East 138th Street …

3-Year-Old Pulled Alive From Narrow Septic Pipe in Pennsylvania

The boy was alert after spending about 25 minutes in the narrow access pipe at a Chester County sanitation property. WEST GOSHEN, Pa. — Emergency crews rescued a 3-year-old boy who fell into a narrow septic access pipe while playing outside a sanitation business in Chester County, officials said. The child was pulled to safety and taken to a hospital for evaluation. The incident happened around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday at the Hickman Sanitation Service property …

Child Pronounced Dead at Arizona Hospital Found Alive in Morgue

Records raise questions about tests, observations and the decision to pronounce 18-month-old Vincent Fiordilino dead before results were available. GILBERT, Ariz. — Newly publicized medical records are sharpening questions about the minutes before an Arizona doctor pronounced an 18-month-old boy dead, more than five hours before a medical examiner’s transporter discovered the child breathing in a hospital morgue. Vincent Fiordilino arrived at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center shortly after 6 p.m. Feb. 8 following a near-drowning …

Black Man Found Hanging in Maryland; Officials Rule Death Suicide

Prince George’s County police said they found no indication of foul play but are continuing their investigation into the man’s death. UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — Maryland’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled that a man found hanging from a tree in the Upper Marlboro area died by suicide, Prince George’s County officials said Monday, a day after the discovery prompted concern and questions from residents. The man was found shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday …

Five Dead After Amazon Cargo Jet Tears Off Miami Runway

Flight data, braking performance, weather and the landing sequence are among the evidence likely to shape the federal inquiry in Miami. MIAMI, Fla. — Federal investigators began examining why a Boeing 767 cargo jet failed to stop on a Miami International Airport runway before crossing beyond the airport boundary, striking vehicles and leaving five people dead. The National Transportation Safety Board sent investigators to Miami after 21 Air Flight 7598 overran the airport’s diagonal runway …

Three Teens Killed in Belt Parkway Crash in Brooklyn

Four other people were hospitalized after the late-night collision near 65th Street in Bay Ridge. NEW YORK — Three teenagers were killed and four other people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash late Tuesday on the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn, police said. The collision was reported about 11:35 p.m. on Aug. 25 along the eastbound parkway near 65th Street and Exit 1 in the Bay Ridge neighborhood. Five teenagers were riding in a black Cadillac …

Alabama State Student Found Dead, Then Police Arrest Her Boyfriend

Ava Walters, a second-year Health Information Management student from Florida, died Sunday at an off-campus university facility in Montgomery. MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama State University is mourning the death of 20-year-old student Ava Walters after a Sunday emergency at an off-campus university facility developed into a homicide investigation and the arrest of a 22-year-old man authorities identified in court records as her boyfriend. The university first announced Walters’ death without identifying her or explaining what …