2 Dead and 9 Injured After Truck Strikes Group Celebrating July 4 in Manhattan Park

Published on July 5, 2024

Two people were killed and nine others injured, four critically, when a pickup truck drove into a group celebrating the Fourth of July holiday in New York City, authorities said. A Ford F-150 came down a street “at a high rate of speed” shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday. The truck went through an intersection and past a stop sign, drove onto the sidewalk and into Corlears Hook Park on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, New York Police Department Chief Jeffrey Maddrey said during a news conference. Two victims were confirmed dead at the scene, Mr. Maddrey said. The injured included four people who were in critical condition, three who were seriously injured, and two with minor injuries, New York City Fire Department Assistant Chief Michael Meyers said....

Continue reading on website
Other news

Liberal Democrats Become 3rd Largest Party With Record Number of Seats

July 5, 2024
The Liberal Democrats have taken a record number of seats in the general election, replacing the SNP as the UK’s third largest party for the first time since 2015.Sir Ed Davey’s party removed four Cabinet ministers as they romped to a total of 71 seats with 647 results declared.This marks a nine seat increase on the party’s previous record under the late Charles Kennedy’s leadership of 62 seats in

George Galloway Loses Seat in Rochdale 4 Months After By-Election Victory

July 5, 2024
Labour won Rochdale back from the Workers’ Party leader George Galloway, who won the seat four months ago in a by-election dominated by the Israel–Hamas war in Gaza.On Feb. 29 Mr. Galloway, a long-time supporter of the Palestinian cause, won the seat from Labour with almost 40 percent of the vote.The by-election was caused by the death of Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd, but it then emerged that the cand