At least seven people have died in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in the Andes region of Ecuador. Another 23 people were injured, the country's civil protection agency said in an updated report on Twitter on Monday. Previously there had been talk of 16 deaths. "We have witnessed a terrible tragedy," Transport Minister Dario Herrera told Reuters in the affected city of Alausi. "The first thing we have to do is take care of the people and evacuate them...
Three children and three adults were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday. The alleged shooter was also dead, local police said at a press conference. The police killed her, said Don Aaron of the police. There were initially different statements about their identity. The woman is said to have had at least two assault rifles and a handgun with her.The police were called to the school around 10 a.m. in the morning (local...
From Sina Maria SchweikleOmer Weichselbaum is afraid of losing everything. Everything that the LGBTQ community in his native Israel has built up over the past few years. The freedoms. The acceptance. Weichselbaum came out as gay at the age of 29. "Very late," says the now 33-year-old in a video call in his kitchen in Tel Aviv. His friends would have accepted it quickly, others needed time. source site
Violent storms and a tornado have killed at least 23 people in southern Mississippi and left a trail of destruction in their wake. Dozens of people were injured, said the local civil protection early on Saturday morning (local time). "Unfortunately, these numbers are likely to change," the agency continued. Thousands of people were without power in the southern state.At least one tornado swept through the state, the National Weather Service confirmed. This caused damage in the cities of Silver City...
Osnabrück Bishop Franz-Josef Bode has resigned. The 72-year-old is the first Catholic bishop in Germany to take this step in connection with the abuse scandal. Pope Francis has already accepted the resignation, the Vatican announced on Saturday. Bode justified his resignation primarily with his own mistakes in dealing with sexual abuse. The interim report on the processing of sexualized violence in the diocese of Osnabrück "made this clear to him again," the bishop explained on Saturday. The report was published...
The 44th Congress of the German Donaldists is taking place this weekend in Frankfurt am Main. The "German organization of non-commercial supporters of loud Donaldism" (DONALD for short), which was co-founded by a climate researcher in 1977, is intensively researching the town of Duckburg and its inhabitants. The Braunschweig master electrician Uwe Wackerhagen, 68, also takes part in the meeting.SZ: Mr. Wackerhagen, you have been dealing with Duckburg for several decades. Is your hobby a kind of escape from the...
A tornado has struck the Los Angeles metropolitan area -- a rarity in the area. Meanwhile, fatalities are to be lamented again across the US state. Floods destroy houses, storms tear down trees.For several months now, the US state of California, which stretches over 1300 kilometers along the Pacific coast, has been repeatedly hit by severe storms. This time both the northern region around San Francisco and Los Angeles in the south are affected. Local authorities again reported fatalities, mainly...
The famous "Iron Building" in New York has been auctioned for 190 million dollars, which is about 175 million euros. After a good hour-long bidding war on the steps in front of a Manhattan courthouse, the auctioneer's gavel fell. The starting bid was $40 million. The winner posed as Jacob Garlick, a mutual fund employee.After the gavel fell, Garlick got on his knees and cried. Clapping and cheers could be heard in the audience. Shortly before that, fellow bidder Nathan...
Two eggnog manufacturers are arguing in court whether "Ei, Ei, Ei, Ei, Ei" infringes the trademark protection of "Eieiei". High time to celebrate the dual "ei" on a few lines.A scribble that revolves around egg and eggnog simply has to be introduced with the two letters "ei". Is the inclined readership ready for all sorts of entertaining lines in unison? Then into onomatopoeia!Breaking news has just snowed in from the eggnog industry, which is currently being divided by a dispute....
Alcohol, drugs, psychological problems - because he was developmentally delayed, the district court in Münster sentenced the attacker of the transman Malte C. to five years in prison. The judge sees no queer hostility, trans activists are appalled.From Alexander Menden and Veronica WulfIt remains silent in room 23 of the district court in Münster when judge Cornelia Oen announces the verdict against Nuradi A.: five years of youth imprisonment and placement in a rehabilitation center for addicted offenders because of...
