A shipment of innocent research monkeys met a tragic end this week after a truck carrying the animals overturned on Interstate 59, prompting a chaotic response fueled by false reports that the primates were infected with dangerous diseases — including “hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID.”
Read More Mississippi: Innocent research monkeys killed after police ‘mistakenly’ told they were infected with COVID-19 and STDs
The remnants of Typhoon Halong, a record-setting storm in western Alaska, have caused significant devastation — with over 1,500 residents displaced, at least one person confirmed dead, and two others still missing.
Read More Alaska: Typhoon Halong displaces over 1,500 locals, killing 1 woman
19 individuals are feared dead following a large explosion at a Tennessee explosives manufacturing facility, according to authorities.
Read More Tennessee: 19 individuals feared dead following massive manufacturing plant explosion
Two people were killed and at least three more were injured in an attack on a Synagogue on the holiest Jewish holiday of the year in Manchester, England.
Read More England: 2 killed, at least 3 injured in UK Synagogue attack on Judaism’s holiest holiday
The U.S. Naval Academy and a nearby base in Maryland are currently on lockdown after reports of an armed shooter. According to multiple sources inside the U.S. Naval Academy, it is believed that the shooter is a “midshipman” who had been “kicked out of the school.”
Read More Active Threat Reported: U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis on Lockdown
In Portugal, a tram derailment that slammed into a building has left at least 15 dead and several others injured.
Read More Portugal: At least 15 dead, 18 injured in ‘Elevador da Glória funicular’ derailment