The day’s health-related news is dominated by sudden death and trauma, from mass violence and natural disaster to recreational accidents and a reopened sexual assault case. It also brings a closely watched legal judgment on assisted suicide, underscoring how public health and cri...
The day’s health-related news is dominated by sudden death and trauma, from mass violence and natural disaster to recreational accidents and a reopened sexual assault case. It also brings a closely watched legal judgment on assisted suicide, underscoring how public health and criminal justice continue to intersect.
South African authorities raise the death toll from two weekend mass shootings to 28 after another victim dies in hospital. The updated toll deepens the scale of one of the country’s latest outbreaks of gun violence as investigators continue examining the circumstances of the attacks.
An avalanche in northern Nepal kills at least two people and leaves 12 others missing as rescuers search in severe weather. Emergency teams are working in difficult mountain conditions to locate those unaccounted for and determine the full toll from the slide.
Prosecutors in New York reopen a criminal investigation into allegations that a Cornell student was drugged and gang-raped in 2024 at the Chi Phi fraternity house. The case gains new momentum after a civil lawsuit identifies seven fraternity members as defendants.
A Queensland woman receives a wholly suspended two-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to assisting in the 2023 death of her terminally ill husband. The case draws attention to the legal boundaries around end-of-life decisions and assisted dying in Australia.
A 27-year-old BASE jumper dies in Utah after a wingsuit failure leads to a fall of about 700 feet from a cliff in a remote canyon area near Hyrum. Authorities say the accident happens Sunday in mountainous terrain east of Millville.
A 13-year-old boy dies after drowning in a lake in Syston during a June heatwave after telling friends he could not swim. He had gone to Meynell Lake with a group of friends after school finished early, turning a hot-weather outing fatal.
Giants pass rusher Brian Burns is feared to have torn his ACL, an injury expected to end his season if confirmed. The reported diagnosis would likely require surgery and sideline one of the team’s key defensive players for the rest of the year.
Andrew Bailey resigns as the FBI’s co-deputy director after about a year in the role, marking a leadership change inside the bureau. His departure comes during the tenure of Director Kash Patel and removes a senior official from the agency’s upper ranks.
Top Health stories
- Prosecutors reopen Cornell probe into alleged 2024 gang rape by Chi Phi members (11 sources)
- Queensland woman sentenced to suspended term after pleading guilty to assisting suicide (8 sources)
- 27-year-old BASE jumper dies after wingsuit failure in Utah cliff plunge (7 sources)
- Nepal avalanche kills at least two; rescuers search for 12 missing climbers (6 sources)
- South Africa mass shooting death toll rises to 28 after another victim dies (5 sources)
- 13-year-old drowns in lake after telling friends he couldn’t swim (4 sources)
- FBI co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey resigns after about one year (4 sources)
- Nathan Cleary says “I’ll be back” after surgery for ankle injury (4 sources)
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