Severely injured patients waited hours in HSC emergency entrance hallway due to absence of beds inside

Twelve people on stretchers, including a stroke patient with a bleeding brain and a trauma patient transported by helicopter, were lined up in the entrance hallway at Manitoba’s largest emergency department on Sunday evening because no beds were available inside, a physician at the hospital said.

John Cho Injured on Set of Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop, Production Put on Hold

RELATED STORIES A freak injury has thrown a wrench into Netflix’s planned live-action take on Cowboy Bebop. Star John Cho suffered a serious knee injury on the New Zealand set of the upcoming series, our sister site Deadline reports, and production will shut down for between seven and nine months while he recovers. The injury […]

Rent on Fox Finishes Strong (and Live!) With Injured Star Brennin Hunt and Original Broadway Cast Reunion

Rent Live ended its broadcast Sunday true to its name, switching to a live telecast after a broadcast that consisted mostly of a taped dress rehearsal held Sunday. Injured cast member Brennin Hunt, who broke his foot during the Saturday rehearsal, appeared during the musical’s final scene with his foot — in a cast — propped up […]

At least 9 people injured after vehicle drives into a crowd of New Year’s Eve revelers in Tokyo

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon A car plowed through a crowd of pedestrians celebrating New Year’s Eve in Tokyo, Japan. At least nine people were injured, one critically, CNN reported. Police said the car barreled down a crowded street roughly 10 minutes after midnight. A car plowed through a crowd of pedestrians celebrating New Year’s Eve in Tokyo, […]

4 injured after man chases & attempts to ram his car into people in 2 German cities

Published time: 1 Jan, 2019 13:32 Edited time: 1 Jan, 2019 13:56 At least four people, including Syrian and Afghan nationals, have been injured after a man chased people in his car on New Year’s Eve in Germany and attempted to ram the vehicle into them, police said in a statement. The 50-year-old suspect first […]

8 injured, 1 critically, as car ploughs into revelers in downtown Tokyo

A car has rammed pedestrians on a busy Tokyo street that was closed to traffic for New Year festivities. A 21-year-old man initially confessed to a terrorist act but later recanted, leaving investigators puzzled about his motives. The car, which was driving in a wrong lane, bulldozed into revelers in Japan’s capital city as it […]

Flights: Turbulence leaves passenger in hospital after being injured during storm

Flights travelling across the US have been affected by a dangerous winter storm. The blizzard that has ensued has forced hundreds of flights to be delayed or cancelled across the country. An American Airlines flight travelling from Mexico over Dallas-Fort was hit with a bad bout of turbulence. Two people were injured onboard with the […]

Amazon is making it more expensive to fulfill ‘dangerous’ items in its warehouses weeks after a can of bear spray exploded and injured dozens of workers (AMZN)

Fred Greaves/Reuters Amazon announced it will introduce a new fee for sellers using its Fulfillment by Amazon program and who want to store and fulfill “dangerous” items like aerosols and lithium-ion batteries. The fees are a step higher than those charged to store and fulfill other kinds of items. The new fees come after a […]

Car rams through church in the middle of Christmas service, 6 injured

A car careened out of control and smashed into the side of the ironically named Crossroads United Methodist Church in Columbus during Sunday services, leaving several injured. According to the Rev. Jay D. Anderson, services had started just 15 minutes earlier and the choir was mid-hymn when the car exploded through the side of the […]