BARSTOW, Calif. (AP) — A California man who said he wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see if the world is round has died after his home-built rocket blasted off into the desert sky and plunged back to earth. “Mad” Mike Hughes was killed on Saturday afternoon after his rocket crashed […]
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Wrestler Rocky Johnson, Dwayne Johnson’s father, dead at 75
Rocky “Soulman” Johnson, a WWE Hall of Fame wrestler who became better known as the father of actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, has died. He was 75. WWE issued a statement on Johnson’s death Wednesday night. Johnson and Tony Atlas became the first black world tag team champions in WWE history when they defeated The […]
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Worker pinned by boom truck dies
A 38-year old Bangladeshi male, Amir Hussain, a worker at Belau Ship Yard, died from internal injuries caused when a boom truck malfunctioned and pinned him to a metal post during a scrap metal collection operation. On December 27, an ambulance was requested at the Belau Ship Yard in Malakal for an injured person. Police […]
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2 dead, 1 survivor as car plunges into the sea in T-dock area
Two Filipino nationals were dead and one Filipina survived when the flatbed truck they were riding on went off course and fell off to the sea Sunday dawn, September 29. Public Safety Director Aloysius Alonz said that their initial report revealed that the three Filipino nationals were headed to the T-dock area when their truck […]
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Over $32.5 million collected for funerals in 5 years, Number of deaths less than 1% of population since 1954
Palauans have collected a total of $32.5 million dollars over a 5 year period to pay for funeral customs according to data collected by Oukerdeu Dr. Patrick Tellei, President of Palau Community College. Dr. Tellei who has been collecting data on the amount of money, toluk (turtle shell money) and Palauan money collected at every […]
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Former BPW official found dead
On Tuesday, September 03, 2019 at about 8:49 a.m. the Police Central received a phone call from Mr. Felix Mereb reporting the discovery of his older brother’s, dead body at his residence in Iyebukel, Koror. The body was identified as that of Mr. Eugario Ngiratmab who has been residing in Iyebukel for more than twenty […]