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A Shahed drone struck a Kyiv high-rise in the Darnytskyi district, causing a fire and injuries; officials reported multiple injuries with varying tallies (including a pregnant woman) as emergency crews respond. The strike came during a broader overnight barrage on Kyiv and surrounding areas. Germany meanwhile pledged PAC-2 missiles for Ukraine's Patriot system to bolster defenses before winter.
Police say Stefano Cremasco-Cicero, 36, the US operating manager of a high-end Miami steakhouse, was found at his 47th-floor Brickell apartment drenched in blood with his mother dead from multiple stab wounds; he claims self-defense, but investigators recovered knives and bloodied clothing, and surveillance showed him entering the building with a knife around 4:25 a.m. before returning upstairs. He was denied bond at a Saturday hearing and is charged with second-degree murder with a weapon, with an immigration hold related to his investor visa as the investigation continues.
Two victims were killed and the shooter died after a shooting on the upper floor of a downtown Minneapolis high-rise. Two police officers were wounded, and the FBI is assisting investigators as they probe the incident; residents were urged to avoid the area.
The planned 500-unit, up-to-26-story tower in Davis Square proposed by Copper Mill has been scrapped, ending years of debate as city and developer confirm no project will move forward near The Burren and other downtown amenities.
A dramatic Berlin blaze in an 18-story building began on the 11th floor. A woman on the exterior ledge crawled along a window after flames and smoke spread, then leaped into a firefighter’s rescue basket two floors below and was saved with minor injuries. The fire affected 115 people; 25 were rescued via stairwell hoods and ladders, and 13 others had minor injuries. Eighteen fire engines, two aerial ladders, nine ambulances and more responded; the cause is under investigation.
City investigators opened a preliminary criminal inquiry into what caused columns to buckle in a 37-story Midtown building being converted from offices to apartments; the probe by the NYCDOI and Manhattan DA is in its early stages with targets unclear as workers stabilize the structure and evacuations were carried out.
A Midtown Manhattan high-rise formerly Pfizer HQ buckled due to extra load from added upper floors and was evacuated. Crews have installed temporary shoring and are stabilizing the structure while a city DOB-led investigation determines the cause and how to prevent recurrence. The developer says the building is stabilized and will be rebuilt without delaying overall delivery. Four nearby buildings remain evacuated, and unions are raising concerns about non-union labor on the project.
An unoccupied 37-story high-rise under construction near Grand Central was evacuated after steel support columns on the 21st floor buckled; officials later said the building is stable and monitoring continues, with plans to shore the affected floor and extend stabilization to other areas as nearby evacuations subside.
Two structural columns buckled on the 21st floor of the under‑construction former Pfizer headquarters at 219 East 42nd Street, triggering evacuations of nearby buildings. Crews installed temporary shoring and are adding steel supports to stabilize the Midtown high-rise, with more stabilization work planned in the coming days. Some blocks have reopened, but several buildings remain evacuated or partially evacuated as investigators assess causes and next steps for reinforcement.
A 37-story Midtown East high-rise at 235 E. 42nd St, being converted from Pfizer’s former HQ, had buckling structural beams on the 21st–22nd floors, prompting evacuations of nearby buildings and street closures as emergency crews and engineers monitor movement and prepare stabilization with emergency trusses; there are no injuries, a frozen zone remains in place, and investigators will determine the cause.
A blaze in a 10-storey Antwerp apartment block killed several people and injured others as thick smoke spread rapidly; firefighters evacuated residents and continued searching flats for victims.
A family of three has been named following a death after falling from a high-rise block in south London. The victims are Aditi Vijay Paralkar, 46, Rakesh Narayan Pai, 47, and their nine-year-old son Sid Pai Paralkar. Police say they are keeping an open mind about the circumstances and are appealing for information as investigations by the Metropolitan Police and emergency services continue.
A 2020 outbreak in Santander’s seven-story building was likely driven by shared bathroom ventilation ducts, with virus-laden aerosols moving between vertically connected apartments. Researchers sequenced viruses to confirm links, monitored air flow and CO2 levels, and found infections only in units connected via the same shaft; blocked vents appeared protective. The findings underscore the risk of shared infrastructure in multi-unit housing and echo past scenarios like Amoy Gardens, prompting proactive ventilation safeguards in buildings.
A Chinese father and his mistress were executed after being found guilty of throwing his two children to their deaths from a high-rise apartment window in 2020. The father and his mistress saw the children as an obstacle to their relationship and staged the incident as an "accidental" fall. The Supreme People’s Court upheld the death penalty, ruling the motive for the killings as despicable and deserving of severe punishment.
Around 30 floors of an under-construction luxury condominium tower in downtown Los Angeles were covered in graffiti, prompting the LAPD to pledge better security measures for the site near the home of the Lakers. The Oceanwide Plaza project, located across from the Crypto.com Arena, has faced construction delays and financial challenges, with the recent graffiti incident adding to a series of attention-grabbing vandalism cases in the city, including the spray-painting of the new 6th Street Viaduct.