Deaths (Fatalities)

• Six Dead in Mississippi Shooting; Suspect in Custody, Clay County Sheriff Says - In a social media post, the Clay County sheriff said that “multiple innocent lives were lost” and that one person was in custody.
• Peace Is Unraveling - As states disregard limits on the lawful use of force, this may be just the beginning of a slide into frequent war.
• Managers of Swiss Bar Are Suspected of Negligence in Deadly Fire, Police Say - Swiss authorities say the fire was probably sparked by small fireworks on champagne bottles that ignited foam insulation on the bar’s basement ceiling.
• There Was Probably a Flashover in the Swiss Bar Fire. Here’s What That Means. - A flashover is an event where an entire room is rapidly engulfed in flames.
• Swiss Alps Ski Resort Fire: What We Know - The fire at a bar in a popular ski resort killed around 40 people and injured more than 100, officials said. The cause was still unknown.
• They, Too, Died After Beatings by Guards. No One Raised an Alarm. - Two brutal killings, less than three months apart, in New York State’s prison system raised troubling questions: Had other inmates met similar fates?
• Slow Flood Recovery Stirs Anger in Far-Flung Corner of Indonesia - Protests have erupted in Aceh Province on the northern tip of Sumatra island, where anger and frustration are mounting over what many see as inadequate relief efforts by a distracted government.
• Can a Corporation Be Complicit in War Crimes? Sweden Is Trying to Find Out. - It’s Sweden’s longest criminal trial. I was there because of a different historic distinction.
• Grim Evidence of Trump’s Boat Strikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula - First came the scorched boat. Then the mangled bodies. Then the packets with traces of marijuana. Now, fishermen fear the ocean that feeds them.
• Pilot Is Dead After Helicopters Crash in New Jersey - Another pilot was in critical condition, according to the fire chief in Hammonton, N.J., where the crash took place.