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Multiple people are dead or unaccounted for after a military explosives facility in Tennessee blew up Friday morning, rattling nearby homes and setting off smaller explosions, local officials say. The explosion, which happened around 7:45 am local time, was a “devastating blast” but responders were able to secure the scene by late morning, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said at …

Several small explosions follow first major blast – sheriffpublished at 17:55 BST 17:55 BST Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis says there were several small explosions after the first major blast, according to CBS News, the BBC’s US partners. “We have got a very big investigation,” he says. “We are going to probably be here for a couple few days.” Another …

HICKMAN CO, Tenn. (WTVF) — At least 19 people are unaccounted for following an explosion at a Tennessee explosives manufacturer on Friday. The explosion took place jusst before 8 a.m. at Accurate Energetic Systems in the Bucksnort area along the Hickman County/Humphreys County line. AES specializes in the development, manufacture, handling, and storage of products and explosives for military, aerospace, …

Police arrested and charged a man with possession of explosives Sunday outside a Washington, DC, church where an annual Mass to mark the start of the Supreme Court term was set to take place hours later. The so-called Red Mass is held each year to “invoke God’s blessings on those responsible for the administration of justice,” according to St. Matthew’s …

Global disasters can happen fast. Sometimes they’re man-made, like the 2008 credit crisis, and sometimes they’re natural, like COVID-19. Experts do their best to alert us but, as in the case of the climate crisis, sometimes their warnings go unheard for years. One person recently asked an online community, “What’s a ticking time [explosive] you believe will explode during your …

OLD FORT, Tenn. (AP) — Officers found 14 improvised explosive devices while executing a search warrant for a man who had threatened to kill public officials and tried to detonate the devices as he was being arrested, Tennessee authorities said Saturday. Detectives and deputies went to a home Friday in Old Fort, about 45 miles (70 kilometers) east of Chattanooga, …

Investigators in L.A. Explosion Examine Condo for Link to Explosives  The New York Times 3 deputies killed in East L.A. explosion leave behind 16 children  KTLA Deadly East L.A. blast follows other incidents at sheriff’s training facilities  Los Angeles Times Detective William Osborn, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, California  Officer Down Memorial Page Investigation continues into cause of East Los Angeles explosion that killed …

Three members of the arson and explosives unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were killed Friday in a blast at the department’s training facility. It was not immediately clear what they were doing when the explosion happened in a parking lot at the Biscailuz Training Facility or what caused it. However an early line of investigation is examining …