Police in Los Angeles have arrested two men suspected to be part of a group that has been plastering graffiti across 30 floors of an under-construction high-rise building. LAPD said early Friday that Victor Daniel Ramirez, 35, and Roberto Perez, 25, both from LA, were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of trespassing and released from […]
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Taggers vandalize 27 floors of luxury Los Angeles high-rise left abandoned by Chinese developers
Taggers vandalized 27 floors of an abandoned luxury high-rise in Downtown Los Angeles and an investigation is underway. Video of the Oceanwide Plaza shows graffiti on nearly every level of the building, located on Figueroa Street. The structure is located near the Crypto.com arena, where the 2024 Grammy Awards will be held this Sunday. It’s […]
Mother accused of causing child’s fall from KC high-rise by removing safety devices
The mother of the 5-year-old boy who fell from the 17th floor of a downtown Kansas City high-rise in November is accused of causing his death by removing safety devices from the window of her apartment, according to recently unsealed court documents. The boy, Grayson O’Connor, was found dead in an alley behind the Grand […]
A high-rise building caught on fire in Kyiv: one person reported dead
A fire broke out in a high-rise residential building in the Dniprovskyi District of Kyiv, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) said on Telegram on Jan. 27. One woman had to be evacuated using a fire ladder. She was transferred to paramedics but died in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. The […]
Window guards ‘carelessly’ removed at KC high-rise where 5-year-old fell: Eviction lawsuit
Window guards were “carelessly” removed from the downtown Kansas City apartment 17 stories above where 5-year-old Grayson O’Connor’s body was found in an alley seven weeks ago, according to a civil case recently filed in Jackson County Circuit Court. Lawyers for the Grand Boulevard Lofts filed a petition Friday seeking the eviction of the boy’s […]
Half of high-rise buildings in Kherson damaged by Russian attacks
Russian bombardments have damaged about half of high-rise buildings in the city of Kherson. Source: Oleksandr Tolokonnikov, the head of the press office of Kherson Oblast Military Administration, at a briefing at the Ukraine-Ukrinform media centre Quote: “22,000 partially damaged or destroyed facilities in Kherson Oblast. As for the city of Kherson itself, presumably, 50% […]
One of Miami’s historic churches partners with developer to build $225M high-rise
A historic church in Edgewater signed on to develop a portion of its property into a $225 million high-rise, banking on demand for South Florida housing. A 42-story apartment rental development is slated to transform the surface parking lot and adjacent vacant lot of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral at 464 NE 16th St., according to Inigo […]
Ukraine hacks back, how to survive a missile in a high-rise, Scholz urges more arms
Your slice of the headlines in Ukraine. Daily. Wednesday, January 10, 2024. ● Ukrainian hacking group claims retaliatory cyber-strike on major Moscow ISPHackers from the Blackjack group, allegedly affiliated with Ukraine’s SBU security service, have hacked into Moscow’s M9com internet provider and demolished its servers, informed sources told NV on Jan. 9. ● White House […]
‘Two-wall rule’ — How to survive in a high-rise apartment in the event of a Russian missile strike
With several high-rise apartments targeted in Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine in recent Russian mass missile attacks, military expert Oleh Zhdanov shared advice on how to protect yourself from enemy targets when living in the upper floors, TSN reported. A Russian drone struck an apartment building in Kyiv’s Solomyanskyi district on Dec. 22, partially […]
High-rise apartment in Bethesda ‘condemned,’ residents evacuated
BETHESDA, Md. (DC News Now) — A 15-story apartment building experienced an electrical issue on Saturday, eventually causing all residents to evacuate on Sunday evening. At about 6 p.m. Saturday, smoke was reported on multiple floors of the Westwood Tower due to an electrical issue, Pete Piringer, a spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue […]
Christmas tree lights turned on near high-rise building damaged in Russian attack on Odesa – photo
Festive lights adorning a Christmas tree in the courtyard of a damaged building in Odesa have been turned on. Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa Oblast Quote: “Residents affected by the attack today turned on the lights decorating the Christmas tree standing in the very centre of the wrecked inner courtyard of some […]
Flaming Russian missile crashes into Kyiv high-rise apartment in early morning – shocking video
A shocking video showing a flaming Russian missile crashing into the roof of a high-rise building in Kyiv, followed by a powerful explosion and a huge fireball rising into the sky, is circulating on social media after Russia’s largest coordinated drone and missile attack on Ukraine of the war. The video was taken by a […]