Nation and world news brief for July 8
Hiker plunges nearly 800 feet to death on treacherous mountain, Colorado sheriff says
(TNS) — A 25-year-old man hiking with friends near Silverton fell 600 to 800 feet to his death on the Fourth of July, Colorado officials say. The Cookeville, Tennessee, man fell from the ridgeline of Snowdon Peak, the San Juan County Office of Emergency Management said in a July 6 news release. A 911 call reported the fall to the sheriff’s office around 4 p.m. Thursday, July 4, officials said. A rescue team ferried to the mountain by helicopter pronounced the fallen hiker dead at 5:54 p.m., officials said. The man’s body was recovered the next morning because of darkness.
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2 killed, 19 wounded in shooting on Detroit’s east side
DETROIT (TNS) — A mass shooting early Sunday on Detroit’s east side left 19 people wounded and two people dead, according to preliminary information from the Michigan State Police. The incident happened at about 2:30 a.m. on Rossini near Gratiot in Detroit’s Red Zone, a neighborhood that for years has been one of the city’s deadliest, two police sources told The Detroit News. Michigan State Police, which is assisting the Detroit Police Department on the investigation, said in a tweet at 11:35 a.m. Sunday that no one has been taken into custody in relation to the incident.
Flooding and landslides kill at least 15 in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (NYT) — Landslides and floods set off by torrential rains have killed at least 15 people in Nepal in the past 24 hours, officials in the small Himalayan nation said Sunday, expressing fear that with further heavy rain expected, that number could rise. Eighteen people were also injured in the flooding over the past 24 hours, and two are missing, said Dan Bahadur Karki, a police spokesperson. Dozens of people were evacuated to safety, including some pulled from the rubble of their damaged homes.
Officials said the landslides had hampered vehicle traffic in most parts of a country where the terrain already makes travel difficult. Highways were damaged, as were the serpentine roads that connect cities with mountain villages. Military and police forces were deployed to help clear the roads. Koshi, Gandaki and Bagmati provinces, in the east and center of the country, were among the hardest hit. Weather experts predict that heavy rainfall could affect the remaining provinces as the rain heads west.
Souce: Special committee of Paramount Global endorses plan to merge with Skydance Media
(Reuters) — Tech scion David Ellison moved one step closer to gaining control of Paramount Global, with a special committee voting Sunday to support a merger with his Skydance Media, a source close to the deal told Reuters. Paramount’s full board, including its non-executive chair, Shari Redstone, is expected to approve the deal imminently, the source said. The vote comes on the heels of a preliminary agreement reached last week to sell National Amusements, which holds a controlling stake in Paramount, to Ellison and his deal partners. The final deal could be announced as soon as today.
