A fire broke out at the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo on August 3. Channel News Asia reported that 30 fire trucks were deployed to battle the blaze that burned up to four buildings at the popular market. No injuries were reported.Aug 3, 2017
One of Elon Musks transportation concepts has taken a big step toward becoming a reality. Hyperloop One, a company working to develop Musks vision of high-speed tube-based transportation, successfully tested a passenger pod reaching 192mph in the Nevada desert. The company posted a video of the test on August 2.Aug 3, 2017
According to local reports, the man, who is identified as Kennan, asked the group of passengers to stop smoking marijuana when he boarded the train.Aug 3, 2017
A woman tried to blow a candle out in her house in Texas, but the flames scorched her face. She was treated for first- and second-degree burns to her face.Aug 3, 2017
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte seeks lawmakers permission to hire 20,000 soldiers to fight militants in the southern part of the country.Aug 3, 2017
A drunk driver slammed his car into a police officer during a traffic stop in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 7. Dashcam footage from Officer Matt Lesells cruiser shows him standing next to a car he pulled over on the Interstate 30 in east Fort Worth. A separate white car then came crashing onto the car and sending Lesell flying. He suffered a fractured vertebra and a hyperextended foot, according to the Star-Telegram. Mike Mitchell, 34, has been charged with intoxication assault causing serious bodily injury to a police officer, local media reported.Aug 3, 2017
Ontario police have released shocking footage of a 81-year-old woman being robbed while taking money out at an ATM in Ontario, Canada on 31 July. The suspect can be seen trying to grab cash out of the womans hands, before pushing her to the ground and running away. The woman was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after the incident.Aug 3, 2017
A reporter with Russian television network NTV was punched and followed by a man who appeared to be inebriated during a live broadcast in Gorky Park on August 2, Russias Airborne Forces Day.Nikita Razvozzhayev was explaining why Russias paratroopers were considered elite troops when a man, reportedly a former paratrooper, struck Razvozzhayev in the face. According to NTV, numerous eyewitnesses said the man was intoxicated.A clip shared to NTVs Twitter shows Razvozzhayev presenting a segment from the park before he is interrupted by the man, punched, and then followed across the plaza, before the live feed returns to the studio.Aug 3, 2017
NAACP issued a travel warning in Missouri, the first in the groups 108-year history. The civil rights organization says travellers could be subjected to discrimination and harassment. This comes in the wake of recent high-profile incidents of police brutality in the state as well as a new bill NAACP dubs the Jim Crow Bill. Aug 3, 2017
A dozen inmates at the Walker County Jail, Alabama, escaped by using peanut butter Sunday. Though they were caught Tuesday, the jail break is bound to go down in the history as a ridiculous escape attempt. Taking advantage of a novice guard minding the prison doors, the inmates changed the number over their cell door with peanut butter to resemble the door outside. However, this is not the first instance of prison inmates using unusual methods to gain their freedom.Aug 3, 2017
