Graffiti artist arrested after allegedly climbing 460-ft tower

No sandwich, no bail: Accused Bolte Bridge graffiti vandal remanded after eight-hour stand-off

The accused graffiti vandal allegedly climbed a giant concrete pillar to spray-paint a giant Pam the Bird tag early on Tuesday morning.

Factory worker, 23, survives 30‑foot fall at Ipoh cement plant, suffers minor injuries

IPOH, July 4 — A factory worker survived after falling 30 feet (9.144 metres) from a cement factory building in Pe...

Graffiti artist accused of scaling Australian bridge tower and painting giant cartoon bird

Graffiti artist accused of scaling Australian bridge tower and painting giant cartoon bird

Midtown Manhattan Buildings Evacuated After Collapse Warning

Construction crews were pulled from a 37-story Midtown Manhattan building Tuesday morning after bricks were reported falling from the 21st floor, emergency officials said, prompting building evacuations and street closures. (Source: Bloomberg)

Manhattan building developer says collapse fears were overblown, calls buckling columns 'localized situation'

MetroLoft founder Nathan Berman calls the Manhattan high-rise structural damage a freak accident limited to a 20-by-20-foot section of the building.

Bodycam captures arrest of trespasser who climbed Empire State Building

Bodycam footage released by the New York City Police Department shows the arrest of one of the two people who climbed to the top of the Empire State Building on Wednesday, July 1. The footage shows an officer – secured by a harness – climbing up a ladder near the top of the spire, where he meets one of the trespassers. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/ktla?sub_confirmation=1

NYC high-rise evacuated after reports of falling debris

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the FDNY received reports that bricks were falling from a high-rise building under construction in Midtown Manhattan. No injuries have been reported and the building and others nearby have been evacuated, according to Mamdani.

Watch: Couple scale Empire State Building, get engaged and are arrested

The two were atop the 1,454 ft (443 m) building for at least ten minutes and displayed a large banner before climbing down.

China Glass Bridge Develops Cracks After Teen Pokes Panel With Umbrella

A teenager allegedly cracked the top protective layer of a glass panel at China's Baoquan Cliff World Scenic Area by repeatedly striking it with an umbrella. Staff evacuated visitors as a precaution, though officials said the lower structural layers remained intact and the platform was never unsafe. No injuries were reported, and a replacement panel has been ordered.

Mamdani says the New York building 'remains unstable' after columns buckle

A Manhattan high-rise under construction buckled and bricks tumbled into the street below; Mayor Mamdani says no injuries have been reported. (AP Video by Joseph Frederick) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

NYC building threatening to collapse stabilized with emergency jacks; some street closures lifted

NEW YORK — The sagging upper floors of a midtown Manhattan building under construction that threatened to collapse and caused a massive evacuation of the area has been stabilized with galvanized steel beams and emergency jacks, city officials ...

Barnet Council approves controversial 400-home Colindale development

Two tower blocks ‘at disproportionate risk of collapse’ will be knocked down to make way for the development

Masked vandal smashes Haaretz door entrance days after similar Channel 12 incident

Security footage showed the suspect hurling two bricks through the newspaper's front door before fleeing; the attack comes three days after a similar incident at Channel 12's Tel Aviv offices

Masked vandal smashes entrance to Haaretz offices, days after similar attack on Channel 12

Security footage showed the individual reaching through the entrance grates and tossing two bricks at a glass door, which punched a hole through the entrance before he fled.

Graffiti artist scales Melbourne Bolte Bridge, traffic blocked

A vandal has painted a notorious Melbourne graffiti image on a major 140m-tall bridge and is in a standoff with police.

Small airplane reportedly crashed into Beijing's tallest skyscraper

Beijing's tallest building showed signs of damage on Friday as images and videos shared on social media appeared to show debris from a small aircraft near the skyscraper.

Tallest building in Beijing is damaged after small plane reportedly crashed into it

Beijing’s tallest building showed signs of damage on Friday as images and videos circulating on social media appeared to show debris from an aircraft near the building

Developer of sagging NYC skyscraper is accused of carrying out UNAUTHORIZED construction after beams collapsed and floors buckled, sparking fears of partial collapse onto Midtown Manhattan

Developer of sagging NYC skyscraper is accused of carrying out UNAUTHORIZED construction after beams collapsed and floors buckled, sparking fears of partial collapse onto Midtown Manhattan

Horrifying moment tight rope walker's death caught on live TV as he walked between two skyscrapers

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Known for his daredevil antics of walking tightropes and risking his life, it was during a promotional video that the adventurer suddenly fell to his death from atop a skyscraper

Buckling beams at Manhattan high-rise under construction trigger evacuations

Two structural support beams on the 21st floor of a 37-story under-construction building in Manhattan started buckling Tuesday morning, triggering evacuations, street closures and a large emergency response, officials say. The FDNY said it got a call around 8 a.m. about bricks falling from the building at 235 East 42nd Street, between Second and Third []...Click to read more

Empire State Climbers Accused of Breaking Security Door to Get to Spire

Two people who illegally ascended the needle of the Empire State Building on Wednesday trespassed onto the Manhattan landmark overnight and broke into several restricted areas before making their climb, according to a criminal complaint made public on Thursday in criminal court. The couple, Angela Nikolau, 33, and Ivan Beerkus, 32, unfurled a banner with []

Added floors likely caused instability at Midtown Manhattan tower – WSJ

The structural failure that left a Midtown Manhattan high-rise at risk of a partial collapse likely stemmed from the weight of newly added floors at the top of the building, the project’s developer told The Wall Street Journal. The problem was reported just before 8 a.m. at 235 East 42nd Street, between Second and Third [] The post Added floors likely caused instability at Midtown Manhattan tower – WSJ appeared first on BNO News.

IN BRIEF: Three civilians injured in Ukrainian attack on Russian city of Voronezh

Manufacturing facilities at a production site were damaged, along with the facades and windows of several apartment buildings, and some cars

Injured climber rescued from Taranaki Maunga after fall in rough terrain

Injured climber rescued from Taranaki Maunga after fall in rough terrain

Tallest building in Beijing is damaged after small airplane reportedly crashed into it

BEIJING: Beijing’s tallest building showed signs of damage on Friday as images and videos shared on social media appeared to show debris from a small aircraft near the skyscraper.While the images were consistent with the location, it was not possible to independently confirm their authenticity and they were quickly removed from the internet.The surface of the building is damaged after a plane crashed into the tallest tower in Beijing, Cina, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/)Hong Kong-based newspaper South China Morning Post reported that a small airplane crashed into the CITIC Tower, also known as China Zun, in Beijing’s Central Business District.Photos showed what appeared to be a hole or broken glass on one side of the building.Heavy police presence, as well as fire engines and ambulances were seen outside the skyscraper, which stands at 528 meters (1,732 feet.)The cause of the incident was not immediately clear, and authorities have not issued a statement on the incident.

‘Terrifying footage’: Watch Manhattan skyscraper evacuated when workers see columns buckling * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

Source link Beams bending in Manhattan skyscraper A 37-story Manhattan skyscraper under renovation has been evacuated when workers on Tuesday noticed cracks in the structure, falling bricks and support beams

Man Climbs 180-Meter Stalin-Era Skyscraper in Moscow, Police Launch Inquiry

Police are working to identify a person who climbed onto the star crowning the Stalin-era skyscraper on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment in central Moscow, according to the Russian Interior Ministry's Moscow department. The person's identity, the time of the incident, and other circumstances are being established. An investigation is underway, the ministry's press service said. The roofer posted a video on social media showing himself climbing onto the star at the top of the building. The footage shows the young man using a rope to reach the structure before sitting on one of the star's points at a height of nearly 180 meters (590 feet).

Two Russian rooftoppers climbed the Empire State Building without safety gear, got engaged at the top — and then got arrested

Two masked climbers scaled the Empire State Building in New York City — 1,454 feet (443.2 meters) tall, including the spire — and attached a banner that read: “When ​the power of love beats the love of power, the ‌world knows peace.”

Two protesters arrested after scaling top of Empire State Building antenna

Two people are reportedly in police custody after climbing the top of the Empire State Building Wednesday afternoon, dressed in black and holding a pro-peace banner, WABC reports. Their charges are not immediately clear. New Yorkers watched in confusion as the man and woman, who wore masks, scaled the 1,454-foot-tall structure untethered and displayed a...

Wife, kids of Dodgers' Miguel Rojas in Caracas when earthquakes hit Venezuela

'Literally two blocks away from where my family was, two buildings collapsed — the whole building,' Miguel Rojas said.