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Earthquake kills 12 people in Chechnya

More than 100 people injured and at least 12 people were killed yesterday in a 5.3 magnitude earthquake. This earthquake took place in Russia's Chechnya region.
Many buildings were destroyed and many roads cracked in some areas including a district called Grozny. The British Virgin Islands were also shaken with a stronger earthquake However, this earthquake held less deaths and damages.

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Suspect in High-profile murder case kills himself

In 1981, thats 27 years ago, a Japanese couple came to visit Los Angeles. The husband, Kazuyoshi Miura was shot in the long and hiss wife was shot in the head and died a year later.
The Los Angeles officials thought that Miura wanted to kill his wife so he could get the $750,000 of her life insurance policies. Miura was accused of killing his wife and was arrested on February 1988.
Just a few days ago on Friday night, Miura arrive in Los Angeles to face conspiracy charges on his wife's murder 27 years ago. However, within the 24 hours of him in Los Angeles, Miura committed suicide in his jail-cell by hanging himself with a piece of his shirt. Officials found him dead after routine checks of the cells at 9:45 pm on Friday. Miura was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead.
His attorney, Mark Geragos said, "I'm shocked. One of my lawyers was with him for 12 hours yesterday and he seemed in good spirits.."