Category: Road

An Argentine appeals court ruled that Google must pay $12,500 to a man who was photographed completely naked in his backyard by a street view car being used to map local areas.

Despite being behind a 6-foot-6 wall, the man, who is reportedly a police officer, was photographed naked outside his home in Bragado in 2017. In addition, his address was visible in the image. He sued after experiencing what he called “humiliation from neighbors and coworkers.”

A lower court initially dismissed the case, blaming the man for being outside “in an inappropriate condition.” But in July 2025, an appeals court reversed that decision, calling it a clear invasion of privacy and emphasizing the photo was taken within the confines of his home. The court stated, “No one wants to appear exposed to the world as the day they were born. This involves an image of a person not captured in a public space but within the confines of their home, behind a fence taller than the average person. The invasion of privacy… is blatant,” the judges wrote.

They added that there was “no justification for Google to evade responsibility for this serious error that involved an intrusion into the plaintiff’s house, undermining his dignity.”

The man who is accused of deliberately driving a car into a crowd of Liverpool Football Club fans appeared in court July 15. During the appearance his trial date was confirmed.

Paul Doyle, 53, will stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court in November after being charged with seven offenses including dangerous driving and causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

Doyle, a father of three, was arrested after a Ford Galaxy car struck fans making their way back from watching the parade in Water Street, in Liverpool city center, on the evening of 26 May.

Doyle, appeared in court at a case management hearing on video link from prison. He spoke only to confirm his name and that he could hear what was being said.

Two people died and 32 others injured when an iron bridge collapsed July at a tourist destination in India’s western Maharashtra state, according to the state’s top elected official. Later on social media, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said at least six people were rescued and hospitalized in critical condition.

The area had received heavy rains in the days prior to the bridge collapse, giving the river a steady flow. The are is a popular spot for picnics and dozens of people were on the bridge at the time of the collapse.

Police said teams of the National Disaster Response Force and other search and recovery units were undertaking rescue operations, according to local reports.

Nine people died when a bridge collapsed in the Gujarat state of India on Wednesday, July 9.

Gujarat’s Health Minister Rushikesh Patel said vehicles were on the bridge when part of it collapsed, sending many people and vehicles into the river. He said five people were rescued and as many as 32 were injured.

The incident occurred in Gujarat’s Vadodara district, which has witnessed heavy rains oat the time. The bridge is 40 years old, the official said.

Carlos Abundez of San Ysidro, California, appeared in federal court July 9 to face charges that he smuggled 14 live, bound Keel-billed toucans concealed inside the dashboard of his Volkswagen Passat.

Federal agents detained Abundez at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry after a Customs and Border Protection canine showed a change of behavior while screening the car. When a CBP officer further inspected the car, the officer found a bound bird, wrapped in cloth, duct taped to the underneath of the dash.

At the time, the officer did not know what the object was until it began to move and flutter. Officers then pried open the side panel of the dashboard and discovered a total of 14 sedated juvenile Keel-billed toucans concealed within the compartment.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents and inspectors responded to the scene.  A wildlife inspector identified the birds as Keel-billed toucans of the species Ramphastos sulfuratus. The 14 birds were identified as juveniles. Some had injuries including broken tails and a broken leg.

The birds were initially cared for by Veterinary Services at the southern border, before being transferred to a Department of Agriculture Animal Import Center for quarantine. The birds are now reported to be in stable condition.

Keel-billed toucans are native to southern Mexico down through Ecuador, including Venezuela, Columbia and Nicaragua. Because of their threatened status as a species, Keel-billed toucans are listed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (“CITES”), an international treaty among approximately 183 governments, including the United States and Mexico, to protect fish, wildlife, and plants that may become threatened with extinction. They are illicitly sold as pets and can cost up to $5,000 per bird.

The arrest follows the recent prosecution of three other individuals caught smuggling Amazon parrots and parakeets through the Otay Mesa and San Ysidro ports of entry, highlighting a troubling pattern of illegal wildlife trade through Southern California.

“Smuggling endangered birds by sedating them, binding their beaks, and hiding them in car compartments is not just cruel—it’s criminal,” said U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon. “This disturbing trend of trafficking exotic wildlife through Southern California ports poses a serious threat to public health and agriculture. These birds bypass mandatory quarantine and screening, potentially carrying devastating diseases like avian influenza. We will continue to investigate and prosecute those who treat living creatures as contraband and put our communities and ecosystems at risk.”

Avian influenza (bird flu), for instance, can spread through feathers, droppings, or even airborne particles and has previously caused massive culls of farm birds in the U.S. Bird flu is highly contagious and can cause flu like symptoms, respiratory illness, pneumonia and death in humans and other birds including birds in United States poultry farms.  Many other diseases that can be transmitted from different animals and can have disastrous effects, that is why it is necessary to quarantine animals entering the United States to limit and safeguard against this potential disease transmission.

A massive municipal wastewater tunnel project collapsed July 9, 2025 trapping workers several miles from the opening. No visible injuries were seen as the 31 workers were rescued and brought out of the tunnel works. The rescue operation utilized a crane and rescue cages to hoist the workers up and out of the collapsed area.

The first responders included a cadre of 100 LA Fire Department workers including those form the Urban Search and Rescue teams, according to LA Mayor Karen Bass in a post to social media site X.

Reports say the failure occurred when a tunnel boring machine was being used and a section that had already been built collapsed due to a phenomenon called squeezing ground. Squeezing ground occurs due to the deformation of soil during excavation.

A huge explosion at a petrol station in Rome on July 4 has left at least 45 people injured, some with severe burns and caused nearby residents to flee their homes. The injured included 12 police officers and six firefighters, Italian authorities said.

The shocking footage taken by bystanders showed fires raging and a thick cloud of smoke emanating from the site of the blast at gas station in the Italian capital. One onlooker said “it looked like hell” and another said that it “sounded like a bomb.”