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Boone County judge seeks more information as Riley Strain’s wrongful death lawsuit remains at a standstill

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) — Lawyers for the family of Riley Strain, a University of Missouri student who died on a trip with his fraternity brothers, and for the Delta Chi fraternity, Barrister Capital Corporation, and 39 of Strain’s former fraternity brothers have until Dec. 10 to provide backing for their claims to Boone County Judge Josh Devine.

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Victims are evacuated from the scene of a devastating fire which broke out at a karaoke bar in Hong Kong in January 1997.

Death toll rises to 128 in Hong Kong residential fire as 8 more arrested over towers’ renovation

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong firefighters found dozens more bodies Friday in an intensive apartment-by-apartment search of a high-rise complex where a massive fire engulfed seven buildings, and authorities arrested another 8 people involved in the towers’ renovation. The death toll in one of the city’s deadliest blazes rose to 128, and many remain unaccounted for.

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