Lightning strike near White House kills three people
Washington (AFP) - Three people, including an elderly couple celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary, were pronounced dead Friday after being struck by lightning in a park near the White House. The lightning hit Lafayette Square, a small park across the street from the White House, shortly before 7:00 pm (2300 GMT) Thursday, leaving two men and two women with "critical life-threatening injuries," according to a statement from Washington's fire and emergencies department. All the victims were taken to local hospitals, but on Friday morning the Metropolitan Police confirmed that two of them -...