Two drivers injured in Williamsburg collision

#Brooklyn: Two drivers sustained minor injuries after they smashed into each other at a #Williamsburg intersection on the evening of May 27.

The drivers collided when one was heading toward Broadway on Marcy Avenue as the other motorist was heading toward Bushwick on S. Third Street at 7:30 p.m., according to police.

Both drivers claimed they had a green light when the collision happened, a spokeswoman for the police said.

The driver of the second vehicle was taken to #BellevueHospital with minor injuries, while victim at the other wheel had minor injuries but it is unknown whether they were taken to hospital, the spokeswoman said.

Kit Harington has checked into a luxury rehab facility in the US as he battles alcohol and stress-related issues. The Game of Thrones star was admitted as the last season of Game of Thrones was airing. The 32-year-old arrived at the luxury Privé-Swiss health retreat in Connecticut a month ago, sources say, ahead of the final episode of the hit series on May 19. Harington, who starred as Jon Snow on the show for eight years, admitted to breaking down in tears during the table read for the final season, as well as when he wrapped shooting for the last time.

The United States is on the verge of entering ‘uncharted territory’, experts say, as the country stands on the verge of breaking an unfavorable record of tornado activity this week, as more warnings are issued from the Great Plains to the East Coast. The deadly spate of weather has already killed one and injured hundreds more, but the slurry of volatile weather shows no signs of letting up anytime soon. On Monday, the US tied its current record of 12 consecutive days with at least eight tornadoes on each of those days, said Patrick Marsh, warning coordination meteorologist for the federal Storm Prediction Center. 😱❄️🌪

Four Sherpas are seen heaving a rigid corpse over the ice, its arm sticks into the air and its knees slide along the ground unnaturally in the footage filmed last week on Mount Everest (pictured: Sherpas use rope tied to the frozen body to drag it over the ice, left and right; and long queues up to the summit, inset). The staggering death toll so far this season has been shrouded in controversy but government officials said on Wednesday they had no plans to cap permits despite lethal traffic jams in freezing winds and thin air. The video uploaded by Rohtash Khileri last Tuesday said: 'Sherpas are the form of a God in the mountains. We should respect them. And should also respect the mountains.' 🗿

The age-old baseball tradition of having a fan or member of the public throw the first pitch took a nasty turn before the MLB clash between the Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night. ⚾️😂 #lol

Brazilian bodybuilder risks his life by injecting himself with OIL to boost his biceps to 23 inches. 😳 #facepalm

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says ‘hateful messages’ like the one played by a minor league baseball team likening her to ‘America’s adversaries’ such as Kim Jong-un and Fidel Castro leads to a ‘flood of death threats.’ The Democratic congresswoman from New York reacted for the first time on Tuesday to a Memorial Day tribute video that was aired in a minor league baseball stadium by the Fresno Grizzlies of the Pacific Coast League. ‘What people don’t (maybe do) realize is when [organizations] air these hateful messages, my life changes [because] of the flood of death threats they inspire,’ the Bronx native tweeted on Tuesday.

A peregrine falcon has been pictured in La Jolla, San Diego, California, as it dives downward and looks like a B-2 bomber. Photographer Thomas Kaestner said the shot took hours to get. The peregrine falcon, considered to be one of the fasted birds, can reach a speed of 250 mph. 😱 #wow

Huawei claims US move to put it on trade blacklist 'sets a dangerous precedent' as it launches legal bid to overturn law which bans federal agencies buying its products. #trade_war

Shocking moment mugger leaps from bike to wrestle elderly woman to the ground to try to steal her gold jewellery - before hero taxi driver spots attack and chases him off, in Fallowfield, Manchester, UK. 😡 #fools

Turkey launches airstrikes to ‘destroy the caves and shelters used by Kurdish terrorists’ in northern Iraq – killing nine militants. 🚀

🤣 #LMAO

(WARNING 21+) Body camera and surveillance footage of an officer involved shooting that left a 40-year-old man dead in his New Orleans East apartment earlier this month was released by police officials Tuesday (May 28). The #NOPD released the footage Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. After the video was shown to media, they briefly discussed the content of the video and where the investigation stands. According to the NOPD, the officers Stephen Jones, Kevin Nguyen and Wayne Lewis will all be put back on street by week’s end as the shooting has been deemed justifiable. Donald Davis, 40, was killed in the shooting. Police claim Davis screamed, "shoot me, I dare you" before firing his weapon at the officers first. (cam1,2.3.4) 🔫👮🏻‍♂️ #shooting

Lightning strikes next to One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan in New York City shortly after tornado warnings are issued in several counties surrounding Manhattan 😱 #NYC