Following the tragic crash of Flight MH17 and the disappearance of Flight MH370, Malaysia Airlines will undergo a complete overhaul to revive the company in an attempt to make up for the plummeting ticket sales. Malaysia Airline System will be taken over by a private company. A full-scale rebranding of the airline is also being […]
Boko Haram, the terrorist group responsible for the kidnapping of nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls, has reportedly taken over the northeastern Nigerian town of Gwoza, killing dozens and dislodging the military and local government in the process. Townspeople have fled their homes to escape the violence. Residents say more than 100 people have been killed by the members […]
The death toll from the 6.1 earthquake in Southern China has risen to 589. Over 80,000 homes were destroyed on Sunday, with 2,400 people injured in the small town of Ludian county. Rescue workers have headed to the town to help find remains of missing family members in the debris. With the intense damage, workers […]
Many people were left stranded after a mudslide cut off power in Southern California. About 500 people were trapped in church camp in Forest Falls and one person was declared dead in San Bernardino County after their car was swept off the road from the rain and mudslides. The rain has stopped, but six to eight […]
It’s happening. In a 225-201 vote, lawmakers in the GOP-led House authorized House Speaker John Boehner’s lawsuit against President Obama that claims he overstepped his legal authority as president. Read more here…[WSJ] Six Philadelphia cops have been charged with stealing more than $500,000, kidnapping, and extortion. Officers Thomas Liciardello, Brian Reynolds, Michael Spicer, Perry Betts, Linwood […]
Days after ESPN host Stephen A. Smith suggested women are to blame for provoking domestic abuse, the network has suspended him. “ESPN announced today that Stephen A. Smith will not appear on First Take or ESPN Radio for the next week. He will return to ESPN next Wednesday,” ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz wrote in a statement […]
A 16-year-old student in Nagasaki, Japan was arrested after police found her classmate’s dismembered body in her apartment. The student allegedly confessed to police that she had sawed off her classmate’s head and hand after beating the 15-year-old victim, Aiwa Matsuo, with a hammer and strangling her with a rope. Police are currently investigating the gruesome […]
After one of Liberia’s leading physicians died to the deadly Ebola virus over the weekend, two American workers have been diagnosed with the disease. Nancy Writebol, of Charlotte, N.C. and Dr. Kent Brantley tested positive for the disease. Writebol is a U.S aid worker who worked with relief organization, SIM. Brantley of Fort Worth, Texas […]
Another airline has lost contact with a plane, this time flying from Burkina Faso to Algiers across the Sahara. Algeria’s national airline, Air Algerie, said it had lost contact with one of its planes, Flight AH 5017, about 50 minutes after take-off from Ouagadougou. The plane, carrying 110 passengers and six crew members, was last seen […]
According to Ukraine’s military, pro-Russian rebels shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets in Eastern Ukraine on Wednesday. A military spokesman said the two Sukhoi-25 fighters were downed around 1:30 p.m. local time near Savur Mogila. No details were known about the pilots, but Ukrainian defense officials said the planes may have been carrying up to two crew members each. The incident […]
Despite original numbers that had weekend shootings in Chicago at 40, police confirm that at least 47 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend, five of which were fatal, according to statistics released by the Chicago Police Department. The deaths included an 11-year-old girl, who was shot while attending a sleepover in Chicago’s South Side. Read […]
On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that California’s death penalty system is so arbitrary and plagued with delay that it is unconstitutional. Despite the state having placed hundreds of inmates on death row, they have not executed a prisoner since 2006. Read about it here…[NYT] It’s a good week for American progression. First, Thor becomes a […]
