Power outage at Fukushima poses radioactive risk
A power outage at Japan's Fukushima 1 nuclear plant on Tuesday has seen eight water transfer pumps shut down, hindering...
A power outage at Japan's Fukushima 1 nuclear plant on Tuesday has seen eight water transfer pumps shut down, hindering...
Three people die in New South Wales storms
In New South Wales (NSW), Australia, two men and a woman died yesterday after search-and-rescue operations failed to re...
In New South Wales (NSW), Australia, two men and a woman died yesterday after search-and-rescue operations failed to re...
Student kills teacher in BarcelonaA student killed a school teacher at the Instituto Joan Fuster in Barcelona, Spain on Monday. Reports indicate the student was thirteen years old; police said he was under fourteen. The student reportedly had a crossbow and knife; however police have not yet confirmed the cause of death. Two other teachers and two students received non-life-threatening injuri...
ISIS attacks United States consulate in Irbil, IraqOn Friday a car bomb, claimed by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), killed by varying reports at least three people and injured at least five others, possibly including a US national, outside of the United States Consulate in Irbil, Iraq. According to the US Department of State there were no injuries to consulate personnel. The logo of the Combined J...
Gyrocopter lands on US Capitol's west lawnDouglas Mark Hughes, a mailman for the United States Postal Service, landed his gyrocopter on the west lawn of the US Capitol on Wednesday. He told his friends he was going to do this. File photo of a gyrocopter. The mailman was flying his aircraft into restricted airspace when he landed on the lawn. He was immediately arrested. His stated intention was...
Mississippi medical board allows embattled physician...On Wednesday, the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure chose to let Doctor Carroll Frazier Landrum keep his physician's license, following an investigation sparked by an anonymous complaint. Media reported the Mississippi doctor has been working out of his Toyota Camry for about two years, making house calls to see patients. The investigation, started...
Australian charged with murder of two after 24 yearsRobert Penny, 83, yesterday was charged with the murder of his wife Margaret Penny and hairdresser Claire Acocks, twenty four years after their deaths at the Old London Coiffure hair salon in Portland, Victoria in Australia. Mr Penny was charged by homicide detectives after a revived investigation found Penny had disclosed details of the women's deaths to v...
US Capitol lockdown lifted after shootingIn Washington D.C., the U.S. Capitol building has reopened after shots were fired in front of it. For safety, no entry or exit was permitted from the building after a man committed suicide just before 2pm local time yesterday. The lockdown lasted until around 3:50pm while members of the bomb squad investigated the man's backpack, suitcase, and the surrounding ...
Foreigners evacuated from Yemen by IndiaIndia's Ministry of External affairs yesterday announced the end of an evacuation effort which has rescued about 5,600 people from more than 40 countries from the conflict in Yemen. To avoid a no-fly zone over parts of Yemen, India transported people via the African state of Djibouti. This was achieved using ships of the Indian Navy as transport from Aden a...
Labour grabs poll lead in UK General Election campaignThe approval ratings of UK Labour leader Ed Miliband rose above those of his Conservative opponent, David Cameron, for the first time in this year's bitterly fought general election campaign. The poll results showed support for the Labour Party was also rising. A poll by Panelbase yesterday showed Labour six points ahead; a similar survey by Survation for the...
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev found guilty in Boston Marathon bo...Jurors in the US federal criminal trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev found him guilty yesterday of all 30 charges for the bombing of the Boston Marathon which occurred on April 15, 2013. The bombings killed three people and injured a further 264 people. Tsarnaev was also found guilty of shooting dead Sean Collier, an MIT police officer. The jury took eleven hours acro...
Plane crash in Illinois kills sevenA Cessna 414 twin engine aircraft crashed in an Illinois field on Tuesday while returning from an Indianapolis NCAA basketball tournament. All seven people on the plane were killed. The plane took off from an airport in Indianapolis. It crashed very early Tuesday morning. According to the McLean County sheriff, rescuers found all seven people dead. Coroner ...
James Best, best known as Rosco P. Coltrane of 'The ...James Best, best known as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard, has died, aged 88. A wonderfully fun actor and person, he was a gifted musician and acting teacher as well as an actor. Born Jewel Franklin Guy in Powderly, Kentucky, Best came by his show business career naturally–his mother was the sister of Ike Everly, the father of the Everly ...
Gun control campaigner Sarah Brady dies aged 73Sarah Brady, gun control campaigner and widow of former US White House Press Secretary James Brady, has died at the age of 73. Her death was announced by the Brady Campaign and Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Brady died on Friday after a battle with pneumonia according to e-mails sent by her family. A statement by the Brady Campaign and Center to Prevent Gu...
Small plane with one pilot crashes near Virginia air...A small plane, piloted by sixteen-year-old Ryan McCall, crashed near Orange County Airport in Virginia, at about 9:45 a.m local time Sunday morning, police said. He was killed in the accident. The boy, Ryan McCall, a sophomore at Riverbend High School in Spotsylvania County, was alone on the plane. The plane, a 1974 Piper, model PA28140, crashed in a field ...
Four found dead at flat in GibraltarThe bodies of two adults and two children were found yesterday at a flat in Gibraltar in a possible murder-suicide. Two young girls, one aged four and the other only six weeks, were found stabbed alongside a British 31-year-old male and a Spanish 37-year-old female. Royal Gibraltar Police said despite opening up a crime investigation on the deaths they do not ...
UEFA Euro 2016 qualification match abandoned after b...The UEFA Euro 2016 qualification match between Montenegro and Russia on Friday was abandoned after players and coaching staff got involved in a brawl. The match, at Montenegro capital Podgorica Gradski Stadion, was suspended within the first minute after the Russian goalkeeper was hit with a flare. The match restarted after a delay but was called off around th...
US Senator Harry Reid announces he will not seek re-...Harry Reid, Democratic Senator and current Senate Minority Leader, announced on Friday he will not run for re-election next year. Reid has represented the state of Nevada in the Senate since 1987. He has endorsed Senator Charles Schumer of New York to replace him as Democratic senate leader. The announcement follows months of rumours regarding the senator's r...
Officials say co-pilot intentionally crashed Germanw...Officials said Thursday, after analyzing data from the Germanwings Flight 9525 cockpit voice recorder, that the airbus crashed into the French Alps because its co-pilot deliberately crashed it. On the cockpit voice recorder, the captain can be heard trying to get back into the cockpit. Transponder data indicates the autopilot was told to descend from 38,000...
UK Supreme Court require government to release Princ...The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom have concluded that the government must release a series of 27 letters sent by Prince Charles to government ministers and that attempts to prevent their publication under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 have been unlawful. The letters were sent to ministers of the previous Labour government in the years of 2004 an...
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