Isn’t It a Pity: George Harrison Memorial Tree Killed by Beetles
So much for getting by with a little help from your friends. A memorial pine tree in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park dedicated to George Harrison, the Beatles’ lead guitarist, has been massacred by an...
View ArticleSierra Leone's Leading Ebola Doctor Contracts Ebola
The doctor at the forefront of Sierra Leone's fight against the unprecedented Ebola outbreak in the region has contracted Ebola himself, Reuters reported Wednesday.As of this week, Ebola has claimed...
View ArticlePhotos: Raising the Concordia
The 114,500-GT tonne wreck is due to arrive at a port near Genoa in northern Italy on either Saturday or Sunday, before being broken up for scrap. The once-gleaming white luxury liner sank off Giglio...
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Concordia Finally Heads for Scrapyard After Massive Salvage Operation
GIGLIO ISLAND Italy (Reuters) - The rusty hulk of the Costa Concordia began its journey to the scrapyard on Wednesday, after a two-year salvage operation off the Italian island where the cruise liner...
View ArticleBill De Blasio Seeks to End New York City's 'Poor Doors'
Mayor Bill De Blasio's administration is looking to eliminate New York City's “poor doors” in developments across the city. Earlier this week, a planned separate entrance for residents of low-income...
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If It's Raining, NYC’s Raw Sewage Is Probably Pouring Into the Waterways
In 2010, a tornado hit Brooklyn, sending rain barreling down for several hours. Someone in Gowanus began recording video of a tide of brown water creeping up the Gowanus Canal. The greenish hue of the...
View ArticleBreakthrough Discoveries and a $650 Million Gift Usher in a New Age for...
Two ground- and record-breaking events coincided to make Tuesday a momentous day in the biomedical research community. One was the publication of an article providing the first-ever molecular insight...
View ArticleTaiwanese TransAsia Plane Crashes in Storm, Killing Dozens
A Taiwanese airliner making an emergency landing crashed and caught on fire on the country’s Penghu Islands on Wednesday, killing more than 40 people, according to local officials. The TransAsia...
View ArticleVladimir Putin’s Truth Problem: Five Holes in the Russian President's Story
Deception and misdirection have long been important tools for a KGB agent (which Vladimir Putin famously was). But some of the things the Russian president has said since the crisis in Ukraine began...
View ArticleTel Aviv Diary: Israelis Grow Impatient With Obama and Kerry
Tel Aviv, ISRAEL—This was a day of reflection in Israel. The number of rockets falling on the nation’s cities has lessened in the past few days. While Hamas has continued to send rockets toward the...
View ArticleAn Immodest Proposal: "What the Hell, Let's Buy CNN," Says Jon Stewart
Time Warner recently rejected Rupert Murdoch’s $80 billion buyout offer—but the media titan likely hasn’t finished pursuing that property. And if Murdoch were to acquire Time Warner, CNN’s parent...
View ArticleRockets in Gaza and Israel as Seen From Space
Rocket fire exchanged between Hamas militants in Gaza and forces in Israel can be seen from a new perspective after astronaut and International Space Station resident Alexander Gerst tweeted his views...
View ArticleCuomo Under Investigation by Feds for Shuttering Corruption Commission
In a textbook case of paradox, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is under investigation by federal prosecutors for corruption after he shuttered the Moreland Commission, which was set up by Cuomo to...
View ArticlePhotos: In Texas, Migrants' Paths Go Through Ranches
Ranchers in Brooks County complain of property damage and trash left behind by the migrants. They also die on them. NoYesYesWebtexas, migrants, paths, go, through, ranchesWhitelist
View ArticleRockets Found in Gaza School Go Missing
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed alarm on Wednesday that 20 rockets found hidden in a United Nations school in the Gaza Strip had gone missing and directed the...
View ArticleMurders in Mexico Down From Height of the Drug War, But Violence Persists
During Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto’s first year in office, after he had promised to cut back on everyday violence, there were 22,732 recorded homicides the National Institute of Statistics...
View ArticleNATO Sees Signs Weapons Still Moving From Russia to Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO continues to see evidence of weapons being moved into Ukraine from Russia since the downing of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine last week, a NATO military officer said...
View ArticleAir Algerie Flight Carrying 116 People From Burkina Faso 'Crashes'
An Air Algeria passenger flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers carrying 110 passengers and six crew has crashed according to official sources. The flight was scheduled for landing at 5:10am GMT, but...
View ArticleAir Algerie Plane With Over 100 Aboard Reportedly Crashes
ALGIERS (Reuters) - An Air Algerie flight crashed on Thursday en route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers with 110 passengers on board, an Algerian aviation official said.There were few clear...
View ArticleIsrael Hits UN-Run Shelter, Gaza Officials Say
GAZA (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed and many wounded on Thursday when Israeli forces shelled a U.N.-run school sheltering Palestinians in northern Gaza, said a spokesman for the Gaza health...
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