Indonesia official says missing plane is 'totally destroyed'
Rescuers reach the remote area where a passenger plane crashed, killing all 54 people on board.Read More ...
Thai junta says suspect identified in deadly Bangkok bombing
Thailand's
junta chief on Tuesday said authorities are hunting a male "suspect"
seen on CCTV footage near the scene of the bombing.Read More ...
Where the 2016 presidential candidates stand on climate change
Some laugh off man-made climate change as a hoax; others accept the scientific consensus.Read More ...
IRS says cyberattacks more extensive than previously thought
The
U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said Monday a hacking attack into
one of its computer databases revealed in May was much more extensive
than previously thought, with nearly three times as many taxpayers hit
by data theft. The IRS said in late May the tax return information of
about 114,000 U.S. taxpayers had been illegally accessed by cyber
criminals over the preceding four months, with another 111,000
unsuccessful attempts made. A new review has identified 220,000
additional incidents where data was breached, the tax collection agency
said.Read More ...
Lockdown lifted at U.S. nuke site after sniffer-dog false alarm
No explosive residue or device was found on the truck after a search by law enforcement, the Savannah River Site said in a statement on its Facebook page. The dog had barked at a truck that services vending machines, said an official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The facility, which was put in lockdown for a "potential security event" following the alarm, purifies highly enriched uranium and is part of the DoE's nuclear arm.
Read More ...
Planned Parenthood seeks injunction against Florida health agency
Planned
Parenthood sought an emergency legal injunction on Monday against
Florida health officials to block the use of what it says are new and
unpublished standards to define pregnancy gestation periods. The legal
move filed in circuit court in Tallahassee came after Florida Republican
Governor Rick Scott ordered a probe last month of the state's 16
Planned Parenthood locations, resulting in three clinics being cited on
Aug. 5 for illegally performing abortions in the second trimester.
Planned Parenthood said the abortions in question were first-trimester
abortions and that the state appeared to have arbitrarily shortened its
measurement of the first trimester.Read More ...
Crashed Indonesian plane found 'destroyed', no survivors
A
plane that went down in eastern Indonesia two days ago was found
"completely destroyed" and all 54 people on board dead, officials said,
after rescuers finally reached the remote crash site Tuesday. The
Trigana Air plane went down Sunday in bad weather during a short flight
from the capital of Papua province to a remote settlement in the
mountains. "The plane has crashed, it is completely destroyed," search
and rescue chief Bambang Soelistyo said of the ATR 42-300 after rescue
teams reached the site at 9:30 am (0030 GMT).Read More ...
Thai PM vows to quickly find bombers in blast that killed 18
Police are trying to determine who set off the most devastating single attack in the capital's recent history.Read More ...
Planned Parenthood asks judge for emergency ruling
FORT
LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Planned Parenthood in Florida asked a judge
Monday for an emergency ruling to allow them to continue performing
abortions at 12 and 13 weeks after a discrepancy with the state about
what constitutes first and second-trimester abortions.Read More ...
Trump takes a detour off the trail, reports for jury duty
NEW
YORK (AP) — Donald Trump pulled up in a long black limousine and gave a
very presidential wave as he made his way into the building. Then the
billionaire promptly found himself seated next to ordinary,
wage-earning, subway-riding New Yorkers, forced to wait — and wait some
more — for the wheels of justice to turn.Read More ...
Trump immigration proposal divides GOP presidential field
DES
MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump is dividing his Republican
presidential rivals anew with his call to rewrite the Constitution to
crack down on millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, and
to force Mexico to pay for a better border fence. Scott Walker embraced
some of the plan Monday, but other contenders, such as Chris Christie
and Carly Fiorina, dismissed elements as unworkable.Read More ...
Treacherous terrain hampers rescue efforts for crashed Indonesian plane
By
Hidayat Setiaji and Fergus Jensen JAKARTA (Reuters) - Treacherous
terrain in Indonesia's Papua province on Monday hampered rescuers'
efforts to reach a passenger plane that crashed with 54 aboard, the
latest in a string of aviation disasters in the sprawling Southeast
Asian archipelago. Rescuers have yet to detect the aircraft's black
boxes and news of survivors depends on a ground team now trekking slowly
towards the mountainous area, the rescue official overseeing the search
said. Rescue teams arriving at the site will have to build a helipad to
fly in help, Guru told a news conference in the Indonesian capital,
adding that 266 people were involved in the operation, while 11 aircraft
scoured the thickly forested area.Read More ...
Available Tags:
No comments:
Post a Comment