A second round of rain early Thursday was hitting an already inundated north Louisiana, where flooding in some places was up to the rooftops and in others submerged cars, stranded families and forced evacuations. Three people drowned in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. In Bienville Parish, authorities said a man died… Read More
Acquaintance in cartoon terror attack questioned about beheading videos
Prosecutors on Wednesday grilled an Arizona man charged with plotting an attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas about why he never told investigators that his friend who carried out the thwarted shooting had been watching Internet videos of people being beheaded. Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem took the… Read More
Man who shot Idaho pastor says he’s controlled by Martians
A fugitive wanted by Idaho authorities for wounding a church pastor apparently wrote a manifesto contending that Martians controlled the Earth, police said. Kyle Odom, 30, was arrested at about 5:30 p.m., Tuesday by U.S. Secret Service agents after allegedly throwing items over the fence at the White House. “I… Read More
Pearl Harbor hero finally honored – 75 years later
A sailor killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor is being buried with full military honors nearly 75 years after the bombing. Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Vernon Luke of Green Bay, Wisconsin is being buried at a veterans cemetery in Honolulu on Wednesday. The 43-year-old man died when Japanese planes… Read More
Lost mission to Mars saved, scheduled for 2018
NASA’s next Mars mission is still alive. Instead of scrapping the grounded Mars InSight spacecraft, the space agency announced Wednesday it’s shooting for a 2018 launch. The robotic lander was supposed to lift off this month, but ended up sidelined in December by a leak in a key French instrument…. Read More
Yellowstone bison heading for slaughter
Yellowstone National Park started shipping many of its famous wild bison to slaughter Wednesday to drive down the size of the park’s herds and respond to concerns by the livestock industry over a disease carried by the animals. Thirty animals have been shipped to slaughterhouses, and officials plan to send… Read More
US to N. Korea: Bring it on! Air Force sends message with B-2 bombers
The U.S. says it has dispatched three B-2 stealth bombers on a training mission to the Asia-Pacific region amid growing tensions with North Korea. The deployment was announced Wednesday by U.S. Strategic Command, which is responsible for U.S. nuclear forces. B-2 bombers are capable of launching nuclear as well as… Read More
Again!? MA Chipotle closes after norovirus shows up
A Chipotle store in Massachusetts was closed Wednesday after the local health board said an employee there tested positive for norovirus. Richard Berube, director for the health board in Billerica, Massachusetts, said his agency confirmed one case of norovirus, and found two other suspected cases. Chipotle first closed the store… Read More
Air Force veteran guilty of trying to join ISIS
A U.S. Air Force veteran was convicted Wednesday of terrorism charges for attempting to join the Islamic State group and die a martyr, the first verdict from more than 70 cases the government has brought against Americans accused of trying to support the militant group. An anonymous jury in Brooklyn… Read More
Zookeeper becomes first time mom… to a kangaroo!?
A keeper at a North Dakota zoo has become a first-time mom. But the baby she carries around the clock in a colorful flannel pouch is not a little human, it’s an orphaned kangaroo. Amanda Dukart is a zookeeper at the Chahinkapa (cha-HINK’-ah-pah) Zoo in Wahpeton. For the next six… Read More