Tag Archives: Egypt

Flash Flood Kills, Trump “Entertaining”

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Flash Flood: A flash flood late yesterday swept away two vehicles carrying women and children in the Arizona/Utah border town of Hildale, home of the fundamentalist polygamist sect run by Warren Jeffs. Eight people are dead and five are missing. …

US Kills ISIS Leader, Death for Tsarnaev

Saturday, May 16, 2015

—From Franklin, Tenn.   Permawar: US Special Forces last night killed a senior Islamic State leader in eastern Syria, according to the National Security Council. The raid to capture Abu Sayyaf and his wife Umm Sayyaf turned into a firefight …

Danish Shooter Killed, Egypt Hits ISIS

Monday, February 16, 2015

Denmark: The shooter in the Copenhagen café attack has been identified as a 22-year-old Danish-born man with a history of violence and gang affiliation. Witnesses said they heard him shout, “God is great!” as he sprayed the café with bullets. …

Weather Hampers Search, Football Marathon

Thursday, January 1, 2015

AirAsia: Bad weather and high seas have hampered the search for the wreckage of AirAsia 8501 in the Java Sea. Only nine bodies have been found of the 162 people on board and no major pieces of the fuselage have …

Off. Wilson Resigns, Detained in Qatar

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Ferguson: Police Officer Darren Wilson, who was cleared Monday by a grand jury in the shooting of an unarmed black teenager, has resigned from the Ferguson, Mo. police department. A letter from Wilson released by his lawyer said, in part, …

Rice Reinstated, Mubarek Cleared

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Turnover: A former federal judge acting as an arbitrator overturned the indefinite suspension of former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice for domestic violence. It’s a big setback for the NFL trying to police domestic violence by players, but the …

Bergdahl Not Ready, Chrome Owner Angry

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Bergdahl: Army doctors say Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is physically able to travel but not yet emotionally prepared to go home, according to a report in the NY Times. Bergdahl is in a military hospital in Germany. The paper says Bergdahl …

Chile Quake, Fast Food Fight

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Quake: An 8.2 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck off the north coast Chile last night, resulting in six deaths and street flooding in some areas. Landslides blocked roads, power was knocked out, an airport was damaged, and fire destroyed several …

Flat Earth, Border Blast, Jamzilla

Sunday, February 16, 2014

World: Secy. Of State John Kerry basted climate change deniers in a speech to students in Indonesia. “We should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists and science and extreme ideologues to compete with scientific facts,” Kerry said. “The …

Growth Up, Atlanta Nightmare, Song Sin

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Money, Money: The economy grew by 3.2% in the fourth quarter of 2013, an indication the economic recovery has legs. Stocks are up this morning. But yesterday the Federal Reserve announced another $10 billion cut in its monthly stimulus bond …