DefCon 1: Amidst heightened missile threats by North Korea, the state of Hawaii mistakenly put out an alert for a missile aimed at the island state, sending residents into a tizzy. The alert sent to cellphones said in all caps, …

Mudslide: A rare summer rain caused mudslides near Mt. Baldy in California’s San Bernardino County, killing one person and trapping about 3,000 people in the mountains. Among the stranded were 500 campers who had just arrived. The mud wiped out …

Ferry Disaster: A ferry carrying 462 people, mostly high school students on an overnight passage to a tourist island, sank off South Korea this morning and 280 of the passengers are now missing.  Video showed passengers clinging to the rails …

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 …

G Minus One: The G-8 conference of the world’s largest economies is now the G-7. The US and its allies met yesterday and kicked Russia out of the Group of 8 diplomatic conference. Russia had been a member for 15 …

 Getting Close: Malaysia’s prime minister says an analysis of data shows there’s no longer doubt that the missing Flight 370 crashed in the Southern Indian Ocean. “This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites,” said Prime Minister …

Search Focuses: New mages from French satellites show what could be jet debris in the general area where an intense search is underway for the remains of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, 1500 miles west of Perth. Along with sightings by …