carlballou/iStock(SAN DIEGO) — San Diego authorities are praising the courage of a 51-year-old man they say went after the suspected shooter at a synagogue over the weekend. A gunman wielding an assault-style rifle opened fire on members of the Chabad of Poway synagogue near San Diego during a Passover service Saturday, killing one person and …
Category: News
Auto Added by WPeMatico
Apr 29
For a mother and her two daughters at Delta, piloting is a family business
ABC News(NEW YORK) — On a warm Los Angeles afternoon, Kelly Jacobson is inspecting nearly every external inch of her 200,000-pound aircraft through the thick aviator sunglasses she fuses with her Delta Air Lines uniform. She’ll be flying the Boeing 757 alongside a pilot she has a lot of hours with outside the cockpit. Several …
Apr 29
Sri Lanka bans face coverings after Easter bombings that killed over 250
Carl Court/Getty Images(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) — Sri Lanka has barred face veils in the wake of the Easter bombings that killed hundreds of people at churches and high-end hotels. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said that all kinds of face coverings, which are worn by some Muslim women, would be prohibited starting Monday — eight …
Apr 29
Commander of prison at Guantanamo is fired
zudin/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Navy admiral in charge of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay has been fired for an unspecified “loss of confidence in his ability to command.” “Commander, U.S. Southern Command, U.S. Navy Adm. Craig Faller, relieved U.S. Navy Rear Adm. John Ring, commander, Joint Task Force – Guantanamo, April 27, due to …
Apr 29
Young Navy recruit dies suddenly during boot camp
U.S. Navy(GREAT LAKES, Ill.) — A young recruit died at the Navy’s boot camp training center in Illinois last week, marking the second sudden death at the facility in recent months, authorities confirmed Sunday. Seaman Recruit Kelsey Nobles, 18, died on Tuesday shortly after she collapsed at the Navy Recruit Training Center in Great Lakes, …
Apr 29
Central US expecting severe storms, flooding, snow
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A rare snowstorm on Saturday dropped more than half a foot of snow in northern Illinois, and Chicago ended up with about 2.5 inches — a record for this late in the season at O’Hare International Airport. A raging blizzard in Montana on Sunday deposited almost 30 inches of snow, with …
Apr 28
Youngest victim of California synagogue shooting says ‘I don’t feel safe’
ABC News’(SAN DIEGO) — At the age of 8, Noya Dahan has already fled rocket attacks in the Gaza Strip, witnessed her home in California vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti and, now, she’s survived a shooting at her synagogue that left one beloved member dead and she, her rabbi and her uncle with bullet wounds. The …
Apr 28
5 people trapped in Virginia cave rescued: Officials
WJHL(CLEVELAND, Va.) — A group of men who became stuck in a cave in Virginia after rain made it difficult to get out have been rescued, officials said Sunday. A group of six initially planned to spend the weekend inside the cave in Cleveland, Virginia, until it began raining late Saturday night, Jess Powers, coordinator …
Apr 28
Michigan authorities asking people to return portions of $30K that fell onto side of road
iStock/MarioGuti(GRAND HAVEN, Mich.) — Michigan authorities are asking those who may have picked up some of the thousands of dollars in cash that was strewn on the side of the road last week to turn it in. About $30,000 in cash fell onto U.S. Route 31 just south of Coho Drive in Grand Haven Thursday …
Apr 28
Suspect in deadly San Diego synagogue shooting linked to mosque arson fire: Source
Facebook(SAN DIEGO) — The suspected gunman who allegedly opened fire with an assault rifle on members of a Southern California synagogue during a Passover service — killing one person and wounding three others, including the rabbi and a child — has been linked to a recent arson blaze at a nearby mosque, according to a …