Transit workers in Philadelphia went on strike at 12:01a.m. Tuesday, shutting down public transportation that provides nearly 900,000 rides per day.
Monthly Archives: October 2016
{FD} Mother, 2 daughters killed in Halloween hayride crash in Mississippi
Officials say three people are dead and several injured in Mississippi following a hayride accident on Monday night.
{FD} Head of Saudi-based Islamic group resigns after Egypt joke
The secretary-general of the Saudi-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation has resigned after making a joke about the purportedly frugal ways of Egypt’s president.
{FD} Authorities name suspect in New York Halloween party shooting deaths
Police have named a suspect they’re seeking in connection with a Halloween party shooting that left two women dead and five other people wounded.
{FD} Authorities detonate explosive devices found in Colorado home after arrests
A bomb squad late Monday detonated a pair of explosive devices found inside a suburban Denver home after the arrests of two teenage boys a day earlier, authorities said.
{FD} Indonesian rescuers locate missing plane, recover 4 bodies
Indonesia’s search and rescue agency says it has recovered four bodies from the wreckage of a cargo plane that went missing in mountainous Papua.
{FD} Police detonate devices found in Colorado home after arrests
A bomb squad late Monday detonated a pair of explosive devices found inside a suburban Denver home after the arrests of two teenage boys a day earlier, authorities said.
{FD} Bus passenger kills 4 suspected thieves near Mexico City
Apparently outraged by constant robberies aboard commuter buses on the outskirts of Mexico City, an armed passenger fatally shot four men who had just held up a busload of passengers, prosecutors said Monday.
{FD} China’s manufacturing hits 2-year high as demand picks up
Private and official surveys show that China’s factory activity rose to a two-year high last month, suggesting the world’s No.
{FD} La Presse says Montreal police tracked journalist’s iPhone
A Montreal journalist whose iPhone was monitored by police for months said Monday he was outraged to discover he’d been “spied on” as part of what he calls an effort to identify his sources.
{FD} The Latest: 13 dead, 20 missing after China coal mine blast
The Latest on an explosion in a western China coal mine (all times local): 10 a.m.
{FD} ICC gets support after 3 withdrawals, but Kenya is critical
Many countries are pledging support for the International Criminal Court following the announced withdrawal by three African countries but Kenya, which remains under investigation by the war crimes tribunal, was sharply critical and questioned its long…
{FD} California’s first female black judge dies at 96
The first female black judge in California and one of the longest-serving jurists in state history has died at the age of 96, her family said Monday.
{FD} Feds targeted adoptee from South Korea because of crimes
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is defending the ordered deportation of a South Korean man who was flown to the U.S. 37 years ago and adopted by an American couple at age 3.
{FD} Salvador prosecutors: $246M embezzled while Saca president
Prosecutors in El Salvador say government officials embezzled at least $246 million during President Tony Saca’s 2004-2009 administration.
{FD} City releases audio of Orlando nightclub gunman
Police negotiators talking to the Orlando nightclub gunman at first weren’t sure if the person they had on the phone was actually in the Pulse nightclub, according to audio recordings released Monday after a judge ruled they should be made public.
{FD} Jail monitor: NYC guards too often striking inmates’ heads
The court-appointed monitor overseeing New York City’s jails is concerned that guards are striking too many inmates in the head.
{FD} Teacher removed from classroom after video in Trump costume
A New Hampshire high school teacher is in hot water after a video surfaced showing her in a classroom dressed as Donald Trump and dancing to a song that included an expletive.
{FD} Video: Churchill’s chilling warning on Islam and the fall of Europe
There was a sensible reason Muslims were banned from migrating to the West. Continue reading →
{FD} Vegas student accused of threatening high school shooting
A teenager arrested after a tip from a parent in Arizona and accused of threatening a mass shooting at his Las Vegas high school could face trial as adult on a felony terrorism charge, the top prosecutor in southern Nevada said Monday.