As reported by Chicagotribune.com, police arrested a man at Connecticut’s main airport on Monday after he allegedly told security screeners he was carrying a bomb, officials said, leading to delays on two departing flights. “At 3:12 p.m. ET, a male traveler who was passing through the security checkpoint at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, […]
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As reported by News.com.au, a truck has caught fire in Norway’s second-longest tunnel, leading to the evacuation of 160 people – 55 of whom were hospitalized due to smoke inhalation and other injuries The truck caught fire 3.5 kilometres into the tunnel, Gudvangatunnelen, in a district east of Bergen on Monday, police spokesman Jorn Lasse […]
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American Airlines flight AA908 makes emergency landing Bogota Colombia lanacion.com.ar reported a major scare lived in the early hours of yesterday the 264 people who were aboard a plane from American Airlines covering the route Buenos Aires-Miami, and he was forced to make an emergency landing at an airport in Bogota, after noted a warning […]
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Globalnews.ca reported that, Canada to close embassy in Bangladesh on Sunday amid U.S. warnings of terrorist threats against western countries in the region. Read Article
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Ktvu.com reported that, Two men escaped injury Friday when their small plane hit berry bushes at a small airport east of Sonoma, a police sergeant said. The pilot, Leon Scarbrough, 74, of Sonoma, said he was conducting touch-and-go land-and-take-off practice exercises at the Sonoma Skypark airport when the plane got off course and went onto […]
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Reuters.com reported that, two Saudi health workers who had been in contact for patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus infections are among three new cases reported to the World Health Organization, the U.N. agency said on Thursday. Read Article
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AFP reported that the United States will close some embassies on Sunday, because they have security concerns, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said today. “‘The Department of State has instructed certain US embassies and consulates to remain closed or to suspend operations on Sunday, August 4,’ Harf told reporters. “The decision was taken ‘out of […]
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As reported by Wmctv.com, the Arkansas water park where a young girl got a brain-eating parasite has shut down. Kali Hardig, 12, came down with parasitic meningitis, a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba. She likely picked up at the Willow Springs Water Park in Little Rock. The infection has struck only 31 other […]
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As reported by Newsinfo.inquirer.net, his angry wife kept calling him to come home, so he left the restaurant where he was dining with friends, among them was Provincial Board Member Roldan Lagbas. When he got home, he heard the explosion. He rushed back to learn Lagbas was killed. Read Article
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