Latest Update for India bridge collapse: At least 23 killed in Kolkata
Rescuers have worked through the night to reach dozens of people believed to be trapped under a collapsed flyover in the Indian city of Kolkata (Calcutta). The bypass was under construction in the Girish Park area when it collapsed suddenly on Thursday night. At least 23 people were killed and scores were injured. The 2km-long (1.2 mile) flyover had been under construction since 2009 and missed several deadlines for completion. Officials said more than 90 people have been rescued, some of whom where in hospital in a cr…
#Chicago_Chronicles,Chicago Adventures-Chicago Teachers Strike: CPS teachers prepare for 1-day strike
With Chicago Public School teachers set to hit the picket lines at 6:30 a.m. Friday morning, the district says it is ready to help parents find a place for their kids to go. Thousands of members of other unions will join the more than 30,000 teachers for the daylong protests. To prepare for the strike, CPS has a contingency plan in place with 107 schools, some library branches and park district sites where parents can take their children Friday. CPS said par…
Brazilian Sauce :Will Brazil's Dilma Rousseff be impeached?
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is fighting for her political survival. She has been abandoned by the party that was her main coalition partner, leaving her leading a minority government. And a combination of the worst recession in years, an unprecedented corruption investigation, and a push to have her impeached, has left her government close to collapse. Rousseff is now struggling to save both her own reputation and the legacy of the Workers Party, which has ruled Brazil for 13 years. But is she taking the fall for a whole class …
Breaking News : 6.0 magnitude earthquake near Shingū, Wakayama, Japan
Today: 6.0 in Shingū, Wakayama, Japan Japan has had: (M1.5 or greater). 2 earthquakes today ; 6 earthquakes in the past 7 days; 28 earthquakes in the past month; 773 earthquakes in the past year
Latest Update : Trooper Dies After Greyhound Station Shooting in Richmond (VA)
A gunman opened fire on a Virginia State Police trooper at close range today at a Greyhound bus station in Richmond, killing him and sparking a round of gunfire that left two other people wounded, law enforcement officials said. The suspect was shot by police and later died. Virginia State Police identified the trooper as Chad P. Dermyer, 37, a native of Jackson, Michigan, who graduated from the Virginia State Police Academy in November 2014. According to a statement released by Virginia State Police, Dermyer served with the City of …
INSIDE THE SHAME-Sex Crimes by peacemakers : UN looks into CAR 'bestiality' report
UN officials say they are investigating "extremely troubling" claims of sexual abuse by peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR). Last year, there were 69 allegations of child rape and other sexual offences by peacekeepers from 10 missions. RELATED ARTICLES : UN struck by new sex abuse allegations in Central African Republic Sex Crimes : UN struck by new sex abuse allegations in Central African Republic One advocacy group says it has passed on new reports to the UN that a soldier made four girls have …
Chicago chronicles : The State National Guard's 1st Female General Is Now The New Head Of OEMC
Alicia Tate-Nadeau—the Illinois National Guard's first-ever woman general and the leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency team working on the Flint, Michigan water crisis—has just been named the head of Chicago’s emergency-response office by Mayor Rahm Emanuel. According to a statement released by the Mayor’s Office earlier today, her title will be the very important-sounding Executive Director of the Office of Emergency Management and Communications (perhaps better known as OEMC, the office is responsible for coordinating saf…
Walking on Chicago : 19 year old was shot to death on the sidewalk
A man was shot in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side Tuesday night. The 19-year-old was walking on the sidewalk in the 12100 block of South Emerald about 9:55 p.m. when another male walked up and shot him in the upper right shoulder, police said. He took himself to MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island, where his condition had stabilized, police said. A 19-year-old man was killed and five other men were wounded Tuesday in shootings on the West and South sides. About 9:25 a.m., a man was riding a bicycle in t…
Chicago Lifestyle : Mom hurt that son gave sperm to lesbians
DEAR ABBY: My oldest son came to me nine months ago asking my opinion. He wanted to donate sperm to a black lesbian couple (for a fee) so they could have a biracial child. He told me he needed the money. I told him I didn’t approve because they are lesbians. (Sorry, I’ll be bashed for that statement, but I have to be honest.) I have a biracial 10-year-old son, so race isn’t the issue. Had it been a heterosexual couple of any race, I would have been OK. However, what I told him …
The Brazilian Quake : Rousseff blow as Brazil's biggest party quits coalition
The Brazilian Quake PMDB members celebrate after announcing they are leaving president Rousseff's ruling coalition [Reuters] Brazil's biggest party announced on Tuesday it is pulling its members from the governing coalition, dealing a major blow to embattled President Dilma Rousseff. The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) decided at a leadership meeting that its six remaining ministers in Rousseff's cabinet, as well as all other party members with government appointments, must resign or face ethics proceedings. Th…
Former fired CIA director runs on dark humour about Donald Trump
Former NSA and CIA Director Michael Hayden agrees that Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump could be described as a recruiting sergeant for the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) "You don't have to be president ... to have already made Americans less safe", Hayden says. The general also calls Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email account during her time as US secretary of state "inconceivable" and believes those ema…
Patty Duke, Oscar-winning American actress, dies at 69
Patty Duke, Oscar-winning American actress, dies at 69 US actress Patty Duke, who won an Oscar for playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker in 1963, has died aged 69. As well as a best supporting Oscar, Duke won an Emmy in 1980 for playing Helen Keller's teacher in a TV movie. Duke also starred in The Patty Duke Show in the 1960s in which she took the roles of "identical" teenage cousins. She was the mother of actor Sean Astin, who played the hobbit Sam in the …
Breaking News :A hijacked EgyptAir plane landed at Larnaca airport in Cyprus island
A hijacked EgyptAir plane carrying at least 80 people has landed at Larnaca airport in Cyprus, according to news reports quoting officials and aviation authorities. The plane, an Airbus A320, was flying from Alexandria to Cairo and, according to Cyprus state radio, one man onboard is thought to be armed.
Politics & Corruption : Brazil's Rousseff faces impeachment, coalition collapse
A legal request has been filed to impeach Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff for obstructing justice and fiscal accounting tricks, the second one against the leader politically embattled by her own government. Rousseff already faces an additional impeachment process over alleged manipulation of government accounts [AP] The request filed by the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) on Monday also involved Rousseff granting international football body FIFA tax-exempt status during the 2014 World Cup. In reaction to the claims, Tourism Minister…
Dark sense of Humor anti-Donald Trump : Large and Expensive Tombstone pops up in Central Park.
Someone appears to have spent a lot of money staging an anonymous, anti-Donald Trump art project in New York City over the weekend. 'Made America Hate Again' reads the epitaph Either that, or the Easter Bunny has a dark sense of humour. Whatever the case, colourful eggs weren't the only things waiting to be found by visitors at Central Park on Sunday morning. ABC News reports that a tombstone bearing the name "Donald J. Trump" was spotted in the Sheep's Meadow area of Central Park early Sunday. Engraved wi…
'We don't need the empire to give us anything' : Fidel Castro blasts Barack Obama's Cuba visit
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro accused U.S. President Barack Obama of sweet-talking the Cuban people during his visit to the island last week and ignoring the accomplishments of communist rule, in an opinion piece carried by all state-run media on Monday. Barack Obama did not meet with or mention former Cuban leader Fidel Castro during the U.S. president's recent three-day visit to Cuba. (Desmond Boylan, Alex Castro/Associated Press) Obama's visit was aimed at c…
Victory over Islamic State criminals: Russian Seals with Syrian Troops have freed Palmyra !
The Syrian army has advanced against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as both sides battled for control of the strategically located city of Palmyra. ISIL destroys ancient temple in Syria's Palmyra The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday that the government had managed to capture al-Amiriyah town on the northern outskirts of Palmyra. A palace complex, which has been recaptured by Syrian government forces, on the western edge of Palmyra [Reuters/SANA] "The Syrian army is pushin…
Catholic Religion: How Holy Week is celebrated around the world
Holy Week began on March 13 this year, with Palm Sunday beginning the spiritual journey toward Good Friday and Easter, when Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. On Good Friday, Jesus is crucified. In Malta, people take part in the interactive street theatre performance of "Il-Mixja" (the Way), one of many Holy Week activities in the country. (Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters) Many processions mark the beginnings of Easter. Catholics carry a statue of Jesus in a procession during Holy Week in Cot…
US Politics & Election 2016 -Trump: 'I had nothing to do' with Cruz tabloid story alleging affairs
The Daily Beast is reporting that although Donald Trump’s campaign may be reveling in unsubstantiated tabloid gossip about rival Ted Cruz’s marriage, the rumors have been peddled for the past six months by allies of a different rival entirely. “A half-dozen GOP operatives and media figures tell The Daily Beast that Cruz’s opponents have been pushing charges of adultery for at least six mont…
Music : Guns N' Roses set 21-date reunion tour across North America
Guns N' Roses on Friday announced a 21-date tour of North America, expanding a reunion that will bring the original lineup back together for the first time in two decades. © Getty/AFP/File | Inductees (L-R) Gilbert Clarke, Matt Sorum, Duff McKagan, Slash and Steven Adler of Guns N' Roses perform onstage during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on April 14, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio …
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