Original Story | CNN News May 17, 2016 By Sugam Pokharel “Remember the day — 23rd April,” reads graffiti on the roads of Bangladesh’s Rajshahi University. It’s the day prominent English professor Rezaul Karim Siddique was hacked to death in broad daylight in the city of Rajshahi, in the country’s north-west. […]
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Sinead O’Connor Missing: Pop Singer Found in US
Original Story | BBC News April 16, 2016 By BBC News Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has been found after being missing for more than a day, say police outside of Chicago. Wilmette Police told the BBC she had been located, after earlier saying they were “seeking to check the well-being” […]
Navy Show Downplays Pacific Despite Rising Tensions In South China Sea
Original Story | Military.com May 15, 2016 By Hope Hodge Seck Amid heightening tensions in the South China Sea and continued emphasis on a regional rebalance, the Pacific is a hotter topic than ever for the Navy. But at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space expo next week, Pacific topics are missing from the […]
Mexican Judge: El Chapo Can Be Extradited To U.S.
Original story | CNN 5/9/16 by Eliott C. McLaughlin (CNN) A Mexican federal judge has ruled that reputed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman can be extradited to the United States, according to a Monday news release from the Mexican Federal Court. The decision was in response to a U.S. Department […]
Wreckage of Captain Cook’s HMS Endeavour Discovered
Original Story | CNN News May 3, 2016 By Juliet Perry Researchers believe they have found the wreckage of the HMS Endeavour, vessel of legendary British explorer, James Cook. Cook commanded the ship from 1768 to 1771 on his famous voyage mapping the uncharted waters of the south Pacific Ocean, […]
Three Earth-Like Planets Discovered Orbiting Dwarf Star
Original | CNN 5/2/16 By Ashley Strickland (CNN)For the first time, researchers have discovered three potentially habitable, Earth-like worlds orbiting an ultracool dwarf star 40 light-years away in another star system, according to a study published in the journal Nature. The ultracool dwarf star, known as TRAPPIST-1, isn’t the kind […]
Bodies Of World-Class Climber, Cameraman May Have Been Found 16 Years Later
Original Story | CNN Mon May 2, 2016 By Madison Park Sixteen years after Alex Lowe, a world-class climber, and David Bridges, a cameraman, were struck by an avalanche in a Tibetan mountain, their bodies may have been found encased in blue ice. Alex Lowe was a world-renowned alpinist — […]
Pentagon Officials Defend Plan to Send More Special Forces to Syria
Original Story | Military.com April 28, 2016 By Matthew Cox U.S. Defense Department officials on Thursday defended their plan to send 250 additional Special Forces soldiers into Syria. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee […]
Prince ‘Did Not Leave Will’, Sister Tyka Nelson Tells Court
Original story | BBC News April 26, 2016 By BBC News The papers, filed in state court in Minnesota, show Tyka Nelson has petitioned for a special administrator to oversee the star’s estate. The rock legend was found dead in an elevator at his Paisley Park Studios compound in a […]
Severe Weather: Tornadoes Quash Homes as More States Brace for Storms
Original Story | CNN News April 27, 2016 By Joshua Berlinger A rash of severe weather tore through the central United States, destroying houses and ripping large trees out of the ground. The storm spawned tornadoes in four states Tuesday: Texas, Indiana, Kansas and Missouri, the National Weather Service said. […]