EgyptAir Plane Diverted to Scotland After Note Found On Board
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(PRESTWICK, Scotland) — An Egypt Air flight bound for New York City had to make an emergency landing in Scotland after a passenger found a note in the bathroom saying that a passenger planned to set fire to the plane.
BBC News re…
EgyptAir Plane Diverted to Scotland After Note Found On Board
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(PRESTWICK, Scotland) — A passenger aboard a plane bound for New York City found a note in the bathroom saying that a passenger planned to set fire to the plane.BBC News reports that a BBC producer was on the plane and found a no…
Colorado Man Wanted in Son’s Kidnapping Arrested in Canada, Boy Safe
Longmont Police Department(MANITOBA, Canada) — Luke Turner, a missing 3-year-old Colorado boy, was found safe in Manitoba, Canada, Sunday, as police arrested his father in connection with the alleged abduction.
Monty Turner, 51, was arrested Sunday af…
What Obama Can Achieve in Mexico
YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images(MEXICO CITY) — President Barack Obama arrives in Mexico on Thursday afternoon for a 24-hour trip in which he is expected to meet with Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, to talk about trade, security and immigra…
Trinidad’s National Security Minister Resigns Amid Corruption Allegations
Tony Quinn/WireImage(PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of National Security, Jack Warner, has resigned amid a cloud of allegations of corrupt dealings, and after being linked to an investigation by federal authorities in the Un…
Mother of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects: ‘My Family Is in the Dirt’
Obtained by ABC News(Makhachkala, Dagestan) — The mother of the Boston bombing suspects said in a tearful phone call with ABC News on Saturday evening that she and her husband plan to travel to the United States to visit their younger son, who was arr…
North Korea Lists Requirements Before Talks Can Occur
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — North Korea’s top military body issued a list of conditions necessary before any talks will take place with the United States or South Korea.Among the conditions are the lifting of United Nations sanctions, the cal…
Death of Lu Lingzi in Boston Marathon Bombing Shattered Parents Dreams
Courtesy Darson Li(BOSTON) — Boston University graduate student Lu Lingzi, the third victim to die in the Boston Marathon bombings, was the embodiment of her parents’ highest hopes, a daughter born under China’s one-child policy.The ambitious 23-year-…
Teen London Marathoner Starts Boston Twitter Campaign
Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)(LONDON) — Despite the bombing at Monday’s running of the Boston Marathon, leaving three dead and more than 170 injured, the London Marathon will proceed as scheduled Sunday.Londoner Amelie Hunton, 18, will be parti…
Russia Bans Former Bush Administration Officials
ThinkStock(MOSCOW) — Russia slapped sanctions on a pair of former top Bush administration officials, two former commanders of the Guantanamo Bay detention center and 14 other Americans in retaliation for a set of human rights sanctions the Obama admi…
Alaskan Fort Is Last Defense Against Possible North Korea Nuke
Ralph Scott/MDA Public Affairs(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) — In the remote Alaskan wilderness, some 3,800 miles from Pyongyang, North Korea, the United States’ last line of defense against a nuclear warhead from North Korea or Iran stands ready to attack.Fort …
Camera Found off Taiwanese Coast, Six Years Later
ABC News(NEW YORK) — After 2,000 days at sea, a camera dating from 2007 was found on the other side of the world, and with it, memories Lindsay Scallen thought she would have trouble reliving without her photos.“I am absolutely astounded, blown …
British Nurse Arrested in Connection to Cannibalism Case
Gilberto Valle (Image Credit: Myspace)(NEW YORK) — As the trial of the police officer accused of planning to cannibalize a number of women continues in New York, police in Great Britain said they have arrested two men believed to be associated with th…
Kerry to Encourage Consensus in Egypt
Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images(CAIRO) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Egypt on Saturday and urged political leaders to come to a political consensus.Kerry is on his first overseas trip since being named secretary of state. Th…
US Says Cuba Still a Global Sponsor of Terror
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The world’s most prolific terrorist groups are supported by the government of Iran, Sudan, Syria and Cuba, according to the U.S. State Department. But while Iran, Sudan and Syria have well-known and documente…
LA Cardinal Will Attend Conclave Despite Criticism
Eric Thayer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony has made it clear that he plans to attend the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope. His decision has received widespread criticism.“It sends the wrong message,” said K…
Couple Who Met in Nazi Camp Still Married
The Kleinberg Family(TORONTO) — An elderly Toronto couple’s unlikely love story continues to prove that the strongest of romances can be forged even in the darkest of times.Howard and Nancy Kleinberg, now both in their 80s, have been happily married f…
Mexican 9-Year-Old Mom Is Actually 12 or 13, Officials Say
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A young Mexican girl who gave birth to a daughter two weeks ago is actually 12 or 13 years old, not 9 years old as her parents initially claimed, authorities say.The girl, identified as Dafne, was impregnated by her 44-…
US Pledges Help to France Against Al Qaeda Rebels in Mali
ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Monday pledged to aid France’s widening aerial assault on al Qaeda-linked rebels in Northern Mali, as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the U.S. would provide the French with intelligence and ai…
US Pledges Help to France Against Al Qaeda Rebels in Mali
ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Monday pledged to aid France’s widening aerial assault on al Qaeda-linked rebels in Northern Mali, as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the U.S. would provide the French with intelligence and ai…