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ISIS Seizes Major Dam, Could Now Flood Baghdad
(Newser) - ISIS militants have made major gains after a fresh push in northern Iraq, seizing three towns after defeating Kurdish forces and taking control of the country's biggest and most important dam. The militants have been destroying Shiite shrines and executing resisters in the captured towns and up to 200,... More » |
Toledo Still Can't Drink Its Water
(Newser) - Toledo's water system appears safe but it's still a bad idea to drink the stuff, the city's mayor announced at a 3am news conference. He said he had decided to err on the side of caution and keep the water advisory in place for at least another... More » |
Palestinians Say Israel Quickly Violates New Truce
(Newser) - It's another day of familiar violence in Gaza and Israel: After taking heavy criticism from the US and UN over another shelling of a UN school in Gaza yesterday, Israel put a seven-hour humanitarian truce into place today, reports the Guardian . Palestinians, however, accused Israel of breaking it less... More » |
Cops 'Arrest' Huge Tortoise in California
(Newser) - Police in Los Angeles County have captured a slow-moving escapee. Clark the tortoise makes his home with a family in the city of Alhambra; he apparently managed to run away while the family was at a baseball game, an animal control official tells the Los Angeles Times . He didn't... More » |
Missing Mom May Have Been Seen on Wash. Ferry
(Newser) - A new lead in the case of the Oregon woman who vanished after buying gas last month: Police are investigating a possible sighting of Jennifer Huston and her green Lexus SUV on a ferry headed to Washington state's San Juan Islands, reports NBC . A couple told police they believed... More » |
US Spy Plane Dodged Russians —Via Swedish Airspace
(Newser) - With Russian aircraft nearing, a US reconnaissance plane recently swooped into Swedish airspace, the military says. "The aircraft commander, acting in a professional and safe manner, maneuvered the aircraft to avoid a possible encounter by Russian aircraft," the US European Command says, describing the July 18 incident. The... More » |
Rock Hall Boots DJ's Ashes, Adds Beyonce Costumes
(Newser) - Rock pioneer Alan Freed's final resting place at Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame isn't so final after all. The DJ's son, Lance, says the museum has told him to come and pick up his father's ashes, which have been on display since 2002.... More » |
US Sending 50 Experts to Fight Ebola Outbreak
(Newser) - As the first Ebola patient to arrive in the US recovers in an Atlanta hospital, dozens of US experts are preparing to go to the other way. At least 50 public health experts are being sent to West Africa to help fight the deadliest-ever outbreak of the disease, Centers for... More » |
Storms Kill 1, Strand Thousands in California
(Newser) - About 2,500 people were stranded after thunderstorms caused mountain mudslides in southern California yesterday, while one person was found dead in a flooded creek, authorities say. A body was found in a car that was swept into the rain-swollen water in Mount Baldy and overturned, a San Bernardino County... More »
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