An American tourist inside a car was killed and a tour operator was injured in an attack by a lion at a park near Johannesburg, South Africa, a spokesman for The Lion Park told ABC News. Staff members hurried into an enclosure at the park to fight off the lion and called an ambulance after the attack took place around 2:30 p.m. local time, or 8:30 a.m. ET, the spokesman, … [Read more...]
Over 120,000 Saiga Antelopes Have Inexplicably Died Since Mid-May
Scientists are trying desperately to understand the cause of a mass die-off that has cut the global population of the critically endangered saiga antelope nearly in half. Saiga antelopes, known for their distinctive flexible proboscises, live in large herds on the steppe grasslands and semi-arid deserts of central Asia. More than 120,000 have died in Kazakhstan over the past … [Read more...]
High Court Throws out Conviction for Facebook Threats
The Supreme Court on Monday threw out the conviction of a Pennsylvania man prosecuted for making threats on Facebook, but dodged the free-speech issues that had made the case intriguing to First Amendment advocates. … [Read more...]
Bangladesh Police Charge 41 With Murder Over Rana Plaza Collapse
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- The police in Bangladesh filed formal murder charges on Monday against 41 people accused of involvement in the 2013 collapse of a building that housed several clothing factories, leaving more than 1,100 people dead in the worst disaster in garment industry history. … [Read more...]
Vice President’s Son, Beau Biden, Mourned on Social Media – Newsweek
Beau Biden, left, and his father, Vice President Joe Biden, pictured here at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver on August 27, 2008. Beau Biden died at age 46 after a battle with brain cancer, his father said Saturday. Chris Wattie/Reuters … [Read more...]
DHS Tests Uncover Security Failures at US Airports
An airline passenger stands in a full-body scanner at Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport, Calif. in this Feb. 20, 2014 file photo. An internal investigation of the Transportation Security Administration revealed security failures at dozens of the nation’s busiest airports, where undercover investigators were able … [Read more...]
Paul battles critics as NSA collection program expires – Fox News
Republicans and Democrats engaged in a fervent round of finger-pointing Monday after inaction in the Senate led to the expiration of key counterterrorism programs including the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records. … [Read more...]
Section 215 of the Patriot Act Expires—For Now
Section 215 has expired. At least for now. The law that the NSA used to authorize its collection of vast amounts of information about the telephone calls of ordinary Americans is no more. Even though it’s likely temporary, it’s a good thing and we should pause to celebrate a little. The calls and emails Congress received from people across the country and across the political … [Read more...]
An Archaeological Site Was Accidentally Torched At Israel’s Burning Man
So much for leaving no trace: The Israeli Antiquities Authority is accusing the organizers of Midburn — the Israeli affiliate of Burning Man — of accidentally torching ancient remnants dating back to Paleolithic and Epipaleolithic periods. … [Read more...]