By CBC News, June 15, 2016 Nebraska family will ‘no question lose a 2-year-old child,’ Florida sheriff says in Orlando About 50 people are “working on recovering the body” of a two-year-old boy snatched by an alligator at Walt Disney World, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings says. He said the boy’s family “will no question… Continue reading Search for boy snatched by alligator turns to recovery effort at Disney World
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SpaceX booster rocket crashes on barge after successful satellite launch
By CBC News, June 15, 2016 Failed landing follows 3 successes in a row by SpaceX’s reusable booster rocket The first stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket had a “rapid unscheduled disassembly” on a floating barge following the successful launch of two satellites Wednesday. SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk said the crash may be the… Continue reading SpaceX booster rocket crashes on barge after successful satellite launch
Obama offers no easy answers in wake of Orlando shootings
By Josh Leaderman and Kathleen Hennessey, The Associated Press, June 14, 2016 WASHINGTON — Was it homegrown terrorism, bigotry or random gun violence? Americans searching for answers after the Orlando shootings are finding no easy solutions from President Barack Obama, who is conceding that a deadly mix of extremism and easy gun access have made… Continue reading Obama offers no easy answers in wake of Orlando shootings
Protesters want to erase Confederate sign on Mississippi flag
By The Associated Press, June 14, 2016 JACKSON, Miss. – Protesters plan to gather outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to say the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag is a vestige of slavery and Congress should erase it. Among the scheduled speakers for the Flag Day rally is Aunjanue Ellis, an actress who… Continue reading Protesters want to erase Confederate sign on Mississippi flag
Orlando nightclub attack: Gunman Omar Mateen was 'cool and calm' during Pulse standoff
By CBC News, June 13, 2016 Police stormed club after 3-hour standoff because of ‘imminent danger,’ Florida city’s chief says The gunman who killed 49 people in an Orlando, Fla., nightclub was “cool and calm” during negotiations with police at the start of his bloody rampage, the hostage situation that followed and the police raid… Continue reading Orlando nightclub attack: Gunman Omar Mateen was 'cool and calm' during Pulse standoff
Microsoft buying LinkedIn for $26B
By CBC News, June 13, 2016 Microsoft pays $196 US a share for professional networking company Microsoft is buying social media networking company LinkedIn for more than $26 billion US. In a release Monday, Microsoft announced it would pay $196 US for every share in LinkedIn, a professional networking website at which users post their… Continue reading Microsoft buying LinkedIn for $26B
El Niño comes to an end; La Niña on its way
By Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press, June 10, 2016 WASHINGTON – This year’s monstrous El Niño, nicknamed Godzilla by NASA, is dead. It heated up the globe, but didn’t quite end California’s four-year drought. In its monthly update Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the El Niño has ended, 15 months after its… Continue reading El Niño comes to an end; La Niña on its way
Revealed: Cambodia's vast medieval cities hidden beneath the jungle
By Lara Dunston, The Guardian, June 11, 2016 Laser technology reveals cities concealed under the earth which would have made up the world’s largest empire in 12th century Archaeologists in Cambodia have found multiple, previously undocumented medieval cities not far from the ancient temple city of Angkor Wat, the Guardian can reveal, in groundbreaking discoveries… Continue reading Revealed: Cambodia's vast medieval cities hidden beneath the jungle
Queen Elizabeth II marks 90th birthday with 3 days of celebrations
By Gregory Katz, The Associated Press, June 10, 2016 LONDON – Bells rang in celebration from St. Paul’s Cathedral in London Friday to mark the start of the official celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday. The queen’s milestone birthday is being marked with a three-day series of festivities that will include solemn religious events… Continue reading Queen Elizabeth II marks 90th birthday with 3 days of celebrations
Mother has tearful reunion with son 20 years after he was abducted
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press, June 10, 2016 LOS ANGELES – For over two decades, all Maria Mancia had of her son was a single photo, a slightly blurry image of a boy, 18 months old, staring unsmiling into the camera. On Thursday he was wiping away her tears at a reunion neither of… Continue reading Mother has tearful reunion with son 20 years after he was abducted