On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker determined a commercial fishery failure for the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery in Washington State. The fishery resource disaster was caused by the low return of sockeye salmon to the Fraser River which resulted in subsequent closure of the fishery for the 2013 fishing season.
Authorities have opened an investigation after recovering garbage bags containing body parts that began appearing along the Fred Moore Highway and Allington Road in St Clair and China Townships on Thursday afternoon.
A task force consisting of federal, state, and local officials began a sweeping round-up of 32 people charged with immigration and racketeering violations throughout Texas and Louisiana on Thursday.
On Thursday evening, a second body was recovered from the wreckage of the collapsed Geraghty Street apartment building fire that began in the early morning hours of Wednesday.