The small community of Manchester, Illinois, about 50 miles outside of Springfield, was the scene of deadly violence early this morning as a gunman killed five people on the first floor of an apartment complex there.
Bangladesh was the scene of another disaster involving the garment industry there on Wednesday as an eight-story commercial building collapsed killing close to 90 people.
Although health authorities in China are uncertain if the new H7N9 influenza virus can be spread from human-to-human contact. Poultry-to-human contact has resulted in over 100 cases of illness from the virus in humans.
Charges against the man who was arrested in the Ricin case where envelopes containing the substance were sent to President Obama, Senator Roger Wicker and a Mississippi judge have been dropped.