The Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, located in Fairfield County, Connecticut is the scene of a horrific mass killing this morning. 18 children and 8 adults are among those believed dead. The school teaches grades Kindergarten through fourth grade.
Just days after the successful launch of a rocket carrying an object that was placed in orbit, North Korea's president Kim Jong Un has vowed to send more satellites into space according to the Korean Central News Agency in that country.
Coast Guard sector Juneau Command Center watch standers received a distress call on VHF Marine radio channel 16 at approximately 8 PM on Wednesday evening. The distress call came from the two-man crew of the 36-foot, wooden-hulled Carrie Arlene.
Eight F-15 fighters took to the skies from Japan on Thursday in response to an intrusion into their airspace by a Chinese surveillance plane flying near the disputed Diaoyu Islands. The fighters, launched by the Japanese government were joined by a launch of an E-2C "Hawkeye" observation aircraft from Okinawa.