TAIPEI—Rescue workers in Taiwan have used a crane to lift part of the wreckage of a TransAsia passenger plane that crashed outside of Taipei, killing at least 25 people and leaving nearly 20 others missing in shallow water. Rescuers in boats surrounded the partially submerged, upside-down plane and pulled at least 15 of the passengers […]
Jordan’s King Abdullah vowed a “relentless” war against Islamic State militants on their own territory on Wednesday. Abdullah’s remarks came a few hours after Jordan executed two militants at dawn Wednesday, responding to the Islamic State group’s gruesome killing of a Jordanian pilot captured after his plane went down during a mission targeting the fighters […]
A diverse group of Alaskans said a report released today on the Mount Polley mine disaster in British Columbia (B.C.) provides new evidence that mines planned and under construction in the B.C. headwaters of highly productive Southeast Alaska salmon rivers are a threat to multi-billion dollar fisheries and a way of life for thousands of […]
Despite overcast skies, Paunxsutawney Phil, the world’s most famous woodchuck, emerged from his home in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania and promptly saw his shadow, giving us another 6 weeks of Winter. Phil gave his prediction at 7:25 am amid overcast skies and snow squalls that were moving through the region, and gave the same weather forecast as […]