Al Qaeda announced on Monday that they were cutting ties with the militant group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Although the authenticity of the news announcing the split could not be verified independently, that announcement has been posted on various websites frequently used by Al Qaeda.
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.
Like in the United States, the controversy over whether the U.S. should keep troops in Afghanistan as part of an international coalition of forces there past the December 31, 2014 deadline is coming to a head in Pakistan.