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.
Syria has been using chemical weapons in the last month against on their own people according to Israel.
Charges of Using a Weapon of Mass Destruction have been filed against the surviving brother, that carried out the bombing attack in Boston during the annual marathon last week.