At least 82 people have been killed when a powerful earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday, triggering a brief tsunami warning and sending residents and tourists fleeing into the streets. The death toll was expected to rise, with hundreds of people injured and thousands of houses severely damaged, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency […]
The man dubbed the “Austin Bomber,” is dead by his own hand as he detonated a device as a Texas SWAT team closed in on him early Wednesday morning, Texas authorities announced Wednesday. The man, now identified as 23-year-old Mark Anthony Conditt, was responsible for the five devices that detonated in the Austin area in […]
Texas suffered another explosive attack late on Sunday night following four others this month. This newest attack injured one person at a FexEx facility near San Antonio. Preliminary investigations report that the explosive package was headed to Austin. State and federal investigators are now of the belief that the five bombs are related and suspect a serial […]
Mass mortality of seabirds. Marine mammal deaths. Alaskans sickened by shellfish. What’s the common theme? Seawater contaminated by toxic algae. Call it death by phytoplankton. A group of Alaskans — including state officials, tribes, nonprofit organizations and researchers — have recently come together to try to combat these marine toxins. The goal is to keep […]