Italy earthquake: Mass funeral for 35 victims
From BBC A mass funeral has taken place in Italy for some of the 290 people killed in Wednesday’s powerful earthquake. Thirty-five victims from the town of Arquata were mourned at a sports hall in the regional capital, Ascoli Piceno….
A record-breaking wildfire in Canada forces an entire town to evacuate
By Jen Kirby From New York Mag A massive wildfire has engulfed the area around the Canadian town of Fort McMurray in Alberta. The blaze has destroyed homes and forced almost the entire town — about 80,000 people — to…
New AP News Director for Latin America & the Caribbean wants coverage to be more multimedia
By Teresa Mioli From The University of Texas at Austin Since starting his new job, Paul Haven, the Associated Press’ new News Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, has overseen coverage on the lifting of restrictions on travel from the…
Native American tribe plans to open America’s first marijuana resort
By Brian Koerber From Mashable The Santee Sioux tribe of South Dakota has big plans for the marijuana business. On top of running a successful casino, 120-room hotel and a buffalo ranch, the 400-person tribe has plans to open the…
Trinidad and Tobago election too close to call
From DW Trinidad and Tobago’s first female prime minister is seeking re-election for a second term. Violent crime and management of oil reserves have dominated the agenda in the Caribbean nation. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and her opponent in Monday’s…
The FBI is making it too easy for us to track down its spy planes
By Chris Smith From BGR The Associated Press revealed earlier this week that the FBI appears to be the intelligence agency that’s flying spy planes in America for surveillance operations. Even though the FBI tried to keep its spy planes…
The ‘Cuban Twitter’ covert program: Misleading denials by the Obama Administration
By Howard Friel From Common Dreams A simple reading of the report last week by the Associated Press that a U.S. State Department agency was engaged in a destabilization program in Cuba suggests that administration officials who responded to the…
Investigation finds multiple ‘serious’ incidents occurred at government labs storing deadly diseases
By Hunter Walker From Business Insider On Friday [11], the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of an investigation conducted after “potentially viable anthrax” was accidentally released at one of the agencies facilities in Atlanta, Georgia last…
TSA will increase security at airports abroad for July 4 weekend
By Jessica Plautz From Mashable Travelers headed to the United States from abroad over the Fourth of July weekend may encounter additional security at some airports. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson directed the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to…
World Cup host city that’s in the middle of the jungle
Photos of the World Cup host city that’s in the middle of the jungle By Tony Manfred From Business Insider Shaun Botterill/Getty Images A lot of people didn’t think World Cup games should be held in Manaus. The Amazonian city…
