A gunman opened fire this morning at a festival outside of the St. John Baptist de la Salle Catholic church in Granada Hills. There was a school festival going on at the time.
Bystanders held the man suspected of this crime until the police arrived.
There were two people hit in the gunfire. There is no word [...]
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 6.1-magnitude earthquake has hit about 78 kilometres west of Guangyuan. There have not been any reports of further damage or deaths from the latest wave of disaster in the region.
The death toll now stands at 28,881 from Monday’s massive 7.9 quake. Earlier on Saturday waves of people fled a [...]
Autumn Kelly is now the wife of Peter Phillips, son of Princess Anne. The couple were married Saturday afternoon at Windsor Castle. Phillips is the oldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth.
Kelly wore a white bridal gown and carried a bouquet of white flowers. She was given away by her father, Brian Kelly.
The couple, both 30, had [...]
In earthquake ravaged China parents are mourning the many children that have been killed this week. With China’s one child only policy those grieving are often now childless.
Many of those who are listed among the dead are the children that were buried in the rubble of their schools.
For the parents that survive their children their [...]
A county near the epicenter of Monday’s 7.9 earthquake were ordered to evacuate Saturday after fears a lake had burst its banks. Thousands of able bodied people have taken for the hills to flee the possible flooding.
As the waters rise 1.2 million people are in the process of being evacuated from Qingchuan 55 miles from [...]
A jail where 76 inmates are held in Nova Scotia has had asbestos discovered in the building. As a result of that discovery several of the guards are refusing to step back into Cape Breton Correctional Facility.
After the union that represents the guards learned on Thursday about the asbestos guards have not reported to work [...]
During a speech before the National Rifle Association convention on Friday afternoon Mike Huckabee made a tasteless comment about a noise offstage about Obama dodging a gunman.
“That was Barack Obama, he just tripped off a chair, he’s getting ready to speak,” said the former Arkansas governor, to audience laughter. “Somebody aimed a gun at him [...]
George Smitherman, Ontario Health Minister, announced Thursday the province plans to reinstate funding for sex change operations. While the details have not been finalized the province is moving forward on a promise made years ago.
Nearly a decade ago the Conservative government at that time stopped the coverage for those who were undergoing the procedure.
Between 1997-1998 [...]
Natascha Kampusch was help captive by Wolfgang Priklopil for eight and a half years. She now owns the house she was help hostage at as part of the compensation.
The young Austrian was kidnapped at the age of 10 on 2 March 1998 as she made her way to school. Priklopil kept her locked away for [...]
Ken Griffey Jr. owed Josh Fogg a debt of $1,500. The Reds teammates watched as Fogg opened his locker on Wednesday to discover the debt was paid in full using pennies.
Fogg’s locker was stuffed with 60 boxes full of pennies. Each box weighed 16 pounds and had $25 worth of the one cent pieces inside.
“Basically, [...]
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