The BBC is reporting a tactical response team of the Capitol police, which guards the U.S. Capitol buildings, was told to leave the scene of the Navy Yard shooting Monday instead of coming to the help of municipal police officers.
Senior officials are said to be investigating why a supervisor told the elite unit to leave. Continue reading
Colorado emergency officials are telling residents to avoid contact with any lingering floodwater because of the possibility of toxic contaminants.
Residents who were forced from their homes will be given temporary passes to visit their homes during daylight hours but will be told to avoid any standing water. Officials say that because of the amount of flooding the water could contain pollution from oil and gas drilling centers. Continue reading
A pipe’s failure led to tons of molasses being dumped into a Hawaii harbor near Honolulu killing all the marine life in its path.
Over 1,400 tons of molasses was released into the ocean creating over 200,000 gallons of sugar water. In addition, the molasses is sinking to the bottom of the ocean and coating the sea floor. Fish and other marine life are unable to escape the sticky substance and die from lack of oxygen. Continue reading
Islamists across Bangladesh are rioting and protesting over the death sentence handed down to one of the leaders of the group Jamaat-e-Islami.
Abdul Kader Mullah was sentenced to be hanged for crimes against humanity committed during the nation’s 1971 war of independence. Jamaat-e-Islami called for a two day nationwide strike against the government which has resulted in violent protests. Continue reading
The Mexican military has airlifted the first 2,000 of an estimated 40,000 tourists trapped in the resort city of Acapulco after flooding from Tropical Storm Manuel.
Manuel and Hurricane Ingrid both struck the country within 24 hours, killing at least 57 and leaving tens of thousands without homes, power or clean drinking water. Continue reading
The U.S. Federal Reserve downgraded the outlook for the U.S. economy through 2014 and highlighted concerns that led the Fed to continue the pace of stimulus.
The Fed said the economy would grow from 2 to 2.3 percent this year down .3 from previous predictions. Next year’s growth is predicted to be a “barely healthy” 3 percent. Continue reading
A fire engulfed a chemical plant in Oklahoma early Thursday, heating pressurized containers and causing several explosions, authorities said.
The Danlin plant in Thomas, Okla., caught fire at 10 p.m. local time (11 p.m. ET) Wednesday, according to fire officials. Continue reading
Fire consumed a chemical plant west of Oklahoma City overnight Thursday, forcing evacuations but causing no injuries and leaving surrounding areas unscathed, officials said.
The fire and explosions at Danlin Industries in Thomas, Okla., about 85 miles west of the capital, according to Michael Galloway, Custer County emergency management director. Continue reading
A fire destroyed a chemical plant and caused small explosions near a western Oklahoma town, forcing the evacuation of about a dozen people from nearby homes, but resulting in no injuries, a county emergency management official said on Thursday.
The fire erupted about 10:00 p.m. CDT (0300 GMT) Wednesday at a Danlin Industries facility outside Thomas, Oklahoma, a city of 1,181 people about 90 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. Continue reading
Officials in Weld County, Colorado are raising the concern that the flooding which devastated Colorado could lead to a major outbreak of West Nile Virus.
Weather forecasts are calling for hot weather and that could speed up the growing process for mosquitoes that transmit the disease. The eggs could mature into an adult in just a week. Continue reading
