Three people were wounded in an attack aboard a high-speed train in France today by a gunman armed with an automatic weapon and a knife, officials said.Two were wounded directly by the gunman and one was hurt while trying to run away, a French Anti-terrorism Unit spokesman told ABC News. … [Read more...]
Fatal Brain Disease Shows up Decades After Infection
A few hundred people around the world caught a rare and fatal brain disease from contaminated growth hormone treatments they received during the 1950s through 1980s. Now, although use of the contaminated hormone stopped decades ago, scientists say they continue to see new cases of the brain disease today, up to 40 years after the patients were exposed, according to a new study. … [Read more...]
Mystery Surrounds Deaths of 30 Large Whales in Alaska
Thirty large whales have died in the western Gulf of Alaska since May, now deemed an "unusual mortality event" by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The historical average for this time-frame is eight deaths, said Julie Speegle, a spokeswoman for NOAA in Alaska. … [Read more...]
North Korea Prepares for Battle with South Korea, Tensions Rise
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared his front-line troops were in a "quasi-state of war" Friday and ordered them to prepare for battle, a day after the most serious confrontation with South Korea in years. … [Read more...]
$4.5M in Gold Coins Recovered off Florida Beach
A team of treasure hunters scouring the waters off Florida last month recovered a $4.5 million bounty of gold coins – including several made for the king of Spain, Philip V, in the early 1700s, Florida Today reported. … [Read more...]
Hero Surfer Helps Rescue Teens from Lake Michigan Rip Current
A hero surfer helped pluck two teenage girls from what appeared to be a rip current in Lake Michigan, officials said. Zeb Boeskool sprung into action after the girls were spotted approximately 800 feet out from the pier earlier today in Grand Haven, about 15 miles from Muskegon. … [Read more...]
China Steps Up Land Reclamation in South China Sea
China’s land reclamation projects in the South China Sea have grown dramatically over the past few months and Beijing is patrolling the waters around its territorial claims to assert its power, according to a report issued by the Pentagon Thursday. … [Read more...]
National Security Government Employees Members of Online Cheating Site
U.S. government employees with sensitive jobs in national security or law enforcement were among hundreds of federal workers found to be using government networks to access and pay membership fees to the cheating website Ashley Madison, The Associated Press has learned. … [Read more...]