Flooding Impacts Southwest Missouri

Heavy rains have deluged southern Missouri, resulting in a number of emergency evacuations and at least two deaths.

The city of Waynesville was hit so hard that police barricaded the downtown area to prevent looting and injuries in flooded neighborhoods. It was also the scene of one confirmed and one suspected death. Continue reading

Sun’s Magnetic Field Set To Flip

The sun’s magnetic field is set to flip before the end of 2013 and could lead to major disruptions to satellite communications and even changes to our weather.

The sun is about to reach the peak of an 11-year solar activity cycle called the “Solar Maximum”. The outbursts of solar energy during the maximum increases cosmic and UV rays that could disrupt radio communications and can cause solar flares that could impact the planet’s temperature. Continue reading

Prayer Vigil Scheduled For Jailed Iranian Pastor

Naghmeh Abedini, wife of jailed American pastor Saeed Abedini, is calling for a national day of prayer for her husband as authorities have done nothing to save him from Iran’s brutal Evin prison.

“There are now 44 cities in the U.S. that have gotten permits and are on board for doing the prayer vigil on September 26, which is the one year anniversary of Saeed’s imprisonment in Evin (Prison). Different cities are holding it at different times, but most cities are holding it at noon their time in front of courthouses, city halls, or their state capitol building,” Abedini told The Global Dispatch in an interview. Continue reading

New York Times Accused of Anti-Israel Bias

Pro-Israel groups are claiming an article printed in the New York Times shows an inherent anti-Israel bias in the newspaper’s reporting.

NYT Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren has been under fire from groups for an article that dismissed Palestinian rock throwers, saying their deadly assaults on Israelis soldiers and citizens as a “hobby” and “rite of passage”. The article prompted a response from the Israeli Defense Forces reporting facts not included in the Times article, such as six Israeli civilians injured in rock throwing incidents in July and previous incidents where women and children were killed by rock throwing at vehicles. Continue reading

Egyptian Government Says Foreign Mediation “Has Failed”

Egypt’s interim head of state says that an international effort to end the situation in the country has failed and that the government will begin taking further steps to resolve the situation.

Adly Mansour stated that talking to diplomats from the U.S., EU, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates has brought no solutions to the violent protests held by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted President Mohammed Morsi. Continue reading

California Wildfire Completely Uncontained

An uncontained wildfire in Riverside County is burning toward the desert as officials say their efforts have been hampered by overnight winds.

The fast-moving fire has burned more than 6,000 acres of land and destroyed 15 structures near Banning, California. Three people have been injured by the flames and hundreds have been forced to flee. Continue reading