The FBI is vowing a worldwide investigation into the Boston bombing but admitted that they have no suspects in the attack.
“At this time there are no claims of responsibility,” FBI officials said in a press conference Tuesday. “The range of suspects and motives remains wide open.” Continue reading
One of the most well known voices in gospel music of the last 60 years has gone silent.
George Beverly Shea, the soloist for most of Billy Graham’s crusades, died Tuesday after a brief illness at the age of 104.
Shea, known for his renditions of “How Great Thou Art” and “The Wonder of it All”, first sang for Billy Graham in 1943 during a Chicago radio program. He then became the voice that preceded Graham’s sermons at nearly every crusade for the next 50 years.
Rev. Billy Graham released a statement about the passing of his long time ministry partner: Continue reading
Just 12 hours after a massive earthquake killed dozens in Iran, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake rattled Papua New Guinea on Wednesday morning.
There was no threat of a tsunami according to scientists however the quake was very shallow. The quake centered about 11 miles east of Aitape. Continue reading
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Iran reached three countries resulting in fatalities in at least two.
The quake, centered near the Iranian cities of Khash (population 180,000) and Saravan (population 250,000), struck approximately 3:14pm local time Tuesday. The earthquake was measured at a depth of almost 60 miles. The Iranian Fars news agency said on the surface the quake had the impact of a 4.0 surface quake. Continue reading
A professor with the University of Buffalo was arrested on Tuesday for disorderly conduct after violently launching into a profanity filled rant against pro-life students.
Professor Laura Curry, an adjunct professor of media, harassed and screamed at members of the University’s Students for Life group who were staging a pro-life event. The group had displayed photos of babies killed via abortion that Curry wanted to have removed from public view. Continue reading
Central Oklahoma was shaken by a series of earthquakes starting around 1:45 a.m. and lasting through almost 5:20 a.m. Three of the quakes centered around Luther including the strongest quake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale.
The five earthquake measured 3.0, 4.3, 2.8, 3.3 and 4.2. Continue reading
Somalia’s Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon has told media outlets that the terrorists who carried out a bomb and gun attack on one of the city’s main courthouses were foreign terrorists.
The al-Qaeda linked Islamic terror group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the assaults that have now resulted in the deaths of 29 people. 58 people have been confirmed wounded by the attack. Continue reading
At least 40 are dead after a major earthquake struck Tuesday near the Iran-Pakistan border, Iranian state-run Press TV says. Continue reading
Saeed Abedini, the American pastor jailed in Iran for being a Christian, has been inflicted with new beatings in Evin prison that have severely impacted his physical condition.
Abedini’s wife told Fox News that the beatings have left him with internal bleeding. The bleeding complication is on top of other injuries from repeated beatings at the hands of his Iranian captors. Continue reading
Chinese health expert Zhong Nanshan has told China Central Television that the claims being made by the Chinese government and the World Health Organization that the H7N9 bird flu does not transmit human-to-human are based on “hardly conclusive” evidence. Continue reading