Sri Lanka’s president has demanded thatthe defense secretary and national police chief resign after the Easter Sunday suicide bombings.
Author: Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY
28 killed on Portuguese island of Madeira as tourist bus plunges off embankment and hits a house
A bus carrying German tourists plunged off an embankment onthe Portuguese islandof Madeira, leaving 28 dead.
Tornado hits central Texas town as severe storms forecast from Dallas to Birmingham, Alabama
Severe thunderstorms, includingstrong tornadoes, damaging winds and very large hail, are likely from East Texas to western Alabama Saturday.
Heavy snow, blizzard in Upper Midwest leave thousands without power; fights canceled
Heavy snow and blizzard conditions in Upper Midwest is expected to lift slightly, but thousands left without power in Minnesota.
Actor, 2 others, plead guilty to extortion plot for posing as mobsters in New York pizzeria shakedown
An actor, hired for his intimidating looks in all-black and sunglasses, and two othersface 20 years in prison for an extortion plot in which they pretended to be part of a mob”organization” in shakedown at a Brooklyn pizzeria.
…
Back-to-back storms threaten blizzard conditions, damaging winds, tornadoes into Wednesday
Storms threaten a round of thunderstorms, high winds, tornadoes and even blizzard conditions into midweek in some sections as warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico with colder, dryer air from Northern California.
&nbs…
Gallup poll finds 1 in 5 Russians would like to permanently leave Russia
One in five Russians say they would like to leave Russia for good if they could, a new Gallup poll shows, pushing Russia dangerously close to a full–blown demographiccrisis.
Opioid crisis in Philadelphia pits feds against non-profit effort to open drug injection site
The U.S. attorney in Philadelphia anda nonprofit are embroiled in a battle over the organization’sattempt to open a supervised opioid injection site.
Texas prisons ban all chaplains from execution chamber after Supreme Court ruling
Texas bans all prison chaplains and clerics from the execution chamber days after a Supreme Court ruling on a Buddhist chaplain.
Ecuador accuses Julian Assange of violating asylum deal in London embassy
Ecuadorian president claims WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has repeatedly violated terms of his seven years of asylum in the embassy in Britain.