Section: US & Canada
Airlines cancel Israel flights over missile fear
Delta Air Lines is canceling all flights to Israel until further notice, citing reports that a rocket landed near Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport. A Delta Boeing 747 from New York was flying over the Mediterranean headed for Tel Aviv on Tuesday when it turned around and flew to Paris instead. Flight 468 had 273 passengers and 17 crew on...
Delta Cancels All Israel Flights Over Missile fear
Delta Air Lines is canceling all flights to Israel until further notice, citing reports that a rocket landed near Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport. A Delta Boeing 747 from New York was flying over the Mediterranean headed for Tel Aviv on Tuesday when it turned around and flew to Paris instead. Flight 468 had 273 passengers and 17 crew on...
Facebook and Twitter Users: Don’t Fall for MH17 ‘Actual Footage’ Scams
If you run across Facebook pages touting pictures of Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash victims, or tweets linking to reports on the disaster, warning: they may be fakes, harbor malware or redirect you to pornographic websites. The BBC reports that fraudsters are exploiting the tragic destruction of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, ostensibly shot down by...
British air accidents investigators to analyze data from downed Malaysia Airlines black boxes
Britain’s prime minister says black boxes from the Malaysia Airlines plane downed in eastern Ukraine will be examined by U.K. air accident investigators. …read more Source: FOX...
Dutch Minister Says E.U. Is Imposing New Sanctions on Officials Over Russia’s Actions in Ukraine
(BRUSSELS) — Dutch minister says EU is imposing new sanctions on officials over Russia’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
EU imposes new sanctions against Russian officials
BRUSSELS — The Dutch foreign minister says the European Union is imposing new sanctions against officials deemed responsible for Russia’s actions in Ukraine.Tuesday’s decision by foreign ministers from the 28-nation bloc came days after a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over territory held by pro-Russian rebels in eastern...
Raw: MH-17 pieces removed from crash site
Pieces of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 are removed from the crash site in Ukraine. …read more Source: USA...
Americans Wary Of Involvement In Ukraine Conflict: Poll
Many Americans are convinced that Russia was at least partially responsible for the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 last week, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll shows. But even if it’s proven that Russia or pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine were involved, Americans say they would favor sanctions and diplomacy over military options. Asked to...
International Monitors: Pro-Russian Rebels In Ukraine Have Sawed Into The MH17 Wreckage
Investigators from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe say pro-Russian rebels have “hacked into” pieces of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 wreckage with power saws, NBC News reports. The rear of the plane, which constitutes one of the biggest pieces of wreckage found at the crash site in eastern Ukraine, has...
Jon Stewart Blows The Lid Off Reagan’s ‘Immediate’ Response To Russian Crisis
What would Ronald Reagan do? Apparently, it doesn’t matter because conservatives will remember it differently anyway. In his coverage of the crisis in Ukraine and the downed Malaysian airliner, Jon Stewart couldn’t help but notice how quick the GOP was to blame President Obama, and wax nostalgic about how President Reagan handled a...
