Section: US & Canada
MSNBC prankster blames Malaysia crash on Howard Stern
The caller claimed to be a sergeant with the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. …read more Source: USA...
Scenes From the Malaysia Jet Crash Site
A Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 295 passengers and crew crashed in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, and American officials said it was most likely shot down by an antiaircraft missile. …read more Source: The New York...
Voices: Global hot spots need to be put in perspective
A downed airliner in Ukraine and a violent flare-up in Gaza shake a world’s uneasy calm. …read more Source: USA...
AP Interview: Ukraine blames Russia for crash
Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador said Thursday that the Malaysian airliner would not have crashed if Russia hadn’t given pro-Russian separatists a sophisticated missile system that can hit planes. …read more Source: Miami...
Israel Launches a Ground Invasion of Gaza—and No One Knows How It Will End
MoreMarkets React to Malaysian Jet Crash and Gaza InvasionIsrael Begins Gaza Ground OffensiveWhy the Israel-Gaza Cease-Fire FailedIsraeli tanks rolled into the Gaza Strip Thursday, marking the start of a ground offensive in the Palestinian territory. After ten days of aerial bombardment and frequent threats of ground invasion, troops moved on the...
Putin: Responsibility for plane crash is Ukraine’s
Russian President Vladmir Putin says Ukraine bears responsibility for the crash of a Malaysian airliner. …read more Source: CNY...
MSNBC Prank Call Malaysia Airlines: Howard Stern Referenced in Crude Flight MH17 ‘Analysis’ (+Video)
MSNBC host Krystal Ball was on the receiving end of a bad prank call during a television coverage of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane on Thursday. During MSNBC’s The Cycle spot on the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash, a prank caller going by the name of “Staff Sgt. Michael Boyd.” gave his opinion of what he supposedly...
Intercepted calls indicate Russian-backed Cossacks shot down plane, paper reports
Ukraine’s security agency says it intercepted calls said to be between Russian military intelligence officers, and between pro-Russian fighters. …read more Source: Toronto...
Putin’s statement on Ukraine plane crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin opened a meeting with top economic advisers late Thursday with comments on the crash of a Malaysian airliner in Ukraine. The text of his remarks, as taken from the Kremlin website and translated by The Associated Press: …read more Source: Miami...
Unrest in Ukraine will complicate Malaysia Air probe
Who will examine the voice and data recorders? How will investigators get to the scene? …read more Source: USA...
