Section: US & Canada
Pro-Russian Ukrainian rebel leader claims shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines jet
In web site page, subsequently taken down, rebel leader says “we warned you not to fly in our skies” …read more Source:...
Video: Obama: U.S. ready to offer assistance in crash investigation
President Barack Obama said the U.S. ready to help investigate the crash of the Malaysian Airlines jet in eastern Ukraine. Nathan Frandino reports. …read more Source: The Globe and...
S&P 500 FALLS 1.1%, GOLD RALLIES: Here’s What You Need To Know (DIA, SPX, SPY, QQQ, GLD, VIX, RSX, MSFT, AVP, MS, PEP)
Stocks were lower as headlines were dominated by the crash of a Malaysia Airlines flight in Ukraine near the Russian border. All major stock indices closed lower, with the S&P 500 ending its streak of sessions without a 1% move at 62, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq suffered the deepest losses, falling 1.4%. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 16,986.70,...
Pro-Russian Rebel Leader: ‘We Have Warned Them — Not To Fly In “Our Sky”‘
Russian leader of separatist “Lugansk People Republic” Igor Strelkov posted a statement on Russia’s largest social network that may help explain what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight 17 on Thursday morning. The Ukrainian Crisis Media Center shared and translated a screenshot of Strelkov’s comment, shown below, on...
White House Won’t Clarify How Obama Heard About The Malaysian Plane Crash In Ukraine
President Barack Obama was on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin when news of the Malaysian Airlines plane crash broke Thursday, but the White House won’t say whether the president learned of the incident from his counterpart in Moscow or by other means. According to a press pool report by Washington Post reporter Juliet...
A Howard Stern Fan Pranked MSNBC During Malaysian Plane Crash Coverage
MSNBC host Krystal Ball was pranked live on-air Thursday during her coverage of the Malaysian flight crash in Ukraine— with an apparent fan of shock-jock Howard Stern posing as a military expert only to make a crude joke and call Ball a “dumbass. “I was looking out the window and I saw a projectile flying through the sky and it...
Ukraine blames separatists
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks about the Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in Ukraine on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Russia Still Has Thousands Of Troops Along Its Border With Ukraine
Russia restarted a massive military buildup along its Ukrainian border yesterday. The cause of the crash of a Malaysian Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine is currently unknown. But the tragedy occurred at time when tensions along the border had been increasing. The Pentagon estimates that Russia has placed between 10,000 and 12,000 soldiers along...
Malaysia Airlines MH17, MH370 Tweets: Celebrities Lisa Surihani, Lee Chong Wei, Marion Caunter, Siti Nurhaliza, Social Activists, Ordinary Malaysians React to Plane Crash
A number of Malaysian celebrities and social activists have taken to social media to express their feelings and reactions to the MH17 crash. Malaysia Airlines revealed that the Ukrainian aviation authorities lost contact with MH17 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. The plane left Amsterdam and was headed for Kuala Lumpur. Later, Ukraine authorities confirmed...
Malaysia Plane Wreckage Site Has Been Inspected, Blame Game Continues (+Videos)
HRABOVO, Ukraine—A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the aircraft. As plumes of black smoke rose up near a rebel-held village of...
