Section: US & Canada
Violence on the edge of Europe forces soccer officials to act
With tensions mounting on the fringes of Europe, officials decided this week to ban competitive soccer matches in Israel and to make sure teams from the Ukraine and Russia are not drawn to play each other in the continent’s top club competitions. The governing body for European soccer, UEFA, said … …read more Source: The...
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...
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...
Ukraine blames separatists
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks about the Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in Ukraine on Thursday. …read more Source:...
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:...
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...
Interactive: Path and Crash Site of Malaysia Airlines Plane Down in Ukraine
A Malaysia Airlines plane with 295 people on board crashed in Ukraine Thursday. Here is a look at the crash site, the flight’s path, and an overview of the Boeing 777. …read more Source: The Boston...
