From The Wire
Berlin Wall Went Up 50 Years Ago
BERLIN, Aug. 13 (UPI) — A former Berlin mayor suggests reconstructing the Berlin Wall as the city Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the infamous wall being built. Former mayor Eberhard Diepgen says he would like to see portions of the wall, which kept East Berliners from fleeing to the West after it was erected […]
Missing Boy Scout Found Utah
HOOPER, Utah, Aug. 13 (UPI) — A 12-year-old Boy Scout missing overnight in Utah’s Ashley National Forest was found alive Saturday, 2 1/2 hour after a massive search resumed, police said. Jared Ropelato of Hooper, Utah, was reported missing by his Scoutmasters at noon Friday in the vicinity of Spirit Lake Trailhead and Daggett Lake, […]
Tens Of Thousands Protest In Israel
JERUSALEM, Aug. 13 (UPI) — Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across Israel Saturday for social change, officials say. About 30,000 protesters, both Arab and Jewish, marched in Haifa, Haaretz reported. “They tell us we don’t have focus, but we are super focused and know exactly what we want …,” Yossi Baruch, […]
Neighbor Charged With Killing Young Girl
SENATH, Mo., Aug. 13 (UPI) — A Senath, Mo., man was charged Saturday in the disappearance and death of a missing 3-year-old girl, police say. Shawn Morgan, 43, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and tampering with physical evidence in connection with the death of his neighbor, Breeann Rodriguez, The Dunklin […]
Libyan Army, Rebels Battle In Brega
BREGA, Libya, Aug. 13 (UPI) — Libyan rebels are fighting government forces for control of the oil town Brega, authorities say. Col. Ahmed Omar Bani, a spokesman for the Libyan rebels, said Saturday the insurgent forces are trying to wrest control of a second residential district in the eastern part of the oil town, the […]
Turkey May Intervene In Syria
ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 13 (UPI) — Turkish officials say an international intervention in Syria has not been ruled out, should Syrian government violence against its own citizens continue. Turkish President Abdullah Gul sent a letter to Syrian President Bashar Assad Tuesday saying that should Syrian troops continue attacking its own people, the country would no […]
Bear Kills 2 In Russia
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia, Aug. 13 (UPI) — A brown bear killed two people in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, officials say. The victims, a man and a woman, were resting near the Paratunka River at the Serebryany Spring in the Yelizovo district with a group of people Saturday when they were attacked, ITAR-Tass reported. The bear came out […]
Bus Crash Injures 25
LANCASTER, Pa., Aug. 13 (UPI) — A bus crashed on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on its way to St. Louis Saturday, injuring 25 passengers, officials say. The Greyhound bus overturned on the turnpike at 6 a.m., 1 mile east of the Lebanon-Lancaster exit, WGAL-TV in Lancaster, Pa., reported. The bus driver, Kareem Edward Farmer of Philadelphia, […]
5 Escape From Connecticut Halfway House
HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 13 (UPI) — Law enforcement authorities were searching for five inmates who escaped from a Hartford, Conn., halfway house before dawn Saturday, police said. Officials at the Stillman Halfway House alerted police at 12:30 a.m. Saturday that Omar Hernandez, 35, Tory Keith, 21, Willie Hughes, 32, Dajuan Hill, 27, and Luis Padua, […]
One Dead In Texas Mid-air Plane Collision
CONROE, Texas, Aug. 13 (UPI) — One person was killed Saturday when two planes collided in mid air over Lake Conroe in Texas, authorities said. The two planes hit each other at 11:45 a.m. Saturday over the northern part of the lake in Montgomery County, KTRK-TV, Houston, reported. One aircraft was able to land safely, […]
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