1960s Satellite Images Add To Evidence Of Shrinking Sea Ice
Scientists have digitized and analyzed imagery taken by one of the first U.S. weather satellites to create a montage showing the extent of polar sea ice in 1964 so they can compare it to more recent satellite photos.
Dozens Killed In Collapse Of Bangladesh Garment Complex
More than 70 people are dead and some 600 injured in Bangladesh following the collapse of an eight-story building on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka.
Public Expects Attacks, But Boston Doesn’t Increase Fear
The Boston Marathon bombings “riveted most Americans” and seemed to “confirm the public’s long-held belief that occasional terrorist acts are to be expected,” the Pew Research Center says.
Boston Bombings: Monday’s Developments
People in Boston and across Massachusetts will pause for a moment of silence at 2:50 p.m. ET Monday — marking the time exactly one week before when the first of two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 170.
1 Marathon Bomb Suspect Dead; Hunt On For Other
One of the two young men suspected in the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon was reported to be dead after a gun exchange early Friday with police in Watertown, Mass.
‘Like A Nuclear Bomb:’ Texas Plant Blast Killed Several, Injured Dozens
As the day dawned, officials said an estimated 5 to 15 people were killed and more than 160 were wounded. It was feared those numbers might go higher. The cause of the fire that led to explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco is under investigation.
Adoption Case Brings Rare Family Law Dispute To High Court
Take the usual agony of an adoption dispute. Add in the disgraceful U.S. history of ripping Indian children from their Native American families. Mix in a dose of initial fatherly abandonment. And there you have it — a poisonous and painful legal cocktail that goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Mars Rovers Go Quiet, As Sun Blocks Transmissions
Communications between the Earth and Mars are on hiatus for several weeks, thanks to interference from the sun. That means NASA’s orbiters and rovers that study Mars will be left to their own devices until radio signals can once again travel between the two planets.
North Korea May Have A Nuclear Warhead To Put On A Missile, Says Pentagon
The Pentagon’s intelligence arm has “moderate confidence” that North Korea may have developed the technology to create nuclear weapons that are small enough to fit on a long-range missile.
