Author: Kristen Gelineau
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Father and son gunmen kill at least 15 people in attack on Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach
SYDNEY (AP) — Two gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi beach, killing 15 people, including a child, officials said Monday, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitic terrorism that struck at the heart of the nation. The shooters were father and son, authorities said. The massacre at…
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Gunmen kill at least 16 people in attack on Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach
SYDNEY (AP) — An attack at a famous Australian beach killed 16 people, including a child, officials said Monday, after two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called it an act of antisemitic terrorism. Hundreds of people had gathered Sunday at the beach for an event…
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Premature baby named after curling rock island defies odds
GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Long before her frightening birth, before the awful moments when everyone wondered if she would survive, before anyone knew how tough she could be, Ailsa Polo’s destiny was linked to an isle of granite. Both her parents were curlers, members of a tight-knit sport where an intense reverence for the game…
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Search called off for 3 U.S. Marines who crashed off Australia
SYDNEY — U.S. military officials called off a search and rescue operation on Sunday for three U.S. Marines who were missing after their Osprey aircraft crashed into the sea off the east coast of Australia while trying to land. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps suspended the rescue operation and launched a recovery effort instead,…
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Vatican Cardinal Pell faces Australian court on sex charges
Vatican Treasurer Cardinal George Pell is surrounded by Australian police and members of the media as he arrives at the Melbourne Magistrates Court in Australia on July 26, 2017. Photo by Mark Dadswell/Reuters Mark Dadswell Vatican Treasurer Cardinal George Pell is surrounded by Australian police and members of the media as he arrives at the…
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Pope’s top aide is charged in sex assault case in Australia
VATICAN CITY— Pope Francis suffered a major blow when his top financial adviser, Cardinal George Pell, was charged in his native Australia with multiple counts of sexual assault from years ago, bringing a criminal case in the long-running abuse scandal inside the frescoed walls of the Vatican for the first time. The 76-year-old Pell —…
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New MH370 analysis suggests no one at controls during crash
SYDNEY — A fresh analysis of the final moments of doomed Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 suggests no one was controlling the plane when it plunged into the ocean, according to a report released by investigators on Wednesday, as experts hunting for the aircraft gathered in Australia’s capital to discuss the fading search effort. A technical…
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4 killed on river rapids ride at theme park
SYDNEY — Four people were killed Tuesday after a river rapids ride malfunctioned at a popular theme park on Australia’s east coast, officials said. Two men and two women died while on the ride at Dreamworld, a park on Queensland state’s Gold Coast, Queensland police officer Tod Reid told reporters. The Thunder River Rapids ride…
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Satellite clue ends wild theories, hope for missing plane
Over an extraordinary 17 days and nights, until the moment Malaysia’s prime minister stepped to a lectern to deliver investigators’ sobering new findings, the fate of vanished Flight 370 hung on morbid conjecture and fragile hope. Many previous tragedies have transfixed us by revealing their power in cruel detail. But the disappearance of the Beijing-bound…
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How can jet disappear? In the ocean, it’s not hard
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — In an age when people assume that any bit of information is just a click away, the thought that a jetliner could simply disappear over the ocean for more than two days is staggering. But Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is hardly the first reminder of how big the seas are, and…