Space Stations Bound Rocket Explodes After Takeoff

An unmanned Antares rocket exploded seconds after liftoff from a commercial launch pad in Virginia on Tuesday, marking the first accident since NASA turned to private operators to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.

The 14-story rocket, built and launched by Orbital Sciences Corp, blasted off its seaside…

Two Dead 4 Wounded In Washington School Shooting

Authorities were seeking a motive on Saturday as to why a high school student in the United States’ Washington state shot dead a female classmate and wounded four others in a campus cafeteria before killing himself.

The shooter, a homecoming prince at Marysville-Pilchuck High School north of Seattle, took…

Nina Pham is Ebola Free and Going Home

 The first nurse diagnosed with Ebola after treating an infected man at a Dallas hospital is free of the virus.
The National Institutes of Health says in a statement that Nina Pham is being released Friday from its hospital near Washington.
NIH spokesman John Burklow says Pham will make a…

Ebola Confirmed In New York City

An emergency room doctor who recently returned to the city after treating Ebola patients in West Africa has tested positive for the virus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. It’s the first case in the city.
The mayor said there’s no reason for residents to be alarmed by Thursday…

Gunman Kills Canadian Soldier Then Attacks Parliament

A masked gunman killed a soldier standing guard at Canada’s war memorial Wednesday, then stormed Parliament in an attack that was stopped cold when he was shot to death by the ceremonial sergeant-at-arms. Canada’s prime minister called it the country’s second terrorist attack in three…