Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. EST, a man was shot in the yard of 122 Benton Street, near the Springfield High School in Massachusetts. Captain Robert Strempek with the Springfield police department stated the gunshot wound was in the victim’s leg. He was taken by ambulance to the Baystate Medical Center. It is […]
On Dec. 9, 2015, at 14:57 UTC, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook the floor of the Banda Sea near Indonesia. Cities closest to the tremblor were Amahai, Ambon, Soroang, and Tual Indonesia. Dili in East Timor was the farthest away at 662 km and Amahai was the closest at 103 km. Due to the distance […]
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, the United States Airforce and the Georgia police began the search for two missing Afghan trainees. Their absence was discovered after they failed to attend a training at Moody Air Force Base in southern Georgia on Monday. The trainees have been stationed at Moody Air Force Base (AFB) since February. All […]
At 8 a.m. JST on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, the Apple Inc. outlet store was preparing for a scheduled event in the Ginza district. A few hours after opening, the store received a letter claiming the writer would blow up the store if the event, scheduled for the same day, was not canceled. The Tsukiji […]
According to CNN, the United Nations released a report on Dec. 1, 2015, from an organization that looks into terrorist groups specifically in Libya. The report stated that ISIS has a powerful presence in the area. It appears that the terrorist group plans to expand its influence using local allies. However, it is likely ISIS […]
On Nov. 29, at 00:28 UTC, an unconfirmed magnitude (M) 5.0 earthquake erupted in Turkey. The epicenter was 10 km deep. According to GEOFON Program, the coordinates of the epicenter were 37.87ºE 38.90ºN. At the same time, Central Turkey experienced a 5.0M quake that was 22 km deep and five minutes later, a 3.0M aftershock, […]