PEEBLES – Vierentwintig uur na het bloedbad in de Amerikaanse staat Ohio, heeft politie nog geen idee wie de acht leden van de familie Rhoden heeft omgebracht. Rechercheurs sluiten uit dat de dader zich op de plaats van de moorden van het leven heeft beroofd. Inmiddels is er tipgeld van 25.000 dollar uitgeloofd. De politie heeft gesproken met 30 bekenden van de familie. Sheriff Charles Reader en procureur-generaal Mike DeWine hebben verwanten en vrienden van het omgebrachte achttal gewaarschuwd dat ook zij gevaar lopen. Ze maanden de bewoners van het gebied, met ongeveer 28.000 inwoners van wie een kwart arm, extra oplettend te zijn zolang de schutter nog vrij rondloopt.(Telegraaf)…[+]
Nieuws volgens datum: 25 Apr, 2016
A Queen Camilla might not be that horrid after all
To the British royal family, physical beauty and eating disorders are so 1997. Crow’s feet, turkey necks and middle-age spread are the new black. It’s time to make peace with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the blowsy, bossy lady born Camilla Shand, later known world over as the much-despised Camilla Parker Bowles. Or “the Rottweiller,’’ as Charles’ late, luminous and famously bulimic ex-wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, called her rival for Charles’ heart and other organs.(nypost.com)…[+]
Obama is sending more troops into Syria
AERZEN, Germany — President Barack Obama on Monday announced the deployment to Syria of an additional 250 U.S. special operations forces to assist local troops who are trying to dislodge Islamic State extremists from their war-torn country, significantly broadening the American presence there.
Obama, touting recent gains against the group, said the added troops would help “to keep up this momentum” against IS. The move will bring the number of personnel to roughly 300, up from about 50 special operations forces currently there.(nypost.com)…[+]
Stephen Hawking may have a shot at a Nobel Prize now
Stephen Hawking’s decades-old black-hole theory has been confirmed by another scientist — and that may finally land the renowned physicist on the short list for a Nobel Prize. Hawking — whose life with his former wife and struggle with motor neuron disease were dramatized in the 2014 movie “The Theory of Everything” — calculated back in 1974 that tiny particles should be able to rob black holes of a minuscule fraction of their energy and then escape.(nypost.com)…[+]
