Authorities in Mexico say they have arrested a Zetas drug cartel leader suspected of involvement in the killing of a U.S. immigration agent earlier this year. Officials say police took Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar into custody Sunday outside Mexico City without firing a shot. They say Rejon Aguilar, nicknamed “Mamito,” is a founding member of […]
Tourist Boat Capsizes Off Mexico Coast
Posted July 4th, 2011 at 4:55 am (UTC-5)
Mexican officials say a tourist boat carrying 44 people, including more than 20 Americans, has capsized off Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. Authorities say there are survivors, but the number is not immediately clear. Some people are reported to be missing. CNN reports the U.S. Coast Guard is sending helicopters to assist the Mexican Navy with […]
Experts: Warming Oceans May Cause Faster Polar Ice Melt
Posted July 3rd, 2011 at 9:15 pm (UTC-5)
While many scientists think warming air from climate change may speed the melting of polar ice glaciers, one group of researchers is keeping an eye on warming oceans beneath the glaciers. Experts from the University of Arizona say warm water under the ice in Greenland and Antarctica could mean polar ice will melt faster than […]
Los Alamos Lab to Reopen As Wildfire Threat Recedes
Posted July 3rd, 2011 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
A prominent U.S. nuclear laboratory is set to reopen this week, after firefighters beat back a raging wildfire that burned nearly 40,000 hectares of nearby land. The Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory, in the southwestern state of New Mexico, said Sunday that it “appears to have escaped serious damage” from the fire. A note to employees, […]
Oil Pipeline Ruptures in Western US
Posted July 2nd, 2011 at 8:25 pm (UTC-5)
An oil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone River in the western U.S. state of Montana has ruptured, dumping an unknown amount of oil into the waterway. The ExxonMobil pipeline ruptured late Friday near the town of Laurel and prompted an evacuation of local residents. Witnesses reported seeing an oil slick in the river. Exxon […]
New Details Surface About Accuser in Strauss-Kahn Case
Posted July 2nd, 2011 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
More potentially damaging details emerged Saturday about the hotel maid who accused former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault. A law enforcement official says soon after the incident, the maid spoke of possibly making money off of it in a recorded telephone conversation with her boyfriend, who was jailed at the time […]
Obama Administration Calls for Halt to Texas Execution
Posted July 1st, 2011 at 8:25 pm (UTC-5)
The Obama administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Texas from executing a Mexican citizen convicted of raping and killing a 16-year-old girl. U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli made the request Friday involving Humberto Leal Garcia, who is scheduled to be executed on July 7. Earlier this week, Leal’s lawyers asked the U.S. […]
Strauss-Kahn Released from House Arrest, Charges Still Stand
Posted July 1st, 2011 at 6:15 pm (UTC-5)
Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been released from house arrest, after prosecutors raised questions about the credibility of the hotel maid accusing him of sexual assault. Strauss-Kahn left a New York courthouse Friday, after a judge agreed to return his bail and revoke pre-trial restrictions on his movements. He is free to […]
Obama Nominates New Counterterror Chief
Posted July 1st, 2011 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated government lawyer and former prosecutor Matthew Olsen to become the nation’s next counterterrorism director. The White House announced the choice on Friday. President Obama said Olsen has a “distinguished record of service” in the U.S. intelligence community and will be a critical part of his national security team. The […]
Strauss-Kahn Released from House Arrest, Charges Still Stand
Posted July 1st, 2011 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest and left a New York court without bail Friday, after prosecutors raised questions about the credibility of the hotel maid accusing him of sexual assault. Strauss-Kahn smiled as he left the courthouse after the judge agreed to return Strauss-Kahn’s bail and revoke pre-trial […]
