Plane crash kills 5, including LSU coach's daughter-in-law
ATLANTA (AP) — A small plane en route to a college football playoff game crashed into a post office parking lot in Louisiana shortly after takeoff Saturday, killing five people, including a well-known sports reporter who was the daughter-in-law of one of the team’s coaches. The two-engine Piper Cheyenne crashed in the city of Lafayette…
How Hitler Died: These 5 Weapons Helped America Dominate World War II
Key point: By utilizing its massive industrial and technological base, America was able to produce some excellent weapons. The secret of American victory in World War II was quantity and quality. Copious amounts of weapons and equipment that not only overwhelmed and outmatched the Axis arsenal, but helped enable Lend-Lease allies like Britain and Russia to do…
Russia Was Almost A France And British Enemy At The Onset Of World War II
Key point: Even if Allied bombing had brought Hitler and Stalin together, the romance would have been doomed. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Nazi Germany was defeated largely – though not solely – by the Soviet Union. But what if Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union had been allies instead of enemies? What if America,…
Nazi Germany Could Have Won World War II, Until It Invaded Russia
Key point: The Russo-German War was no ordinary conflict fought over territory or resources. In October 1941, the Second World War teetered on a knife edge. There was war in China and war in North Africa, and soon there would be war between America and Japan. But in the autumn of 1941, the only war…
Chinese man charged with taking photos of US Navy base
A Chinese man has been arrested by US authorities while he photographed an American Navy base in the Florida Keys. The base holds the Joint Interagency Task Force South which keeps tabs on illicit trafficking in both the air and sea and is overseen by a Coast Guard Flag Officer. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey…
Iran blasts France for 'interference' over jailed academic
Tehran (AFP) – Tehran accused Paris on Sunday of “interference” in the case of an Iranian-French academic held in the Islamic republic, saying she is considered an Iranian national and faces security charges. France said Friday it summoned Iran’s ambassador to protest the imprisonment of Fariba Adelkhah and another academic, Roland Marchal of France, saying…
Mother who injected feces into son with cancer's IV during chemo sentenced to 7 years
An Indiana woman who admitted injecting her son’s IV with fecal matter has been sentenced. Tiffany Alberts of Wolcott, was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison and five years probation for six counts of aggravated battery and one neglect charge, according to the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office. In September, Alberts was acquitted of an attempted murder charge. In…
Elizabeth Warren's campaign is 30% behind in quarterly fundraising 4 days before deadline
Jonathan Drake/Reuters Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign is in a fundraising crunch just days ahead of the end of the fourth-quarter filing deadline. She issued a call for donations four days away from the Federal Election Commission’s reporting deadline. The email set a $20 million funding goal and said Warren would need a major boost…
Sports Reporter and Daughter-in-Law of LSU Football Coach, 30, Among 5 Dead in La. Plane Crash
Carley McCord was one of five victims killed in the plane crash near the Lafayette Regional Airport in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Saturday. She was 30. McCord’s husband, Steven Ensminger Jr., confirmed her death to the Associated Press. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey The plane was expected to arrive in Atlanta, where McCord, a sports reporter,…
NTSB: Poor condition of wreckage will slow plane crash probe
The lack of a distress call and flight data recorder coupled with mangled and charred wreckage will make finding the cause of a fiery airplane crash in Louisiana extremely challenging, federal officials said Sunday. National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said at a press conference that it could take 12 to 18 months…