CDC INVESTIGATING DEADLY RESPIRATORY ILLNESS IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA **

TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED **

FIVE REMAIN HOSPITALIZED **

ALL WERE ADMITTED IN RECENT WKS WITH FEVER, COUGH AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH **

IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT'S CAUSING THE ILLNESS BUT SOME OF THE SEVEN PATIENTS ALSO **

AN EMERGENCY OFFICIAL SAYS OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS HIT HARD BY TORNADO HAD NO SAFE **

SEVEN CHILDREN DIED WHILE TAKING COVER IN ABOVE-GROUND CLASSROOMS **

MORE THAN 100 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE REPORTEDLY HAVE TORNADO SHELTERS **

THE STATE'S DIR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAYS IT'S UP TO EACH JURISDICTION **

FMR CONGRESSMAN ANTHONY WEINER LAUNCHES RUN TO BECOME NYC MAYOR **

THE DEM ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY ON YOUTUBE ALMOST TWO YRS AFTER RESIGNING **

WEINER SAYS HE'S LEARNED SOME "TOUGH LESSONS" AND HOPES HE GETS "A SECOND **

HIS CAMPAIGN PROPOSALS INCLUDE GIVING EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT A KINDLE **

CT TRAIN SERVICE RETURNS TO NORMAL FOLLOWING FRIDAY'S CRASH THAT INJURED **

A STRETCH OF TRACK NEAR BRIDGEPORT HAD TO BE REBUILT **

STATE LAWMAKERS PLAN TO HOLD HEARINGS ON THE COLLISION **

THEY SAY THE RAIL NETWORK IS IN NEED OF EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS **

STRONG CONSUMER DEMAND CAUSING U.S. AUTO MAKERS TO CUT BACK ON SUMMER **

THE TRADITIONAL TWO-WK BREAK IS BEING REDUCED OR COMPLETELY BYPASSED AT **

U.S. DEMAND FOR NEW CARS AND TRUCKS IS UP 7% THROUGH APRIL **

LAWMAKERS SEEK TO CURB MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT EPIDEMIC **


 

breaking news: gunman has assassinated Yemeni chief of security at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa – shot enroute to work (click to read more)

By AHMED AL HAJ

Associated Press

   SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni security officials say a gunman has assassinated the Yemeni chief of security at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa.

   The officials say Qassem Aqlani, who was in his fifties, was shot dead while on his way to work early on Thursday. They say a gunman on a motorcycle opened fire at him and fled the scene.

   Aqlani had been working for the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital for nearly 20 years.

   The Yemeni officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

   The attack comes as Yemen’s U.S.-backed government is waging an offensive against al-Qaida’s branch in the country, taking back territory and cities in the south that the terror group seized last year









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