About 30 soldiers have been killed after an air strike by Yemeni warplanes in the south of the country, local officials and medics said, though the government has denied the reports.
Ozone loss over the Arctic this year was so severe that for the first time it could be called an "ozone hole" like the Antarctic one, scientists report.
NASA has a design for a new rocket that will have to ability to take humans to asteroids and Mars. Currently, it is planned to be the most powerful launcher ever built. The estimate cost of the project will be around $18 billion. The project is due to have its fist launch by the end of 2017.
I see this story as being newsworthy because for a bit it seemed as space exploration for the United States had come to a halt after the last shuttle, Atlantis, took off in early July 2011.
As I see it, this article has a certain importance and impact to the U.S. Although it will take some time for this new rocket to be released, it still gives us a horizon to look towards in the topic of space exploration.
"Two high school football players in the US state of Ohio have been found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl.
The case came to light via text messages, online videos and social media posts made the morning after, attracting nationwide attention.
The two were sentenced to at least a year in juvenile detention and the judge said both might stay in detention until they reach 21.
The case was thrust into the national spotlight after attention by bloggers and the hacker activist group Anonymous.
Some claimed that the community - including local police - had sought to cover up the crime to protect the accused, who were members of a celebrated high school football team."
A 26-year-old US citizen has been arrested for allegedly plotting to fly explosive-packed, remote controlled planes into the Pentagon and the US Capitol in Washington DC.
A jury has heard that Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray failed to tell paramedics he had been giving the star propofol as they tried to revive him.