Social Media Lights Up Over Skidding Airplane
Regulators are moving along with targets intended to push commercial airlines to slash their emissions of carbon dioxide not by stuffing more of us onto the existing fleet, but by targeting the underlying issue of aircraft fuel efficiency. That will.
Colliding Galaxies Create a Celestial Light Show
. and steered completely clear of recent controversy over her use of a personal email account as secretary of state. The former first lady began her speech weighing in on the social media phenomenon that was #TheDress, joking about her purple.
Where Was Chuck: Georgia Edition
On Thursday, ISIS released a video showing militants with sledgehammers smashing ancient artifacts in Iraqs northern city of Mosul. ISIS now has social media feeds in 23 languages, and this week the nations top spy offered a bleak assessment of the.
Worlds First Solar Battery Captures and Stores Suns Energy
Researchers have created a solar battery by combining the energy-harvesting panel with the energy-storing medium at a microscopic level. The device could change the way solar power is used, though it still has much to prove. Ohio States Yiying Wu, .
Tropical Storm Iselle Makes Historic Landfall in Hawaii
Tropical Storm Iselle touched down on the main island of Hawaii early Friday morning, bringing winds of 50 mph, a deluge of rainfall and the possibility of flash floods, according to the National Weather Service. Iselle descended at 2:45 local time (8.
Nantucket Woman Gives Birth to Baby Boy During Blizzard
As a blizzard that dumped more than two feet of snow over New England clobbered the island of Nantucket in the wee hours of Tuesday, one woman gave birth in a hospital that was forced to rely on a backup generator. Weighing 6 pounds, 4.8 ounces, .
Relatives Speak Out After Shanghai Stampede Kills 36
Grieving relatives identified the bodies of loved ones a day after a stampede during New Years celebrations along Shanghais historic waterfront area killed 36 people. Some families directed their anger at authorities, accusing them of being.
Texas Presbyterian nurse who cared for Ebola-stricken colleague reveals.
Briana Aguirre, who has worked at the Dallas hospital for three years, admitted to Today that Ebola had not even come up in conversation prior to the arrival of patient zero Thomas Duncan at the facility last month... It was announced today that.
Twin Blasts Kill at Least 40 in Nigerian City
JOS, Nigeria ��� Two bombs exploded near a bus station in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday evening, witnesses said, the second one killing at least 40 people. Casualties from the first blast could not immediately be ascertained and Nigerian .
Iraqi Christian Describes Terrifying Flee From ISIS Militants
One of the thousands of Iraqi Christians forced to flee their homes to escape Sunni militants described his escape from the violence Friday. The 42-year-old, who NBC News has agreed to call Sameer for his own safety, was forced to leave his liquor shop.
US Embassy in Uganda Warns of Specific Threat to Entebbe Airport
American citizens living in Uganda were warned by their embassy Thursday of a specific threat from a terrorist group to target a major airport. The U.S. Embassy in Ugandas capital of Kampala said it had received intelligence from Ugandan police that.
Why ISIS Social Media Campaign is Even More Brutal Than Most
Terrorist groups now routinely use social media as a way to trumpet their atrocities -- but experts say the insurgent group sweeping Iraq is posting bloody images and videos in a manner thats extreme even for the most brutal militants. The most recent.
Fourth of July Fireworks Get a Boost From American Know-How
But theres still something to be said for American know-how: Every year, specialty fireworks manufacturers in the United States come up with fresh twists ��� with a big assist from the U.S. Army. Pyrotechnics is one leg of a. For example, the.
Call Costanza: Rescuers Attempt to Free Beached Humpback
Marine rescue workers struggled to help free a juvenile humpback whale for a second day on Wednesday, after it became stranded at Palm Beach on the Gold Coast, in Queensland, early Tuesday evening. Efforts by Sea World staff to drag the 30-foot long .
Peter Theo Curtis Freed After Two Years in Captivity
The United Nations said in a statement that Curtis was handed over to U.N. officials in Golan Heights, an Israeli-held region in southwest Syria, on Sunday night (local time). After a medical evaluation, Curtis was released to U.S. representatives, the.
Social Media Lights Up Over Skidding Airplane ��� NBCNews.
Social Media Lights Up Over Skidding Airplane NBCNews.com. After a Delta flight crashed into a fence after skidding on a LaGuardia airport runway on Thursday morning, social media quickly lit up with reactions, as well as��.
Likely voters prefer Republican-led Congress: poll
Registered voters also prefer a Republican-controlled Congress over one controlled by Democrats, 45 percent to 43 percent. Illustrating the difficulty Democrats face in trying to get voters who traditionally do not turn out in midterm elections to the.