9/11 conspiracy theorists just refuse to listen to plain, simple logic. Here’s a really good example of that

9/11 conspiracy theorists just refuse to listen to plain, simple logic. Here’s a really good example of that

IMAGINE, for a moment that the awful terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were in fact a conspiracy. That they were an inside job.

Imagine that the Twin Towers were detonated rather than just fell. Imagine that the Twin Towers had been deliberately wired up for destruction and collapsed from the top down, even though buildings wired for demolition always collapse from the bottom.

Bomb threat grounds plane on 9/11 commemoration day

Bomb threat grounds plane on 9/11 commemoration day

IMAGINE boarding a plane on September 11 and hearing the captain announce that your flight was being turned around because of “security concerns”.

That’s what happened to the passengers on United Airlines flight 902 yesterday, after a bomb threat forced their San Francisco-bound airplane to ground shortly after taking off from Frankfurt airport.

RAAF completes first air mission to Syria

RAAF completes first air mission to Syria

AUSTRALIAN jet fighters have completed their first operational mission into Syria, returning safely without releasing any weapons.

Two RAAF F/A-18A Hornets “searched for points of interest for enemy activity in eastern Syria” during the mission overnight, The Australian Air Task Group said in a statement on Saturday.

Fake Aussie jihadist arrested in US

Fake Aussie jihadist arrested in US

A 20-YEAR-OLD Florida internet troll who lived with his parents while masquerading online as the Perth jihadist "Australi Witness" attempted to organise a terror attack in Melbourne, according to authorities.

Crane collapse claims lives, injures hundreds at Mecca, Islam’s holy city

Crane collapse claims lives, injures hundreds at Mecca, Islam’s holy city
A TOWERING construction crane collapsed during a violent rainstorm in Saudi Arabia’s city of Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, crashing into the Grand Mosque and killing at least 107 people ahead of the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage later this month.

Drowned migrant boys buried as Hungary warns of 'mass inflow' of refugees

              KOBANI, Syria/BUDAPEST (Reuters) - - A Syrian father on Friday buried his wife and two little boys, drowned as they tried to flee to Europe, while Hungary's right-wing leader told Europeans they risk becoming a minority on their own continent.

With desperation and anger deepening among migrants escaping conflict and poverty, hundreds broke out of a Hungarian camp and others set off on foot from Budapest, hoping to find sanctuary in northern Europe.

NYC teacher arrested for allegedly operating drone at US Open; no injuries

NEW YORK –  A New York City teacher was arrested early Friday for allegedly crashing a drone into an empty section of seats at the U.S. Open, police said.
Daniel Verley, 26, faces charges of reckless endangerment and operating a drone in a New York City public park outside of prescribed area.
A police department spokesman said Verley was a teacher at the Academy of Innovative Technology in Brooklyn. Calls for comment to the school and the Department of Education were not immediately returned Friday.

More details expected on helicopter 'hard landing' that killed 1 Marine, injured 11

 A U.S. Marine who died and 11 comrades who sustained injuries were taking part in a helicopter ropes exercise that's described as "high-risk" in a training manual that underscores the dangers.
The Marine Corps has scheduled a news conference Friday morning to offer more details about what happened when the helicopter had to land harder and faster than normal during training at Camp Lejeune, resulting in the injuries and death. The CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter made the hard landing around 9 p.m. Wednesday in a training area known as Stone Bay, military officials said.

Image of dead child on beach haunts and frustrates the world

The photo of the dead 3-year-old Syrian boy on a Turkish beach is haunting.

It captures everything we don't want to see when we tap our phones or open our newspapers: a vicious civil war, a surge of refugees, the death of an innocent.

Times Square 'painted lady' busted on prostitution charge

One of Times Square's topless ‘painted ladies’ showed her true colors on Wednesday, offering a cop oral sex as her handler tried to peddle drugs to undercover officers, law-enforcement sources said.
Destiny Romero, 20, was in the New York City tourist hub when an undercover cop posed for a photo with the topless performer and told her he “wanted to party.”
Her handler, Jason Perez, 22, offered to sell him cocaine and five “molly” pills for $200 and said Romero would hook him up.