Mass evacuation after Ukraine depot blast
Some 20,000 people are being evacuated after a series of explosions at a massive arms depot in eastern Ukraine described by officials as sabotage.
bbc.com
London Attacker Was Investigated `Years Ago' by U.K. Spies
British security services once investigated the terrorist behind the worst attack on London in more than a decade, Prime Minister Theresa May said as Parliament resumed its work following Wednesday’s deadly assault.
bloomberg.com
The Koch brothers plan to bankroll any Republicans opposing Trump's health care bill
The Koch brothers' network of well-funded outside groups says it will spend millions to protect Republicans who oppose the party's health care bill from political fallout.
mic.com
White Working-Class Death Rate to Be Elevated for a Generation
Researchers who sounded the alarm on increasing white working-class mortality blamed the trend Thursday on economic upheaval that created a web of social issues so tightly interwoven that even successful policies would take years to unsnarl them.
bloomberg.com
Israelis hold teen over US bomb threats
Police arrested the suspect in the south of Israel on Thursday morning over threats against Jewish communities in the US, New Zealand and Australia.
bbc.com
Ex-pharmacy exec convicted in deadly meningitis outbreak
The former head of a Massachusetts pharmacy was acquitted Wednesday of murder allegations but convicted of racketeering and other crimes in a meningitis outbreak that was traced to fungus-contaminated drugs and killed 64 people across the country.
apnews.com
US-led coalition air strike in Syria kills more than 30 people in school near Isis-held Raqqa, says human rights watchdog
Activist group says the school was sheltering around 50 families when it was leveled.
independent.co.uk
Vault7: WikiLeaks releases ‘Dark Matter’ batch of CIA hacking tactics for Apple products
WikiLeaks has released the latest batch of documents in its Vault 7 series of documents related to the CIA’s espionage programs. The latest release, dubbed ‘Dark Matter,’ reveals the specific techniques used to target Apple products.
rt.com
Fukushima: Deadly Nuclear Radiation Levels Detected
Extremely high radiation levels were detected using cameras and robots in tainted water inside a reactor containment vessel at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Japan Times reported Tuesday, citing Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.
ibtimes.com
Belgian police arrest man trying to drive into crowd in Antwerp
Police in the northern Belgian city of Antwerp said on Thursday they had detained a man who tried to enter the main pedestrianised shopping street in a car at high speed, adding security in the city would be stepped up.
telegraph.co.uk