Federal investigators examining the attack say that Shamsud-Din Jabbar used a very rare explosive compound in the devices, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News.
Central Florida’s theater community and friends have rallied around Ke’Lee Pernell after the director suffered a brain aneurysm and subsequent stroke while attending an out-of-town wedding over the holidays. “Life can change in an instant,” wrote friend Amanda Salisbury, who created an online fundraiser to support Pernell in her recovery. “For our dear friend Ke’Lee, what began as a joyous …
The world’s oldest person, Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, has died at the age of 116, the city of Ashiya where she lived announced on Saturday. After Itooka’s death, the world’s oldest person is now 116-year-old Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, who was born on June 8, 1908, according to the US Gerontological Research Group and LongeviQuest. hih/bjt/mlm
The world’s financial system is a ticking time bomb. Debt, geopolitical tensions, and sensitive markets have created a dangerous time bomb that could detonate in 2025.
For a generation now, New Orleanians have been tested by a bevy of high-profile scourges. And so many have internalized, perhaps too well, a hard and potent lesson that often gets celebrated here as “resilience” but really boils down to this: How to carry on in the face of the unimaginable.