Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Tornadoes leave 5 dead, at least 35 injured in Iowa

An aerial view shows the extent of the damage done in Greenfield, Iowa, where a tornado tore through a small town on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

Five people died and at least 35 were hurt as powerful tornadoes ripped through Iowa Tuesday, with one carving a path of destruction through the town of Greenfield, officials said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iowa-greenfield-tornado-deaths-1.7212069?cmp=rss

Decades after Canada's tainted blood inquiry, the U.K. grapples with its own

A bearded man stands outside in a rust-orange raincoat, staring directly into the camera

For years, Jason Evans says people treated him like he was "crazy and a conspiracy theorist" when he talked about the contaminated blood scandal that killed his father.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/uk-blood-scandal-1.7211241?cmp=rss

Families release footage of 5 female Israeli army conscripts taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7

A still image taken from video footage shows five women seated on the floor as a man in camouflage pants stands hunched over one of them tying her hands behind her back. A woman with long hair, at the right edge of the image, has blood on her face.

Israeli television aired previously withheld footage on Wednesday of five pyjama-clad female army conscripts being seized by Hamas gunmen during the Oct. 7 raid that triggered the Gaza war.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-hamas-hostages-video-1.7211516?cmp=rss

2nd human infected with H5N1 bird flu in U.S., CDC says

A sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.

A Michigan farm worker has been diagnosed with bird flu, becoming the second U.S. case tied to dairy cows.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/h5n1-human-infection-michigan-1.7211575?cmp=rss