Sunday, October 13, 2024

Man with loaded gun arrested near Trump rally in Coachella, Calif.

A person wears a shirt featuring a person's portrait.

A Nevada man with a shotgun, a loaded handgun and ammunition in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump's rally Saturday night in the Southern California desert, authorities said Sunday. He was released Saturday on $5,000 US bail.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-rally-arrest-loaded-gun-1.7351681?cmp=rss

U.S. to send anti-missile system 'to defend Israel' against possible clashes with Iran

A military vehicle launches a rocket.

The United States said on Sunday it will send to Israel an advanced anti-missile system — and U.S. troops to operate it — in a bid to bolster the country's air defences following missile attacks by Iran,



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-terminal-high-altitude-area-defence-israel-lebanon-1.7351563?cmp=rss

Launch tower's 'chopsticks' catch descending rocket booster as SpaceX launches Starship

SpaceX's mega rocket booster returns to the launch pad.

SpaceX on Sunday launched its fifth Starship test flight from Texas and returned the rocket's towering first-stage booster back to land for the first time, achieving a novel recovery method involving large metal arms.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/spacex-starship-booster-recovery-at-launch-pad-1.7351443?cmp=rss

Death is everywhere in Gaza. That has prompted people of all ages to write their last words for loved ones

A woman and her daughter look at a text on a cellphone.

There is likely no one among the more than two million residents of Gaza who hasn’t been touched by death in the last year of Israel's war with Hamas, leading some to confront their mortality and the looming presence of death by writing a form of last will and testament for their loved ones.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/wills-gaza-death-1.7349754?cmp=rss