This summer, in an attempt to avoid collisions like the one that caused US Airways Airbus A320 to crash into the Hudson River in January, New York City is going to trap and kill up to 2,000 Canadian Geese.
Rebecca Rey Hart, 18, and her brother, Alex, 17, were arrested last Thursday for the murder of their father. Rebecca was formally charged with first-degree murder for the death of her father, Gilbert R. Hart, 50. Mr. Hart was a real estate investor.
Christopher Coleman, 32, is accused of strangling his wife and two sons on May 5. When police informed him of the crimes, he did not ask how they were killed or ask to see them. He was later arrested on the 19th.
Daniel Julian East, 55, beat to death Jeremiah Daniel Love, 27, with a metal cane inside the assisted living facility, David's House, in Dobson, NC. East is being charged with 2nd degree murder and communicating threats.
Susan Atkins, the woman who stabbed Sharon Tate to death, will be considered for parole from prison on September 2nd. She has been denied parole seventeen times thus far. However, she is now terminally ill with brain cancer and is paralyzed.
Around 18 people, including two Mexican soldiers, were killed Saturday night. The Mexican Ministry of Defense said the gun battle took place in Acapulco between organized-crime suspects and the Mexican army.
The former Mississippi governor and U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ray Mabus, was sworn in May 19 as the new secretary of the Navy. He became the 75th secretary of the Navy.
Crime rates in the big cities are steadily declining since 2007. However, the crime rates in small towns seem to be on the rise. The western part of the U.S. saw the best drop in crime. Only the Northeast saw a slight increase in property crime.
British scientists are using satellite imagery to track the emperor penguins' colonies by following their poop. Because of their natural camouflage, traditional techniques make it hard to locate and track them.
Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates decided to stop the F-22 production at only 187 aircraft. In the coming months and years, the economic and technological impacts will begin to show. This decision will also affect the U.S.' foreign policy.