AP Top Stories 16 March P

[ad_1] Here’s the latest for Thursday, March 16: Pentagon releases video of drone attack; Yellen says banking system is sound; France protests higher retirement age; Americans get retrial in Italian murder case.        [ad_2] Source link

7 killed in mysterious northern Iraq helicopter crash

[ad_1] A mysterious helicopter crash in northern Iraq has killed several people, allegedly including militants belonging to an outlawed Kurdish insurgency group, according to a statement from the Iraqi Kurdish-run counterterrorism agency on Thursday. The AS350 Eurocopter crashed in the district of Chamanke in Dohuk province in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region on Wednesday night, the … Read more

‘Gangster’ bird sent 8-foot alligator scrambling back to pond, Florida video shows

[ad_1] One of Florida’s notoriously pushy sandhill cranes has achieved “gangster” status on social media, after it was recorded sending an 8-foot alligator running for the nearest body of water. The scene played out Friday, March 10, between two neighborhood ponds in Sarasota and was caught on video by Laura Akin. It shows the alligator … Read more

Mozambique records increase in cholera cases, Malawi sees decline as countries recover from Cyclone Freddy

[ad_1] Mozambique recorded an increase in the number of cholera cases in the last few weeks, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, even as many other African countries reported a decline. The country has received approval for an additional 1.3 million cholera vaccine doses to help control the spread, the agency said, but the … Read more

Top medical association teaches ‘surgeons are racists’ and ‘the practice of surgery is racist,’ doctor says

[ad_1] A doctor is sounding the alarm about the danger of prioritizing equity over skill in the medical field, saying the country’s largest surgical organization is no longer promoting excellence in surgery.  Dr. Richard Bosshardt, a plastic surgeon based in Florida, said he was “banned for life from access to members of the American College … Read more

Texas takeover of Houston schools stirs anger

[ad_1] Texas officials on Wednesday announced a state takeover of Houston’s nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats and angering Democrats who assailed the move as political. (March 16)        [ad_2] Source link