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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 2017
Page
5
After torrential rain, hillsides collapsed around Freetown causing massive mudslides. 312 dead confirmed by AFP with hundreds more feared missing as Regent district bears the worst damage. BBC reports families lost, with Mount Sugar Loaf homes buried under mud.
A Denver jury ruled in favor of Taylor Swift in the sexual assault dispute with ex DJ David Mueller. Swift testified Mueller groped her at a 2013 meet and greet, and the jury found assault while awarding nominal damages. The panel also found Swift’s mother Andrea Swift and radio liaison Frank Bell acted appropriately in notifying station bosses.
Suspected Islamist militants raided the Aziz Istanbul restaurant in central Ouagadougou killing at least 18 and wounding several before security forces killed the attackers and freed trapped patrons. Foreign leaders confirmed deaths including Canadians and a French national amid the West Africa jihadist threat.
The Big Ben bell in London will stop hourly bongs from August 21 for nearly four years while Elizabeth Tower undergoes essential repairs. Hammers will be disconnected though chimes may ring on New Year’s Eve. public urged to hear final bongs in Parliament Square.
President Donald Trump is considering pardoning former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio who was found guilty last month of criminal contempt for violating a 2011 court order in a racial profiling case. Arpaio branded himself America s toughest sheriff for aggressive measures against inmates and immigrants.
SpaceX launched a resupply mission to the International Space Station shortly after noon Monday. The Falcon 9 first stage detached, performed a 20 second re entry burn, and landed vertically at Cape Canaveral, accompanied by a sonic boom.
FBI charged Jerry Drake Varnell, 23, of Sayre, Oklahoma, with attempting to bomb an Oklahoma City BancFirst building with a van he believed contained 1000 pounds of explosives. An undercover agent posed as a co conspirator as the case unfolded.
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