Rosalyn Ng, the wife of the Manhattan SUV driver Alexian Lien who was beaten after speeding away from an accident where he hit 32-year-old Edwin 'Jay' Mieses' was struck by his car
The United States Capitol was placed on lockdown Thursday afternoon after a woman tried to ram a car into the White House gate, and was then chased by Secret Service, exchanging shots with police.
Sixteen people were killed when a small passenger plane, operated by Nigeria's Associated Airlines, crashed a little after takeoff outside Lagos airport's domestic terminal on Thursday
President Barack Obama blamed House Speaker John Boehner for the government shutdown, which did not show any let up in its third day, The Associated Press reported. In addition to the House Speaker, Obama also blamed a small group of conservative Republicans who want "to extract concessions in exchange for passing a short term spending bill that would restart the partially stuttered government."
