Hal McClure, who covered two Arab-Israeli wars and living a successful career as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press died at 92 in California, McClure died on Sunday at a Laguna Hills hospital following surgery to relieve a blood clot on his brain from a recent fall, his sister Virginia said.
A train derailed off the tracks on Tuesday afternoon in White Marsh, Maryland, causing a massive explosion, but just one injury. The derailment of the train affected nearby homes, rattling them. The train went off the tracks at about 2 p.m. "It shook my house pretty violently and knocked things off the shelves," an eyewitness Dale Walston said.
Israeli Defense Minister Minister Moshe Yaalon said that a Russian plan to supply sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles to Syria amounted to a "threat," indicated that Israel is prepared to use force to stop the delivery, the Associated Press reported. A top Russian official said on Tuesday that the planned sale of S-3000 air-defense missiles to the Assad pro-Syrian government forces remain committed to the deal.
The drummer for "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" has died. Ed Shaughnessy was 84, Robyn Flans, a close friend and his co-writer of his memoir "Lucky Drummer." The cause of death was a heart attack, which he suffered at his home in Calabasas, California on Friday morning.
