Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Pilot radioed in 'Mayday' call before Australian plane crash

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Pilot radioed in 'Mayday' call before Australian plane crash

Pilot radioed in 'Mayday' call before Australian plane crashDALLAS (AP) — A pilot repeatedly yelled out "Mayday" but did not say what the emergency was before his light plane crashed into the roof of an Australian shopping mall, killing himself and four American tourists, an accident investigator said Wednesday.


Missouri man charged with trying to plan terrorist attack

Missouri man charged with trying to plan terrorist attackKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri native who said he wanted to participate in a terrorist attack that would cause many deaths and injuries is charged with helping plan a Presidents Day attack on buses, trains and a train station in Kansas City, federal officials said Tuesday.


More tests needed on Russian UN ambassador's cause of death

More tests needed on Russian UN ambassador's cause of deathNEW YORK (AP) — Medical examiners who performed an autopsy on Russia's ambassador to the United Nations said Tuesday that more tests are needed to determine how and why he fell ill in his office and later died.


Women's life expectancy on track to hit 90 in some nations

Women's life expectancy on track to hit 90 in some nationsBy 2030 life expectancy for South Korean women could top nine decades, an average lifespan long thought to be out of reach, researchers said Wednesday. South Korea is not only the first country in the world where women may live past 90 on average, it is also the one on track to log the biggest jump in longevity, they reported in The Lancet medical journal. Other developed countries are not far behind: the longevity of French and Japanese women are more likely than not to stretch past 88 years.


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