The actor fired a gun during the shooting of the western 'Rust', fatally wounding cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, and injuring director Joel Souza. Preliminary reports suggest that the actor was led to believe the gun was "cold", meaning it was not supposed to be loaded with live ammunition.


Alec Baldwin

Entertainment

Celebrity

Movies & TV

Videos

North America

Murder

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe

Yahoo News

The Guardian

CBC News

Reuters

USA Today

Alec Baldwin's Gun Fired Live Lead Projectile, Too Early to 'Comment on Charges', Sheriff Says

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building was evacuated Wednesday morning after a bomb threat.

Politics

Washington DC

Washington

CBS News

The Washington Post

The Hill

Sputnik News

Russia Today

HHS building evacuated after reported bomb threat

Facebook sent an email to its employees on Tuesday night directing them to preserve records and documents dating back to 2016, noting that multiple governments were launching inquiries into the social media giant. 



Business

Tech companies

US & Canada

Finance

Tech

Gadgets

Whistleblower

Facebook

Social Media

Menlo Park

The Independent

New York Times

Facebook tells employees to preserve records amid global inquiries

Egyptair turned flight MS 729 bound for Moscow back to Cairo after a threatening letter was found on one of the seats of the aircraft, Egypt's national carrier said on Wednesday. "The flight landed 22 minutes after takeoff and passengers returned safely to the grounds of Cairo Airport where the necessary measures are being taken," the statement said. (Reporting by Abdelnasser

Europe

Middle East

International

Air Travel

Travel

aircraft

Africa

Cairo, Egypt

Moscow, Russia

Cairo

abc News

The Star Kuala Lumpur

Moscow-bound Egyptair flight turned back after threatening letter found

In Quebec, the government will begin vaccinating 5 to 11 year olds before mid-November. Prime Minister Legault has promised to lift the state of health emergency after this stage. However, a sling wind is blowing among many ...

Vaccinations

Quebec

"A mafia pharmaceutical industry"? Vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 divides Quebec

Facebook’s formula made it so posts that people reacted angrily to were given more weight in what users would see than posts that users reacted to with just a simple push of the “like” icon, according to documents seen by The Washington Post.

Political Wire

Facebook formula gave anger five times weight of likes, documents show

It’s been one year since two titanic events shook Western Sahara: the renewal of war with Morocco after 29 years of peace and recognition of Morocco’s claim to rule the territory by the United States. Saharawi activists and leaders say...

Western Sahara

‘News Black Hole’: A Year of War Shows Why UN Needs to Monitor Human Rights in Western Sahara

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Monday that he ended the state of emergency in the country for the first time in years, the president wrote in a Facebook post. Egypt first imposed a state of emergency in April 2017 and has extended it at three-month intervals since. (Reporting by Omar Fahmy, Writing by Nayera Abdallah)

Sputnik News

Stay current with all the latest news from Sputnik News here and with perspectives from other news sources

TRENDING NOW

SPUTNIK NEWS BLINDSPOTS

FOR THE LEFT

LATEST STORIES

SPUTNIK NEWS MEDIA BIAS RATINGS

HEADQUARTERS

LATEST TWEET

Get the weekly blindspot report right in your inbox and stay up to date with your bias blindspot.

EXPLORE MORE CURRENT TOPICS

Subscribe and get full access to Ground News

EXPERIENCE