Trenton, New Jersey Mayor Arrested by FBI

Tony Mack, the major of Trenton, New Jersey has been arrested by the FBI for corruption.

Joseph Giorgianni and Ralphiel Mack, Tony's brother, were also arrested.

The charges against all three include "conspiring to obstruct, delay and affect interstate commerce by extortion".

According to the FBI, the investigation began almost immediately after Mack became mayor.

Yemen Claims Kill of Al Qaeda Second in Command

According to Yemen's Ministry of Defense Al Qaeda's second in command has been killed.

Al-Shehri is believed to have been the target of a US drone strike, that happened Wednesday, in the country.

Six other Al Qaeda members were present when the missile struck.

Shehri is a Saudi national who had been aiding Yemen's wing of Al Qaeda.

He once was a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, but was released to Saudi authorities, who put him through a rehab program.

Al Qaeda in Yemen is considered to be the most dangerous branch, as it is one of the most successful.

Whole sections of the country have been taken over by the terrorist group.

The Yemen government has been waging a reclamation war to regain the country.

Saudi Arabia and the US have been funding the war and training troops, with the US also aiding in air strikes, via drones.

Chicago Teachers Strike

The Chicago Teachers Union is doing it's best to hold the city hostage, demanding a higher raise than the city offered.

Chicago's offer would've added an average of twelve thousand a year to their salary's but they wanted more.

Union demands were for an amount close to twenty thousand, for teachers that are the highest paid in the country and already average over seventy thousand.

It also would not allow for raises to be cancelled if there was a lack of funds, as they were last year.

Officials already estimate that the Chicago School District will be short nearly one billion dollars, by next summer.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and School Board President David Vitale both stated that Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis refused to meet with either of them, Sunday night, to avoid a strike during the school week.

Lewis says she was too busy talking to national unions and states the strike is about having better schools.

Teachers have been ordered, by the union, to be picketing in front of their schools.

The strike puts thousands of children out of a school.

Churches and other non profits have responded by opening their doors as a place for the kids to go to, and stay off the streets.

Iraq Death Total Rises to 92; Former VP Sentenced to Hang

Sunday's death toll rose to ninety-two, in Iraq, after a series of bombings wracked the country.

The bombings were spread throughout thirteen cities, in both Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods.

Nearly four hundred were injured in the twenty-one separate bombings, some of which were combined with shootings.

It was the second deadliest day in Iraq, since the US troop withdrawal.

Meanwhile former Vice President Tariq Hashemi, and his son in law Ahmed Qahtan, were tried in absentia, found guilty of plotting bombings and assassinations from 2005-2011, and sentenced to be hung.

The two men have been living in Turkey, which has granted them sanctuary.

They have thirty days to return to Iraq and appeal for a retrial, or else the sentence will stand.

Hashemi is also on Interpol's most wanted list.

During the proceedings, the defense team accused the court of bending to political pressure, to which the judge responded with a threat of opening a legal case against them if they didn't stop making accusations.

Fake Violence Reports Causing Chaos and Panic in Mexico

Mexican police have been sent running in circles by a series of reports of violence, almost all of which have been fake.

Over the week thousands of fake reports have been called in to police, who can't risk not going, in case it's actually real.

Tweets and Facebook statuses have caused mass panic as they have purported more fake violence.

Mass media is often used in Mexico to allow Mexicans to know what areas to avoid, when actual violence is occurring.

Police have taken to Facebook, Twitter, TV, and even passed flyers out to try and end the panic.

Whoever is orchestrating this, is succeeding in causing chaos, especially in Mexico City.

Aleppo's Water Supply Cut as Syria Death Toll Nears 25,000

Aleppo has been the scene of some of the hardest fighting in the Syrian civil war, and now things have gotten worse for the city.

On Sunday, the city that was once the commercial center of the country, as well as the largest city, saw it's water supply cut off.

Rebel forces say that a government air strike took out the pipeline, whilst the government blames it on the rebels.

Either way the situation for the besieged city, is now much more dire.

The city is far from the only place where fighting is happening, as much of the country has seen violence.

Damascus, the capital, has been another focus of the conflict, and at times it has spilled into neighboring countries, such as Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq.

Death tolls throughout the country have been rising, with official numbers nearing twenty-five thousand since the uprising began.

Rebel forces are openly being aided by Al Qaeda and Libyan freedom fighters, whilst national forces are helped by Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

Meanwhile Russia, with help from China, limits the amount of help coming from the UN.

The US, EU, and other nations have been strongly vocal about coming to the aid of the rebels, but have not officially committed any actions.

Accusations that the US is actively aiding the rebels have been made, but no proof has surfaced beyond the giving of medical supplies.

India's Space Program Reaches 100 Missions

India proudly celebrated their hundredth space mission, on Sunday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the Indian space program a "spectacular success" after the launch of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C21.

The satellite was carrying a French observation satellite and a Japanese microsatellite.

Singh stated that, "The launch of these satellites on board an Indian launch vehicle is testimony to the commercial competitiveness of the Indian space industry and is a tribute to Indian innovation and ingenuity".

Current planning has India working towards it's own Mars rover, as well as sending a rover to the moon in 2014.

Fresh Series of Bombings Across Iraq

At least a dozen explosions were part of a series of attacks which swept Iraq on Sunday.

All combined fifty-eight people were killed and two hundred injured.

In some places police stations and military were targets, as well as markets and shrines, but others seemed purely random.

As rescue workers in Kirkuk were responding to one a bombing there, another one went off, hurting and killing some of them.

A French consulate in Nasiriyah was slightly damaged by one of the bombings.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, yet.

College Footballer Fractures Spine

Tragedy struck a college football game, on Saturday.

While going in for a tackle, Dulane safety Devon Walker collided head to head with a team mate.

Walker went down, and never got back up.

Doctors say that he fractured his spine, and are preparing for surgery within the next couple days.

The senior is in stable condition and never did lose consciousness or stop breathing, as had been reported by some agencies.

Hong Kong Relents on Chinese Patriotism Classes

After enduring weeks of large mass protests, Hong Kong's government has relented to the demands of the people.

Hong Kong had been planning to have mandatory Chinese patriotism classes, for school children.

The classes will now be optional, though many schools say they will not offer them at all.

Opponents of the classes worried that they were attempts by Beijing to brainwash their children.

On Sunday, voters will be going to the polls to elect over half the legislative assembly.

Hong Kong's population has become and more unhappy with being only semi autonomous, and calls for independence have increased.