Parking Garage Collapse Kills 1 in Maryland

A parking garage partially collapsed, on Thursday, in Bethesda, Maryland.

The garage was closed and under construction, as the mall it's for goes through major renovations.

One construction worker was killed and another was trapped for several hours, but eventually was freed and taken to the hospital.

Officials said that a fifty thousand pound slab of concrete had fallen.

21 Killed in 2 Separate Attacks in Niger

Twenty-one people were killed and twenty-nine injured in two separate attacks, in Niger, on Thursday.

According to the authorities, the two explosions happened at the exact time, over one hundred miles apart. Both were suicide car bombs aimed at high security areas.

In Agadez, the bomber was able to force his vehicle past security at a military base and detonated near a crowd of soldiers. Twenty died and sixteen were injured in that attack.

The other attack came at a uranium mine near Arlit, killing one and injuring thirteen. Authorities are not sure how the bomber was able to make it past the security there.

Groups linked to Al Qaeda have claimed both attacks.

Car Bomb Kills 12 in Pakistan

Twelve were killed and seventeen injured when car bomb exploded in Quetta City, Pakistan, on Thursday.

Most of those killed and wounded were government security officers.

They had been traveling in a small bus when a car they drove by was detonated by remote control.

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Royal Army: Drummer Lee Rigby

Drummer Lee Rigby, twenty-five of Middleton, England, died on May 22.

He was murdered in a terrorist action, in Woolwich, England.

Rigby served with distinction as a machine gunner in Germany, Cyprus, and Afghanistan.

 In 2011, he joined the Regimental Recruiting Team of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers as a side drummer.

His officers remember him as one of the unit's favorites, due to his personality.

Longmont Officer Fired Upon, Shooter in Critical Condition

Early Wednesday morning, a Longmont, Colorado police officer pulled a car over for not driving with it's headlights on.

As the other vehicle came to a stop, in a parking lot, the driver got out and opened fire on the officer's car.

The officer managed to dive into the back of his car and avoid being struck by the bullets.

When the shooter's AR15 ran out of rounds, the officer returned fire, wounding the man.

Twenty-eight year old Jonathon Shank is in the hospital, in critical condition.

At this time, no motive is known.

Longmont and Boulder police are combining efforts in the investigation.

16 Injured in Russian Tornado

Sixteen people were injured when a tornado struck in central Russia, on Wednesday.

More than two hundred buildings were damaged in Efremov, including seven schools.

Trees, power poles, and cars were thrown around by the twister.

The Russian government tried to put the incident off to just being strong winds, until pictures of the funnel started hitting social media sites.

Tornadoes are extremely rare in Russia and nothing there is designed for dealing with them.

9 Colombian Soldiers Killed in Ambush

Nine Colombian soldiers were killed, on Wednesday, when their unit was ambushed with an improvised explosive device.

The ELN is being blamed for the attack.

It is the worst loss of Colombian soldiers since February.

ELN is the second biggest rebel group in Colombia.

They have been stepping up their attacks as the government and FARC, the largest rebel group, work towards peace talks.

Man Murdered in Terror Stabbing in London

On Wednesday afternoon, a man walking down the sidewalk in Woolwich, England was struck by a vehicle.

Two men got out of the vehicle, one with a kitchen knife and the other with a meat cleaver, and attacked the man further, stabbing him until he was dead. According to some witnesses they beheaded him before police arrived.

Refusing to put their weapons down, they were shot and wounded by police. Both men have been taken, under guard, to the hospital.

Due to things said by the two men, in which they identified themselves as jihadists, authorities believe that the attack was an act of terror.

According to some sources, the murdered man was a soldier out of the nearby military barracks.

Remembering: SpaceX's Falcon 9 Launch

On May 22, 2012 SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket made it's successful launch.

It carried the Dragon Capsule up into space.

By Friday, it became the first commercial space craft to dock with the International Space Station.

SpaceX and other companies will be replacing the now retired NASA space shuttles, with their own reusable space craft.

Commercial companies are able to make the supply runs for around a third of the cost that NASA was making them.

Yankees and Manchester City Form MLS Team

With their powers combined the New York Yankees and Manchester City will be forming Major League Soccer's twentieth team.

The baseball giant and the soccer club agreed to terms that will see them work together in forming the latest MLS team.

Manchester City will maintain majority ownership of the joint venture.

Plans are for the new team to be centered in Queens.

Until a stadium can be built, they will borrow a nearby field, for their games.

The MLS expects the team to join next season.