The Target Corporation, the American retailing company chain, said that about 40 million credit and debit card accounts have been affected by a data breach that occurred between November 27 and December 15
Part of a roof in the Apollo Theatre in central London has collapsed during a packed performance of the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, BBC News reported. An eyewitness at the theater said she heard "a crackling" noise before the "roof just crumpled" at about 8:15 p.m. on Thursday evening. Another eyewitness said the "entire dome roof" had fallen on audience members who were seated in the stalls
President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of eight people convicted of drug crimes who have each serve long prison times, the White House said on Thursday, CNN reported. The president "provided relief to people convicted of crack cocaine offenses under laws calling for strict mandatory sentences. The eight offenders have each served more than 15 years in prison, which the White House said amounted to 'unduly harsh sentences issued under and outdated sentencing regime."
A jury on Thursday convicted two British Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale of murdering serviceman Fusilier Lee Rigby who was run down with a car and stabbed to death on a London street in May, The Associated Press reported. The 25-year-old Rigby was walking toward his barracks when he was hit by a car, then stabbed and nearly decapitated by a cleaver, according to news reports.
