Plane Crash
Seventy-six people are confirmed dead
following a plane crash last night in
Colombia. A charter plane carrying 72
passengers -- including players from
Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense -crashed near Medellin, Colombia. Nine crew
members were also on board. The civil
aviation agency had initially announced that
six passengers -- three players, two crew
members, and one journalist -- survived the
crash. Authorities later said that one of
those survivors died on the way to the
hospital. Authorities will continue to search
for survivors. Officials didn't specify what
happened to the plane.
In Other News
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Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein defended her recount efforts
Monday, even though she admits there is no evidence of fraud at the ballot
box. "What we have are predictors that if tampering took place, it would
be most likely to be discovered in the three states where we are looking.”
Green Party officials filed for a recount in Wisconsin Friday after some
limited reports of possible voting discrepancies in areas that used paper
ballots versus those where electronic voting took place. Stein's campaign
plans to request a recount in Michigan by Wednesday, and is working to
organize the hundreds of petitions needed to get one started in
Pennsylvania.
Fanned by strong winds and the Southeast's worst drought in nearly a
decade, at least 14 fires burned in and around Gatlinburg, Tennessee,
forcing evacuations. On Monday afternoon, a wildfire from the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park spread rapidly into communities around it.
By early Tuesday, emergency officials said about 100 homes were affected
by the blaze. Flames blew into Gatlinburg, scorching at least 30 buildings
in the city, including a 16-story hotel and an apartment complex. The fire
was also near the edge of Dollywood, the theme park owned by Dolly
Parton.