FBI: Explosive detonated at Minnesota mosque

The FBI was searching for suspects Saturday after an explosive device detonated at a suburban Minneapolis mosque as people were preparing for morning prayers, damaging a room but not causing any injuries, authorities and witnesses said. The blast happened at around 5 a.m. at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, according to Bloomington Police Chief Jeff Potts.

Two staff members found dead after school building collapses in Minneapolis

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Heroism recalled 50 years after deadly fire aboard USS Forrestal

Heroism recalled 50 years after deadly fire aboard USS Forrestal The inferno aboard the Forrestal off the coast of Vietnam killed 134 men on July 29, 1967. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2vhKHuH The crowd watches footage of the fire aboard the USS Forrestal in 1967 during the 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Saturday, July 29, 2017.

RISE: Bombing in Pakistan; new Hollywood stars; Cindy moves inland

A powerful car bombing near the office of the provincial police chief in southwestern Pakistan on Friday killed 11 people and wounded 20, officials said. The explosion near the police chief's office in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, was powerful enough that it was heard across the city, shattering windows of nearby buildings, said police spokesman Shahzada Farhat.

US mine blast: Ex-coal CEO Blankenship at end of prison term

Former coal executive Don Blankenship jumped back on Twitter on Wednesday, renewing his feud with U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin on the day Blankenship was to finish a one-year prison sentence arising from the deadliest U.S. mine explosion in decades. Even before the U.S. Bureau of Prisons listed Blankenship as leaving a halfway house in Arizona, the ex-Massey Energy CEO rattled off a series of tweets.

Ap Was There: The airship Hindenburg bursts into flames

Its silvery bulk shattered by a terrific explosion, the German air liner Hindenburg plunged in flames at the United States Naval air station tonight, with indications that 34 of the 100 aboard and one spectator perished. As minor explosions continued to tear its twisted aluminum skeleton and ribboned fabric for hours afterward, an official announcement listed as having survived 24 of 39 passengers aboard and 42 out of the 61 members of the crew, thus leaving a total of 34 unaccounted for.

Poems from the Past: Life on a Submarine

LIFE ON A SUBMARINE 'Twas seen from off a submarine 'longside the parent ship; We took in stires and provender 'ere going on a trip; The batteries were charged right up, and something in the air Foretold a lively happening - a tasty bill of fare! I know we are a merry crew without a blessed care; Our captain would soon come to us to take us Lord knew where. We had our letters written to the dear old folks at home 'Ere setting out right merrily in northern seas to roam.