On the campaign trail, June 2012

Thursday, July 5, 2012 The following is the eighth in a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2012 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after a brief mention of some of the month’s biggest stories. In this month’s edition on the campaign trail, a Green Party presidential candidate who announced his […]

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News briefs:June 4, 2006

The time is 18:00 (UTC) on June 4th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Explosion in Turkey injures eight 1.2 Iran warns disruption of oil may be a consequence of U.S. “wrong moves” 1.3 Suspects deny London bomb plot, say lawyers 1.4 Nigerian kidnappers release 8 oil workers 1.5 […]

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Massive blackouts hit Florida

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Massive blackouts occurred throughout the US state of Florida shortly after 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (18:00 UTC) on Tuesday afternoon. Out of the 4.4 million customers served by Florida Power & Light, Co. (FPL), about 680,000 residents were affected, with an additional two million-plus customers affected in other parts of the […]

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