NBC puts Williams on suspension
NEW YORK – NBC announced Tuesday it is suspending Brian Williams as “Nightly News” anchor and managing editor for six months without pay for misleading the public about his experiences covering the Iraq War.
NBC chief executive Steve Burke said Williams’ actions were inexcusable and jeopardized the trust he has built up with viewers during his decade as the network’s lead anchor. But he said Williams deserved a second chance.
Williams apologized last week for saying he was in a helicopter that was hit by a grenade while covering the Iraq War in 2003. Instead, he was in a group of helicopters and another was hit, and some veterans involved in the mission called him out on it.
U.S. to withdraw troops from Africa
WASHINGTON – The United States is preparing to withdraw nearly all of its troops fighting the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the White House said Tuesday, as the global health crisis recedes amid a sharp decline in Ebola cases.
Of the 2,800 troops the U.S. deployed, just 100 will remain in West Africa after April 30, officials said. About 1,500 of those troops have already returned home.
President Barack Obama was to announce the withdrawal at an event Wednesday at the White House.
SpaceX cancels spaceship launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Dangerously high winds kept a deep-space observatory grounded Tuesday and put off a radically new landing test of the booster rocket.
SpaceX called off its sunset launch with just 12 minutes remaining in the countdown because of gusts of 115 mph several miles up strong enough to damage the rocket in flight.
Associated Press
