Face-to-face with top Hamas leader in secret location

Sitting in a room with the top Hamas leader — a man Israel would prefer dead — is not an easy feeling, knowing that at any second a missile could shatter the building, killing everyone inside, myself included. One researcher said he often went by the lab in the Yale School of Medicine building where Le was found strangled and stuffed in a wall.

Share

Police: Yale student, a bride-to-be, disappears

Police are searching for a Yale University graduate student and bride-to-be who disappeared and was last seen outside a school of medicine building. Co-worker Debbie Apuzzo told CNN affiliate WTNH-TV that Annie Le, 24, is scheduled to be married Sunday, and “her fiance hasn’t heard from her.” “Annie Le’s purse containing her cell phone, credit cards and money were left in her office,” a Yale University Police Department news release said, adding that friends, family members and co-workers had not heard from her since Tuesday

Share

Green walls: the growing success of ‘vegitecture’

Walk past the southern face of the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, and you will be greeted by a massive wall of brilliant green foliage — an 8,600 square feet plant installation by the designer Patrick Blanc, featuring more than 170 different species. The mass of leaves and flowers seems to be swallowing the building — and provides a proud symbol of resurgent nature in this busy, downtown district.

Share

Four-story building collapses in Brooklyn

A four-story residential building collapsed Sunday in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, and at least four people suffered minor injuries, according to the New York City Fire Department. The cause of the midday collapse of the building on Myrtle Avenue between Ryerson and Hall streets was not immediately known.

Share