The government is filing federal criminal charges against the suspected in yesterday shooting at Los Angeles interntional airport, that killed a TSA agent. Paul Ciancia faces two felony charges, one for murdur of a federal officer, the other for committing violence at the international airport. Meanwhile, NPR's SamSanders, reports operations at LAX are getting back to normal. 

 

Friday shooting disrupted over 1,500 flights and thousands of passengers, but at a press conference Saturday afternoon, Los Angeles world airport's Gina Marie Lindsey has some good news. 

 

and I am very proud to say that terminal three is now fully open and operational. Great job by everybody. 

 

The shooting took place Friday morning around 9:20, when a gunman armed with semiautomatic rifle, got pass security and fired shots in terminal three. Airport police engaged in a gun battle with the shooter, and quickly subdued him. 23-year-old Paul Ciancia has been named as a suspect. Gerardo I. Hernandez is a TSA officer who was killed in the shooting. At least six were injured. Sam Sanders NPR News. 

 

Gunmen in northern Mali kidnapped and killed two French radio journalists today. The French government says Al Qaeda linked militants in north Africa, abducted them in the desert town of Kidal, where they were conducting an interview and then killed them a short time later. Early this year, French troops went into Kidal and another towns acorss northern Mali, to help the Malian government push separatists Islamists out of the region. 

 

Officials in Niger have arrested more than 120 migrants who were trying to leave the country by crossing the Sahara into Algeria. As NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports Niger's now on alert to stop migrants convoys after the bodies of 92 migrants who attempted to the same passage were found last week. 

 

Most of the dead migrants were mothers and children who perished from thirst after trucks ferrying them out Niger broke down. Those arrested Saturday were called setting off from a northern Nigerien down in pickup trucks. Niger's government declared it would crack down on the networks ferrying migrants across the Sahara and what it called death transports. Those immigranting from Niger are fleeing death bred poverty in what United Nations calls, the less developed country on earth. Niger also lies on the major migrant out between sub-Sahara in Africa and Europe. Migrants try to across the Mediterranean from north Africa to southern Europe. Many lose their lives at sea in wrecked boats. Eleanor Beardsley NPR News, Paris. 

 

Pakistani Taliban commanders are meeting to choose a successor to  Hakimullah Mehsud, who they say was killed in a US drone attack Friday. Security forces in Pakistan are on high alert, concerned Taliban militants will retaliate for the killing. Meanwhile, Pakistan's interior minister says the attack is derailed the efforts to arrange peace talks with the Taliban. 

 

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If you're planning to sign up for health insurance at healthcare.gov this weekend, it won't be available for 24 hours beginning this hour eastern time. It will resume 9:00 PM eastern time tomorrow. The government says during that time, a tech team will be working on the network, improving the on-line application and enrollment tools. 

 

Early tomorrow morning, we'll bring a rare celestial event, the moon will block out the sun in a hybrid solar eclipse. NPR's Romana Martinasxx reports. 

 

At around 6:30 AM, people on the east coast of the United States will be able to see low in the sky, the sun partial eclipsed for about 30 minutes. This hybird solar eclipse will start with what it described as a ring of fire or partial eclipse,  and many will shift to a total eclipse as the moon shadows sweeps acorss a planet. People who live in central Africa will see the sun completely eclipsed for a few short moments. If you're planning on watching the eclipse, remember, Sunday is also when most the US time zones are fallback to standard time, so don't forget to set your clocks back an hour, see you don't miss it. RomanaMartinasxx, NPR News, Washington. 

 

In Texas today, just about every piece of the iconic Houston Astrodome, was sold to the highest bidder. The world's first multi-purpose domed astro Turf sports stadium was put off for auction today in thousand showed up to get off their piece of history. All of the stadium seats sold as did all of the astro turf, a square foot, one for 20 dollars, other items that sold a turn style, presto warmers, and dugout benches. The astrodome opened in 1965 and was dubbed the eighth wonder of the world, it's now in district pail and clearly empty.