Ice Bucket Challenge
Trump accepts the ALS challenge from Vince McMahon, Mike Tyson and Homer Simpson and nominates President Obama, Trumps sons Donald and Eric.
Ice Bucket Challenge: Dolly Parton
Parton accepts the ALS challenge from Kenny Rogers and nominates no one.
Second American ISIS fighter may be dead
U.S. authorities are investigating a claim by a coalition of Syrian opposition groups that they have killed an American national during fighting with kharijites, or extremists. The statement is an apparent reference to fighting several days earlier between ISIS and the coalition, which is made up of fighters from the Free Syrian Army, Syrian Al Qaeda branch al-Nusra Front, as well as smaller militant factions. If true, the unnamed militant would be the second American ISIS fighter confirmed killed in battle, after the U.S. government said that Florida native Douglas MacArthur McCain also died in the fighting over the weekend.
American ISIS fighter killed
American national Douglas McArthur McCain is killed fighting for ISIS against the al-Nusra Front, Al Qaeda’s Syrian wing, in the suburbs of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city. He is believed to be the first U.S. citizen killed while fighting for the group, also known as Islamic State.
Ice Bucket Challenge: Keke Rosberg
Rosberg accepts the ALS challenge and nominates Santa Claus, Gerhard Berger and the mayor of Zell am See.
Rushed to hospital in critical condition
Rivers is hospitalized after she stops breathing during throat surgery at Yorkville Endoscopy clinic on East 93rd Street, New York. She is rushed to Mount Sinai hospital after a 911 caller reports somebody in either cardiac or respiratory arrest. Her daughter, Melissa Rivers is by her side. Hospital spokesman Sid Dinsay:
This morning, Joan Rivers was taken to The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, where she is being attended to. Her family wants to thank everybody for their outpouring of love and support. We will provide an update on her condition as it becomes available.
15 Australian militants dead
Australia’s intelligence chief says at least 15 Australian fighters have been killed in Iraq and Syria, including two suicide bombers:
The draw of foreign fighters to Syria and Iraq is significant and includes more Australians than any other previous extremist conflicts put together
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) believes the number of citizens posing a potential security threat has increased substantially:
ASIO believes there are about 60 or so Australians fighting with the two principal extremist Al-Qaeda derivatives, Jahabat-al-Nusra and the Islamic State in Syria or Iraq.
Ice Bucket Challenge: DJ Juicy M
DJ Juicy M accepts the ALS challenge and nominates VINAI, EMZY Official and all Midnight crew.
Ice Bucket Challenge: Adriana Lima
Lima accepts the ALS challenge and nominates Beyoncé, President Bill Clinton and Schweinsteiger.
Ice Bucket Challenge: Martin Lawrence
Lawrence accepts the ALS challenge from Haley and nominates Cedric the Entertainer.
Ice Bucket Challenge: Anderson Cooper
Cooper accepts the ALS challenge and nominates Wolf Blitzer.
Ice Bucket Challenge: Magic Johnson
Johnson accepts the ALS challenge from David Beckham and nominates Coach Izzo, Coach Antonio, Mark Hallows and Coach Pat Riley.
Ice Bucket Challenge: Josh Homme
Homme accepts the ALS challenge from Imagine Dragons and nominates Bono.
Ice Bucket Challenge: Gary Overton
Overton accepts the ALS challenge from The Swon Brothers and nominates Robert Deaton, Mike Dungan and Scott McDaniel.
Ice Bucket Challenge: Allegra Versace
Versace accepts the ALS challenge and nominates Uma Thurman, Quentin Tarantino and Azzedine Alaïa.
Ice Bucket challenge: Mike Bloomberg and Dan Doctoroff
Bloomberg and Doctoroff accept the ALS challenge and nominate Bloomberg Offices in London, Hong Kong and Princeton.
Ice Bucket Challenge: Robert Plant
Plant accepts the ALS challenge and nominates Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Tom Jones, Sir Elton John and Peter Gabriel.
Ice Bucket Challenge: Matthew Lewis
Lewis accepts the ALS challenge and nominates Anthony and Chris Lewis, Nick Rushfirth and HP costar Tom Felton.
Ice Bucket Challenge: Chris Wilson
Wilson accepts the ALS challenge and nominates Max Schaefer, Mike Diskett and Sean from Bro Team Pill.
Ice Bucket Challenge: Yves Guillemot and Alain Corre
Guillemot and Corre accept the ALS challenge from BlueByte, RedLynx and Jim Ryan and nominate Andrew House, Phil Harrison and Miyamoto-san.
