## [2017-03-16](/feed/2017/03/16/index.md)

##### Launches
### [SpaceX successfully launches the EchoStar 23 satellite, a Direct-to-home television broadcast services for Brazil, into a geosynchronous transfer orbit, using the fully expendable version of their Falcon 9 launch vehicle. ](/feed/2017/03/16/spacex-successfully-launches-the-echostar-23-satellite-a-direct-to-home-television-broadcast-services-for-brazil-into.md)
##### United States immigration ban
### [A second U.S. federal judge, Theodore D. Chuang of Maryland, grants that state's motion for a temporary restraining order on President Trump's revised travel ban. ](/feed/2017/03/16/a-second-us-federal-judge-theodore-d-chuang-of-maryland-grants-that-state-s-motion-for-a-temporary-restraining-orde.md)
##### Kidnapping of Elizabeth Thomas
### [An all-points bulletin is issued for Cummins. ](/feed/2017/03/16/an-all-points-bulletin-is-issued-for-cummins.md)
### [The Federal Bureau of Investigation becomes involved in the search for Elizabeth Thomas and the manhunt for her suspected kidnapper, Tad Cummins. ](/feed/2017/03/16/the-federal-bureau-of-investigation-becomes-involved-in-the-search-for-elizabeth-thomas-and-the-manhunt-for-her-suspecte.md)
##### Letter bomb
### [A letter bomb explodes at the office of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Paris, injuring one person. ](/feed/2017/03/16/a-letter-bomb-explodes-at-the-office-of-the-international-monetary-fund-imf-in-paris-injuring-one-person.md)
##### Grasse
### [A shooting at a school in Grasse, France, injures at least eight people. Authorities arrest a 17-year-old student. ](/feed/2017/03/16/a-shooting-at-a-school-in-grasse-france-injures-at-least-eight-people-authorities-arrest-a-17-year-old-student.md)
##### Raleigh
### [A fire in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, damages 10 buildings. ](/feed/2017/03/16/a-fire-in-downtown-raleigh-north-carolina-damages-10-buildings.md)
##### Mount Etna
### [An eruption at Mount Etna on the Italian island of Sicily injures at least ten people, including several in a BBC News crew. ](/feed/2017/03/16/an-eruption-at-mount-etna-on-the-italian-island-of-sicily-injures-at-least-ten-people-including-several-in-a-bbc-news-c.md)
##### Civil war
### [An unknown perpetrator carries out an airstrike on a mosque in the rebel-held village of al-Jineh near Aleppo, killing at least 42 people. ](/feed/2017/03/16/an-unknown-perpetrator-carries-out-an-airstrike-on-a-mosque-in-the-rebel-held-village-of-al-jineh-near-aleppo-killing-a.md)
##### Piracy off the coast of Somalia
### [The Somali pirates that hijacked the "Aris 13", a United Arab Emirates-owned oil tanker, release it without condition. ](/feed/2017/03/16/the-somali-pirates-that-hijacked-the-aris-13-a-united-arab-emirates-owned-oil-tanker-release-it-without-condition.md)
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