As It Happens: Wednesday Edition

Part One

Yemen airstrikes family
The deadly weekend airstrike on a funeral in Yemen was just part of the new normal for Mohammed Al-Asaadi — who's trying to raise a family in Sanaa, even as the bombs fall. 

Mushroom forager
A child in Victoria, B.C. dies after eating a wild "death cap" mushroom. And a warning to other foragers: it's indistinguishable from a mushroom that's perfectly safe.  

Spy Magazine relaunch
Back in the 'eighties, Spy Magazine christened Donald Trump a "short-fingered vulgarian" — and now, it has relaunched with a digital version that's still focused on the candidate's digits. 

Part Two

Haiti update
Hurricane Matthew ravaged Haiti — but now after the storm, a hospital worker says millions are facing even graver dangers: food shortages and disease. 

Space balloon
Students at a Michigan University experienced amazement as their space balloon rose, concern as it kept rising, and then amazement again when they found it had landed in Canada. 

Part Three

Honduran activist
Just months after the shooting death of Honduran activist Berta Caceres, two of her colleagues and friends are also targeted with bullets, on the same day. A fellow activist tells us that since Berta's death, it's become more and more dangerous to speak out in Honduras.

Farmed fish
When tens of thousands of farmed rainbow trout escape into the sea, Denmark exhorts all fishermen to grab their rods and reel and do their part to catch the intruders.