US lawmakers urge cut in Washington-area military training flights after fatal collision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ten U.S. House of Representatives Democratic lawmakers on Friday urged the Pentagon to reduce military training flights in the Washington, D.C., area after a January midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and
Effort to replace dead and unhealthy trees at Flight 93 memorial expected to take decades
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Officials say it will take decades to replace and revitalize trees at the national memorial in western Pennsylvania to the crew and passengers who died there when a hijacked airplane crashed on Sept.
NYC will eventually have to abandon part of its water supply if it keeps getting saltier
The suburban reservoirs that supply 10% of New York City’s vaunted drinking water are getting saltier due to decades of road salt being spread near the system — and they will eventually have to be abandoned if
Hegseth beefs up warship presence in the Middle East and will have 2 aircraft carriers in the region
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a rare move, is beefing up the Navy warship presence in the Middle East, ordering two aircraft carriers to be there next month as the U.S. increases strikes on
A woman drowned her dog in an airport bathroom after being denied boarding, police say
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A woman drowned her dog in a Florida airport bathroom and then boarded her international flight after she was prevented from bringing the white miniature schnauzer with her because of a paperwork issue,
Eyeing China threat, Trump announces Boeing wins contract for secretive future fighter jet
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that Boeing will build the Air Force’s future fighter jet, which the Pentagon says will have stealth and penetration capabilities that far exceed those of its current fleet and
Detained Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil appears in immigration case
JENA, La. (AP) — Detained Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil appeared briefly Friday in immigration court at a remote Louisiana detention center as his lawyers fight in multiple venues to try to free him. Khalil, 30,
Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition in opposition to “activist judges,” a move that comes two weeks before the state’s Supreme Court election
Trump says Small Business Administration will handle federal student loan portfolio
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration is will transfer responsibility for the federal government’s student loan portfolio from the Department of Education to the Small Business Administration. Speaking to reporters in
Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s ‘Listening to the Law’ will give readers an inside account of the court
NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has a book coming out in September that her publisher is billing as an invitation for “readers to see the Supreme Court through the lens of her
