Navy's unmanned MQ-25A Stingray completes maiden test flight in milestone for carrier aviation
The U.S. Navy's MQ-25A Stingray, the service's first operational unmanned carrier-based aircraft, flew for about two hours Saturday after launching from Boeing's facility at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois. The successful maiden flight marks a turning point for a program that has been in d...
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Lead detective in Nancy Guthrie disappearance was fired for striking a handcuffed suspect
The man running the detective bureau overseeing the search for missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie, was once fired from the same sheriff's department for admitting he hit a handcuffed, shackled, and wounded arrestee. He got his job back through the courts, ch...
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Suffolk County sheriff's deputy arrested on charges of raping and trafficking 15-year-old boy
A 41-year-old Suffolk County Sheriff's Department deputy faces a staggering list of charges, including rape, child sex trafficking, and creating child pornography, after police in three Massachusetts towns arrested him Friday night following an extensive investigation into the sexual abuse of a 15-y...
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Army rolls out Combat Field Test to sharpen battlefield readiness for frontline troops
The U.S. Army is launching a new, age- and gender-neutral fitness assessment designed specifically for soldiers in combat specialties, a move that signals a concrete shift toward the kind of warfighting focus that defense leaders have promised for months. The Combat Field Test, announced in an Army ...
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FDNY firefighters blast NYC bike-lane plan for Astoria street, warn lives are at risk
About twenty FDNY members packed a community board meeting Tuesday night in Queens to oppose a protected-bike-lane plan for 31st Street in Astoria, and the board approved the project anyway, the New York Post reported. The firefighters told board members the Department of Transportation's redesign w...
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Police say two gunmen fired into crowd of thousands near Indiana University, injuring nine
Two men pulled handguns and fired into a crowd of thousands gathered on a popular strip near the Indiana University campus in Bloomington early Sunday morning, injuring nine people, including five young women struck by bullets or fragments, police said. No arrests have been announced. The motive rem...
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Trump says Iran delivered 'much better' proposal minutes after he canceled Pakistan summit
President Donald Trump told reporters Saturday that Iran's leaders sent an improved offer to end the conflict within ten minutes of his decision to cancel a second round of negotiations in Pakistan, a sequence he framed as proof that walking away from the table forced Tehran to move. Standing in fro...
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Supreme Court takes up geofence warrants in case that could reshape digital policing
The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in a case that asks whether police can use a single warrant to sweep up the cellphone location data of every person near a crime scene, a technique that helped convict a Virginia bank robber but has divided federal appeals courts over its constitutiona...
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Chicago police officer killed, another fighting for his life after hospital shooting
A Chicago police officer is dead and a second is clinging to life after a suspect in their custody opened fire inside Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital on Saturday morning, turning a routine medical transport into a scene of carnage on the city's north side. The shooting erupted around 10:50 a.m. aft...
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Gunman storms White House Correspondents' Dinner, fires shots near Trump before arrest
A 31-year-old man armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives charged a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night, firing at least once before law enforcement subdued him, sending President Donald Trump, the first lady, Vice President J.D. Vance, and roughly 2,600 dinne...
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