Seattle's interim police chief draws mockery for calling shooting suspects 'trigger pullers' after deadly Labor Day weekend
Three people died and three more were severely wounded in separate Seattle shootings over Labor Day weekend, but the city's interim police chief grabbed national attention for what he called the suspects, "trigger pullers." Interim Chief Andre Sayles held a public briefing on Monday, September 7, to...
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Iran strikes U.S. air base in Jordan hours after Trump warns Tehran 'not to get cute'
Iran launched a barrage of strikes on a key American air base in Jordan, damaging nine U.S. aircraft and costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, just hours after President Trump publicly warned Tehran against provocative activity at a suspected nuclear site. The attack hit Muwaffaq Salti Air ...
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Police name five killed in Amazon Prime Air cargo crash at Miami International Airport
Miami-Dade authorities have identified all five people killed when an Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767 overran a runway and plowed into vehicles on and off airport property, and the NTSB is now pressing to find out why the jet couldn't stop. The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office on Tuesday released the names o...
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Air Force wants drone swarms launched from cargo planes to defend bases overseas
The U.S. Air Force is soliciting small businesses to develop AI-controlled drone swarms deployable from cargo aircraft, a capability born from hard lessons learned when Iranian strikes destroyed American planes parked at Persian Gulf bases. The Air Force issued a Small Business Innovation Research s...
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Pirro refuses to address Reflecting Pool case as judge weighs permanent dismissal
D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro shut down reporters at least three times Wednesday when they pressed her on the dismissed vandalism case against former Olympian David Hearn, a case President Trump himself has urged her to revisit. Pirro held the news conference at her Washington office to announce ...
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Marc Andersen emerges as leading contender for Army secretary amid Pentagon leadership vacuum
A Pentagon finance official with a 22-year career at one of the world's largest accounting firms is quietly building support for the Army's top civilian job, and his backers are making their case in public, an unusual move that signals how unsettled Army leadership has become. Marc Andersen, the ass...
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Woman charged with murder after 70-year-old found dead in Alabama community pool
A 30-year-old woman sits in an Alabama jail without bond after police say she killed a 70-year-old acquaintance at a community swimming pool, and evidence at the scene pointed to a physical struggle. Hoover, Alabama police arrested Anastasia Tsefia Sudarsana on one count of murder after an elderly w...
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Florida family of four found dead after private plane crashes near Bahamas
A family's Labor Day trip to their island home in the Bahamas ended in tragedy when their small plane plunged into the ocean on the return flight to Florida, and relatives had to recover the bodies themselves. Mario Lamar, 80, his wife Lili Lamar, 79, and their grandchildren Sofia Sosa, 28, and Chri...
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Lindsay Clancy's lawyer asks Trump for a pardon he cannot legally grant
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington made a televised appeal to President Trump to pardon Lindsay Clancy after a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in her murder case, but legal experts say the request is legally impossible and likely a calculated move to pressure prosecutors. Reddington appeared ...
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Air Force fighter fleet falls short of Congress's 1,145-aircraft minimum with no recovery in sight until 2030
The U.S. Air Force now fields just 1,098 fighter aircraft, nearly 50 planes below the congressionally mandated floor, and a new research report warns the shortfall will only deepen before it improves. A Congressional Research Service report flagged the gap and laid out a series of hard questions for...
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