Missile alert in Hawaii sparks terror

It was a nice morning on the Big Island of Hawaii as Kevin and Pamela Spitze drove to an art show in Hilo when the words popped up on Kevin's cellphone screen: The Spitzes, who recently moved from Los Angeles to Hawaii's Big Island, said they were in paradise but already had been living on edge given the recent inflammatory bluster between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over nuclear annihilation. "We have such a barrage of negative stuff that has been happening that our senses have been heightened," said Pamela Spitze, 64. "We thought it was the real thing.

Trump congratulates new leaders of Virginia, New Jersey

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Hawaii changes protocols for alerts after missilea

A false alarm that warned of a ballistic missile headed for Hawaii sent the islands into a panic Saturday, with people abandoning cars in a highway and preparing to flee their homes until officials said the cell phone alert was a mistake. A morning view of the city of Honolulu, Hawaii is seen on January 13, 2018 when people were falsely warned of a "ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii."

Hawaii Ballistic Missile False Alarm: ‘Someone Pressed the Wrong Button’

The threat of a North Korean missile hitting hitting Hawaii is dangerously real, as President Donald Trump 's "button" tweets stoke dangerous tensions between the United States and the North Korean dictatorship. The threat felt very real on Saturday morning in Hawaii after an emergency alert was sent out to TV, radio, and cell phones about an inbound ballistic missile.

Hawaii has been preparing for a missile attack; now its credibility is under fire

So seriously that in December, the state started testing its nuclear warning siren system that would alert residents to an impending nuclear missile strike. This was the first of such tests in Hawaii since the end of the Cold War, and came after several threats from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that his country's missiles are extending their range.

U.S. taxpayers bought world’s priciest gas station – in Afghanistan

This June 10, 2017 photo released by the U.S. Marine Corps shows an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter provides security from above while CH-47 Chinooks drop off supplies to U.S. Soldiers with Task Force Iron at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan. An audit by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction released this past week revealed that a Department of Defense task force to support economic development squandered hundreds of millions of American taxpayer dollars.

Energy dominance can bolster US national security

In one of the latest presidential tweets to make headlines, President Trump responded to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un's nuclear button threat by saying he had an even bigger and more powerful one. Whether you love or loathe the president's tweets, one must look beyond the 280-character count to assess the administration's foreign policies.

Hindu refugees eagerly await return to Myanmar

Hindu farmer Surodhon Pal has packed his bags, eager to return to Myanmar after fleeing for Bangladesh during a wave of violence last year, but he is in a tiny minority - most of the refugees are terrified of going home. Bangladesh wants the more than 655,000 refugees who have flooded into the country since late August to start returning to Myanmar by the end of this month under a controversial agreement between the two nations.

Book revelations put new focus on Donald Trump’s mental healthThe Guardian

The revelations in Michael Wolff's explosive book about Donald Trump's first year in office have renewed scrutiny of the president's mental health. Although the White House has denounced Wolff's Fire and Fury as "complete fantasy", the book sheds light on concerns among top White House aides over Trump's psychological fitness for America's highest office.

Nearly 50,000 Rohingya babies expected in 2018, with no repatriation plan in sight

A malnourished Rohingya Muslim refugee boy cries as mothers feed high calorie peanut paste to their malnourished children at a field clinic. Myanmar is officially on the State Department's list of countries that violate religious freedoms , as hundreds of thousands of Rohingya continue to struggle for survival in over-crowded refugee camps, with their numbers about to swell by nearly 50,000.