Sound heard in sub search was likely ‘explosion’

An apparent explosion occurred near the time and place an Argentine submarine went missing, the country's navy reported Thursday, prompting relatives of its 44 crew members to burst into tears and some to say they had lost hope of a rescue. Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi said the search will continue until there is full certainty about the fate of the ARA San Juan, despite the evidence of an explosion and with more than a week having passed since the submarine disappeared.

Report of blast dims hopes for sub crew

An apparent explosion occurred near the time and place an Argentine submarine went missing, the country's navy reported yesterday, prompting relatives of the vessel's 44 crew members to burst into tears and some to say they had lost hope of a rescue. Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi said the search will continue until there is full certainty about the fate of the ARA San Juan, despite the evidence of an explosion and with more than a week having passed since the submarine disappeared.

Sailors celebrate Thanksgiving with chicken wings, turkey, chocolate in Algonquin

ALGONQUIN - During every day of his six-week boot camp assignment at Naval Station Great Lakes, Shane Skinner thought about three things: graduation, his girlfriend and chicken wings. The 24-year-old Navy recruit from Bolivar, New York, had that and more Thursday when he joined three dozen of his future shipmates at Algonquin's St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, where volunteers and the Knights of Columbus organized a free Thanksgiving feast for sailors from Naval Station Great Lakes.

St. Margaret Mary Church in Algonquin hosts sailors for Thanksgiving feast

St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church member Ingrid Prigge of Algonquin hands out extra napkins to feasting Navy recruits at a Thanksgiving meal Thursday hosted by the Knights of Columbus at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Algonquin. Naval Station Great Lakes seaman recruits Taylee Smullin of Boise, Idaho, and Briana Tucker of Little Rock, Ark., lead recruits through a line of Thanksgiving staples Thursday at a meal hosted by the Knights of Columbus at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Algonquin.

Ahead of Ivanka’s visit, security beefs up in Hyderabad

Hyderabad Nov 24 : Security has been beefed up in Hyderabad ahead of the visit of United States President Donald Trump's daughter and advisor Ivanka Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 28. V V Srinivasa Rao, Commissioner of Police Hyderabad informed ANI that the state police, along with the US Secret Service, intelligence Security Wing, City Security Wing have taken up different measures for the security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ivanka Trump. "The Security for Prime Minister Modi and Ivanka Trump would be totally different.

Americans want background checks for gun sales

A makeshift memorial near the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas on Nov. 12. A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation on Nov. 16 that would improve background checks for gun buyers. A makeshift memorial near the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas on Nov. 12. A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation on Nov. 16 that would improve background checks for gun buyers.

Reporter shares video of hilarious fall before live cross

Stores open their doors early for Black Friday as experts predict Americans will splash out $20BILLION over the weekend He has a '5th degree black belt when it comes to sexual impropriety': Billy Baldwin claims Trump came onto his wife at The Plaza when he showed up uninvited to his party Al Franken admits he 'crossed a line while giving hugs and taking pictures' after two more women come forward to claim the senator 'touched their buttocks' during campaign events 'Do you think they'll get the president?' Jared Kushner concerned Mueller's widening investigation could hit Trump, claims new report Terrifying moment a screaming 22-year-old woman is robbed at gunpoint on her own doorstep by armed duo is captured on security cameras Paul Manafort 'had taken 18 trips to Moscow and was in contact with Putin's allies for more than a decade before running President Trump's 2016 election campaign' ... (more)

Sen. Al Franken says he ‘crossed a line’ but vows to regain trust of Minnesotans

Sen. Al Franken, who is battling multiple accusations by women of inappropriate touching or sexual advances, apologized Thursday for his behavior, saying he has "crossed a line for some women," but vowed to regain the trust of Minnesota voters. In this Sept.

Larson, Courtney win tax break for homeowners with crumbling foundations

CT Department of Consumer Protection A cracking foundation Washington - U.S. Reps. John Larson and Joe Courtney had good news Wednesday for Connecticut homeowners with crumbling foundations - the Internal Revenue Service will allow them to take a casualty loss for money spent to fix the foundations.

Top DC Lawyer: Democrat Conyers Would Meet Me in His Capitol Hill Office in His Underwear

A high-profile ethics lawyer based in Washington, D.C., says Rep. John Conyers Jr. summoned her to his office where the Michigan Democrat was in his underwear during her time as minority counsel for the House Judiciary Committee. Melanie Sloan, who formerly headed Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and worked for Conyers from 1995 to 1998, told The Washington Post on Wednesday that Conyers asked her to come to his Rayburn Building office at one point, where she found him in his underwear.

YouTube and Google Crap on America With Petty and Hateful Thanksgiving Day Video

YouTube, owned by Google took a giant dump on America this Thanksgiving Day, posting to Twitter a Teen Vogue video of six teenage Native American girls angrily toppling a Thanksgiving dinner table. The YouTube tweet links to a Teen Vogue video posted to YouTube on Thursday entitled, "Native American Girls Describe the REAL History Behind Thanksgiving".

There’s no quick fix to rising murder rates

THE NATION'S homicide rate has risen sharply in the past two years after a decades-long decline, and a record share of the murders, nearly three-quarters , are now committed with firearms. That has prompted some officials to endorse get-tough policies that, although politically popular, are ill-conceived and as likely to do harm as good.

After Russia’s election interference, pulling back the curtain on online ads

A man walks past voting booths at a Virginia primary election polling station in Centreville, Va., in March 2016. LAST WEEK, the Federal Election Commission took a rare unanimous vote to begin drafting regulations that would require greater transparency in online political advertising.