Cameras Give Police Big Break in Murder Case
The cameras that you see along the bayfront are actually property of the Erie port authority. They were installed in the fall of 2016 and only completed a few months ago in early spring.
Category Archives: US Military
Defense chief ‘shocked’ by poor state of US combat readiness
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis declared Monday that he was "shocked" upon his return to the Pentagon by the poor state of the U.S. military's readiness for combat. He put most of the blame on Congress for its inability to approve budgets on time or repeal a law that strictly limits defense spending.
Veterans search for home for WWII submarine
The New York Times reports the Navy gave the U.S.S. Ling to the veterans group, which wanted to use it for a naval museum. The Borg family, which owned The Record newspaper, offered to help the veterans with the project, as the submarine sat near their headquarters on the Hackensack River.
The Latest: Conway says Comey testimony bad for Lynch
Trump is scheduled to spend the weekend at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. . FILE - In this March 6, 2017, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in Washington.
Coast Guard searching for boaters missing near Bering Sea village of Wales
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a teenager and a young man last seen in a wooden rowboat near Wales. Wales is a village of 145 people on the Bering Sea, at the tip of Seward Peninsula, north of Nome.
Coast Guard crews looking for missing teen in Emerald Isle
The Coast Guard suspended the search for a 17-year-old teen today who went missing in the vicinity of the 7900 block of Emerald Isle Saturday night. The Coast Guard was notified at roughly 8 p.m. Saturday, a 17-year-old was reportedly seen entering the water and not resurfacing off Emerald Isle beach.
Correction: Trump-Fact Check story
Trump promised to create a "first-class" system of roads, bridges and waterways by using $200 billion in public fu... . President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, to travel to Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
Coast Guard cutter to be commissioned in Alaska
The Juneau Empire reports the 154-foot Fast Response Cutter will be the second of its kind to be commissioned in Alaska. The ceremony is taking place in Juneau.
Catherine Stevens marks Bassett Army Community Hospital 10th anniversary
Attendees sit in the shade during the Bassett Army Community Hospital 10th Anniversary Celebration on Fort Wainwright Friday morning, June 9, 2017.
OCSO deputy was a hookeda on career by age 5
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USAF Selects the Northrop APG-83 SABR for F-16 AESA Radar Upgrade
The U.S. Air Force selected Northrop Grumman Corporation's APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar as the active electronically scanned array for its F-16 radar upgrade. Northrop Grumman will upgrade 72 U.S. Air National Guard F-16s to meet a U.S. Northern Command Joint Emergent Operational Need for homeland defense.
Fire department, police, Coast Guard respond to sinking boat off Watch Hill Reef
Westerly - The Watch Hill Fire Department on Thursday joined the U.S. Coast Guard, Westerly police and a fishing trawler from Stonington to aid two boaters whose boat was taking on water in Block Island Sound. The two passengers of the 18-foot center console were not injured and the boat was eventually towed from its location near Watch Hill Reef by Sea Tow to Barn Island boat ramp, according to a statement from Watch Hill Fire Department Chief Robert Peacock.
House Republican: The Air Force is planning to cut three A-10 squadrons
Rep. Martha McSally said Wednesday newly announced Air Force plans show it will cut three A-10 Thunderbolt II squadrons. The Air Force told a House committee it is committed to keeping six squadrons of the so-called Warthog, a favorite of infantry troops known for its massive nose cannon.
Come home, Jeff Sessions
In this March 6, 2017 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions waits to make a statement at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in Washington. Sessions is seeking the resignations of 46 United States attorneys who were appointed during the prior presidential administration, the Justice Department said Friday, March 10, 2017.
Ultra Electronics wins A 7m UK MoD contract
Ultra Electronics said its US-based Ocean Systems business had won a $10m contract from the UK Ministry of Defence for the production of two variants of its submarine countermeasure acoustic device for the Royal Navy's submarine fleet. The SCAD 101 is a self-contained externally mounted and launched torpedo countermeasure.
NASA picks 12 new astronauts from crush of applicants
NASA chose 12 new astronauts Wednesday from its biggest pool of applicants ever, hand-picking seven men and five women who could one day fly aboard the nation's next generation of spacecraft. The astronaut class of 2017 includes doctors, scientists, engineers, pilots and military officers from Anchorage to Miami and points in between.
Diana Addendum to Time Charter with Rio Tinto
Diana Shipping, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, has agreed to extend and increase the time charter rate of the present time charter contract with Singapore-based Rio Tinto Shipping for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the m/v Sideris GS. The global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels added that the contract is for a period of minimum 13 months to maximum 17 months.
Trudeau’s Massive Defense Hike Has One Very Big Catch
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's long-anticipated defense policy review, released Wednesday, promises massive military expenditures - but the navy, army and air force will have to wait for a decade to see if the promises are fulfilled. Conservative defense critic and Manitoba Member of Parliament James Bezan was quick to accuse the government of creating a military wish list that they never intend to deliver.
New Pentagon Report Finally Drags China’s Secret Sea Weapon Out Of The Shadows
The Pentagon's new report on China's developing military capabilities exposes the fighting force on the front line of China's quest to control the seas. The Chinese Maritime Militia , a paramilitary force masquerading as a civilian fishing fleet, is a weapon for gray zone aggression that has operated in the shadow of plausible deniability for years.
7 reported missing after US Navy ship collision off Japan
In this Aug. 20, 2013 photo, the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald makes its way through the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. military said the Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan and said there have been injuries.