City Council to consider addition to base fitness center

The Goldsboro City Council is set to consider a $641,452 contract to expand the fitness center at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base during its Monday meeting. The council also plans to review an economic incentive grant for a new business and nearly $700,000 in budget amendments for costs related to Hurricane Matthew recovery efforts.

Groups break ground for capitals’ Virginia Indian Tribute

Troy Adkins , his cousin, Preston Adkins of the Chickahominy tribe and other members of the Virginia Indian Dancers perform during Saturday's groundbreaking celebration of Mantle, the Virginia Indian Tribute monument, in Capitol Square in Richmond. Olympic Gold medalist Billy Mills, of the Ogala Lakota tribe, speaks during Saturday's groundbreaking celebration of Mantle, the Virginia Indian Tribute monument, in Richmond's Capitol Square.

Tech sergeant released from hospital after air show accident

Authorities say a military jet apparently practicing for an Ohio air show has been involved in an accident. Sgt. Penelope Reed of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office in Dayton says a report was received around 12:30 p.m. Friday, June 23, 2017, of a jet off the end of a runway and on its top at the Dayton International Airport.

PHOTO: The Marines tweeted this photo on June 23, 2017, in honor of Take Your Dog to Work Day.

Lawmakers, branches of the armed forces and federal departments populated their Twitter timelines Friday with pooch pics in honor of Take Your Dog to Work Day, also referred to as Bring Your Dog to Work Day. The day was created in 1999 by Pet Sitters International, a North Carolina-based educational association for professional pet sitters, to encourage business owners to allow dogs in the workplace.

Navy commander defends spending billions to upgrade Canada’s…

The commander of the Royal Canadian Navy is defending the Trudeau government's plan to spend billions of dollars on upgrading Canada's submarine fleet. Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd tells The Canadian Press that having a submarine is the best way to spot others that may be approaching or have even entered Canadian waters or those of NATO allies.

RISE: Bombing in Pakistan; new Hollywood stars; Cindy moves inland

A powerful car bombing near the office of the provincial police chief in southwestern Pakistan on Friday killed 11 people and wounded 20, officials said. The explosion near the police chief's office in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, was powerful enough that it was heard across the city, shattering windows of nearby buildings, said police spokesman Shahzada Farhat.

Aircraft Carrier John F. Kennedy Half Complete

U.S. shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries said the structure of nuclear-powered aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy is now 50 percent complete. The second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier CVN 79 grew about 70 feet in length with the addition of the lower stern, which was recently lifted into place at HII's Newport News Shipbuilding division.

Noble Group Gets Debt Lifeline

The striggling commodities giant Noble Group has secured a 120-day extension for its USD 400 million credit facility from June 20, 2017. According to Reuters, Noble Group, has over 100 vessels on charter, confirmed that its lenders had agreed to push back a repayment deadline by four months and said it continued to be in talks with potential investors about the sale of an interest in the company or parts of its business.

Norsk Titanium and thyssenkrupp to Jointly Explore Industrial Cooperation Opportunities

In December 2016, Norsk Titanium and thyssenkrupp Marine Systems signed a Memorandum of Understanding for industrial cooperation supporting thyssenkrupp Marine Systems' effort to replace the four Ula class submarines currently in service with the Norwegian Navy by modern submarines based on the HDW class 212A design. As titanium is an important material for this new submarine generation, Norsk Titanium's revolutionary Rapid Plasma DepositionTM technology will provide significant cost and schedule advantages, disrupting traditional manufacturing processes.

U.S. Coast Guard interviews container ship crew after warship collision

The United States Coast Guard will on Tuesday start interviewing the crew of a Philippines-flagged container ship which collided with a U.S. warship in Japanese waters killing seven American sailors. The U.S. coast guard investigation is one several into the incident on Saturday involving the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald and the much larger ACX Crystal.

NSW man was arrested after a submachine gun was found

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Justices could take up high-stakes fight over electoral maps

In an era of deep partisan division, the Supreme Court could soon decide whether the drawing of electoral districts can be too political. A dispute over Wisconsin's Republican-drawn boundaries for the state legislature offers Democrats some hope of cutting into GOP electoral majorities across the United States.

Congress insisted the Air Force keep the A-10, so now the Air Force wants Congress to pay up

US Air Force members work on an electronic error on an A-10 Thunderbolt on the flight line at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, April 25, 2007. Congressional efforts to keep the A-10 Thunderbolt in service appeared to win out earlier this year, when the well-known aircraft was included in the fiscal year 2018 budget.