A ‘Eureka’ moment: How Andrew Higgins landed himself on the U.S. Navy’s radar

The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, the series continues with a look at the deal that put New Orleans boat builder Andrew Higgins on the radar of the U.S. Navy.

75 years after Midway, U.S. Navy hero honored in hometown

Sculptor Susan Geissler wored on a clay likeness of World War II hero C. Wade McClusky Jr. in her Youngstown, N.Y., studio. The clay model will form the basis for a bronze monument planned for the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in McClusky's hometown of Buffalo, N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y.>> C. Wade McClusky Jr. faced a tough decision on June 4, 1942: turn his low-on-fuel U.S. Navy air squadron around or keep searching for the Japanese fleet headed for Midway.

UPDATE 1-Mattis presses China on North Korea, South China Sea

The United States is encouraged by China's efforts to restrain North Korea but Washington will not accept Beijing's militarization of islands in the South China Sea, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday. The comments by Mattis, during the annual Shangri-La Dialogue, show how U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is looking to balance working with China to restrain North Korea's advancing missile and nuclear programs while dealing with Beijing's activities in the South China Sea.

Defence Sec’y Mattis seeks continuity in policy toward Asia

The Trump administration is aiming for continuity in Asia policy, sticking broadly with the approach its predecessors have taken by emphasizing diplomacy and co-operation with allies, U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday. Mattis outlined the Trump administration's approach in remarks to reporters travelling with him to Singapore, where he will deliver a policy speech at an international security conference Saturday and meet with several Asian counterparts.

South Side Education News & Notes

The Manchester Alumni Association will recognize its Distinguished Alumni Award winners June 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Prestwick Country Club, located at 2220 Raber Road. Association officials announced award recipients are: Elca Swigart, Ph.D., Class of 1957, Alumni Achievement Award; Dr. Vincent Sudimak, Class of 2001, Early Career Achievement Award; Al Knack, Class of 1973, Leadership Excellence Award; Joe Ashley, Class of 2000, Posthumous Panther Alumni Award; and Sam Reynolds, Outstanding Educator Award.

Megan Leavey Review: Could have you in tears of joy

Megan Leavey Bleecker Street Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite Written by: Pamela Gray, Annie Mumolo, Tim Lovestedt Cast: Kate Mara, RamA3n RodrA guez, Tom Felton, Bradley Whitford, Will Patton, Sam Keeley, Common, Edie Falco Screened at: Critics' link, NYC, Opens: June 9, 2017 When I was a kid I thought that Norman Ferguson and Tee He's "Pinocchio" was not only the best movie I had seen but probably the best movie that will ever be made. Seventy-six years later, when I sit in on some allegedly more mature pictures, I am likely to think back to my judgement on that cartoon with fondness for its accuracy.

Could parasitic worm spit hold the key to healing wounds?

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StealthGas Achieves High Revenue

StealthGas, ship-owning company primarily serving the liquefied petroleum gas sector of the international shipping industry, registered an operational utilization of 97.3% in Q1 2017 , best performance since the beginning of 2014. Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2017 amounted to $38.1 million, an increase of $1.6 million, or 4.4%, compared to revenues of $36.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, due to increased fleet utilization and a slight increase in market rates.

Port of Hamburg Volumes Up 1.7% in Q1

In the first quarter of 2017, the Port of Hamburg's total throughput was up by 1.7 percent at 35.4 million tons. Growth in Germany's largest universal port was therefore slightly above the average 1.6 percent for the other major North Range ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp and Bremen/Bremerhaven.

Coast Guard Crew Finds 4,000 Pounds of Marijuana on Vessel

The Cutter Haddock crew discovered 4,000 pounds of marijuana and two suspects on board a vessel located offshore and southwest of San Diego on May 18. At around 7 a.m. on May 18, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Haddock crew received a tip that there was a disabled vessel located southwest of San Diego. The crew took the two suspects into custody and the vessel was towed to Coast Guard Sector San Diego, located across from San Diego International Airport.

In first under Donald Trump, US warship challenges Beijing’s claims in South China Sea

China's claims to the South China Sea, which sees about trillion in ship-borne trade pass every year, are challenged by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, as well as Taiwan. A U.S. Navy warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, the first such challenge to Beijing in the strategic waterway since U.S. President Donald Trump took office.

US Navy Patrols China Islands for First Time Under Trump

The U.S. Navy sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built by China in the South China Sea, the first such challenge to Beijing in the strategic waterway since U.S. President Donald Trump took office. Speaking on condition of anonymity, officials said on Wednesday that the USS Dewey traveled close to the Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands, among a string of islets, reefs and shoals over which China has territorial disputes with its neighbors, reported Reuters.

Crystal Lake dedicates Blue Star banners to deployed military personnel

Information Systems Technician Steven Chaix, on leave from the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, talks to Navy veteran and Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce member John Pletz. Chaix, of Crystal Lake, and eight other military personnel were honored with Blue Star banners along a stretch of Route 14 in front of the chamber's office.

Rescue teams search for boaters who went missing off Tybee Island during storm

Coast Guard Sector Charleston received a call at approximately 11:30 p.m., from the girlfriend of a man who has become stranded on Ossabaw Island after suffering mechanical issues on his 14-foot recreational boat. A boat crew aboard a 45-foot Response Boat - Medium from Coast Guard Station Tybee and an aircrew aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Savannah were launched to assist.

Graduation day bittersweet for slain black scholar’s friends

Authorities appealed for patience Monday, May 22, 2017, from two college communities reacting in shock, fear and anger after Sean Urbanski, a white University o... . People gather for a candlelight vigil and a moment of silence at a bus shelter at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md, Sunday, May 21, 2017, where visiting student was fatally stabbed.

Prosecutor: Too early to call school stabbing a hate crime

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Richard Collins III. Authorities appealed for patience Monday, May 22, 2017, from two college communities reacting in shock, fear and anger after Sean Urbanski, a white University of Maryland student, was arrested in what police called the unprovoked stabbing of a black Bowie State University student.