Military Tests Hampering GPS on the West Coast This Month

If you live on the West Coast of the United States and you think you can't live without your global positioning system technology, you're probably already finding out whether you really can or not. The Federal Aviation Administration released an advisory for expected GPS interference for six days this month, thanks to unspecified testing to be done by the U.S. military.

CHI Memorial’s Dr. Winter Receives Patriot Award

Pictured from left to right are Staff Sgt. Eric Tinkham, Dr. David Winters and Chris Cole, Tennessee ESGR Chattanooga vice chair David Winters, D.O., with CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates in Ooltewah, received the Patriot Award from the Employer Support of the Guard Reserve , a Department of Defense office.

May flag honors WWII veteran George Gomes Jr.

During May, the 522nd flag to fly atop Old Glory Tower in the North End honors George Gomes Jr., who served in the United States Army as a Tech 5 with the Anti Tank Company, 366th Infantry, during WWII. T5 Gomes was an entertainment specialist and also held the following military qualifications: Expert Rifle, 2nd CL Gunner, Sharpshooter Carbine, and Combat Infantryman.

House Benghazi panel interviews ‘John from Iowa’

The House Benghazi committee has interviewed two drone sensor operators who were working on the night of the deadly 2012 attacks in Libya, including one who identified himself on talk radio as "John from Iowa." The unidentified drone operator has earned derision from the Pentagon and committee Democrats, who say the GOP-led panel has made a series of costly, duplicative and unnecessary requests - including some based on claims made on Facebook or talk radio.

Murder, rape charges recommended for US worker in death of Okinawa woman

Kenneth Franklin Gadson, who works on Kadena Air Base, Japan, and goes by his Japanese wife's family name of Shinzato, was arrested Thursday, May 19, 2016, and charged with the illegal disposal of a body in connection with the April 28 disappearance of Rina Shimabukuro, 20. This image of a Fuji Television broadcast shows 20-year-old Rina Shimabukuro of Okinawa. Police have recommended a murder charge against a U.S. base worker, Kenneth Franklin Gadson, in Shimabukuro's death.

The UK intercepted a Russian submarine on its way to the…

The Royal Navy's HMS Kent intercepted the Stary Oskol, a Russian Kilo-class submarine capable of carrying torpedos and anti-ship cruise missiles on Tuesday evening, the Guardian reports. HMS Kent's commanding officer, Cmdr Daniel Thomas, said: "Locating this submarine was a combined effort with NATO allies and shadowing such units is routine activity for the Royal Navy," the Guardian reports.

AMP Blasts Proposed Amendment to Puerto Rico Bill

The American Maritime Partnership , of which the SIU is partner, has issued the following news release on June 8. The American Maritime Partnership , the voice of the domestic maritime industry, today released a statement regarding Rep. Gary Palmer's proposed measure to exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act - which requires waterborne cargo between two points in the United States to be transported on vessels that are American built, owned, and crewed. The Jones Act is critical to U.S. national, homeland, and economic security, and ensures reliable shipment of vital goods between Puerto Rico and the U.S. Mainland.

Clinton Dedicates Historic ‘Milestone’ To Supporters

JUNE 7: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives onstage during a primary night rally at the Duggal Greenhouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, June 7, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Clinton has secured enough delegates and commitments from superdelegates to become the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee.

NYC correction union head, hedge founder face charges

Authorities were seeking a pickup truck due to reports that it was driving erratically minutes before it struck a group of bicyclists on a street in western Michigan, killing five, a local prosecutor said. Police fielded complaints that a pickup truck was being driven erratically just minutes before the vehicle slammed into a group of bicyclists in western Michigan, killing five, authorities said.