Rivers pose epic Florence flood risks
15, 2018. . A member of the US Coast Guard walks down Mill Creek Road checking houses after tropical storm Florence hit Newport N.C., Saturday, Sept.
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Trump’s Restless Hostility Unites China and Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet chinese tenagers at the Ocean Children's Camp after the plenary of the Eastern Economic Forum, in Vadivostok, Russia, September 12, 2018. Putin and Jinping, along with their senior military staffs, then attended Russia's largest war games in almost four decades.
A Coast Guard officer on hurricane duty made a hand signal on TV. Some saw a white-power sign.
In the background of a Coast Guard briefing on MSNBC on Friday evening, in a bustling aid center, a Coast Guard member flashed what some TV viewers claimed was a white power sign at the camera. In the clip, as an official detailed the efforts underway as Hurricane Florence tore through the Carolinas, a man with a crew cut sitting immediately behind him looked directly at the camera.
This day in history, Sept. 15, 2018
On Sept. 15, 1972, a federal grand jury in Washington indicted seven men in connection with the Watergate break-in.
Cajun Navy to deliver donations to Carolinas ahead of Hurricane Florence
The Baton Rouge Police Department, Behind the Line, and Back the Blue collected truckloads of donations for Texas during Hurricane Harvey and now, the leftovers are going to help others. The donations are being handed off to the United Cajun Navy for people in the path of Hurricane Florence.
China Deploys More Buoys Near Disputed Submerged Rocks
China has deployed eight buoys in waters near the submerged rocks of Ieo close to Korea's provisional maritime zone, to which it lays claim. The first Chinese buoy was discovered on the open seas west of Baeknyeong Island in 2014.
Day One of the Texas Panhandle Honor Flight
Today they visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps, the World War II, and met with Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Sen. Ted Cruz meets with the Veterans from the Texas Panhandle Honor Flight.
Return of missing WWII airman’s remains years in the making
In a Wednesday August 22, 2018 photo, pallbearers with the New Mexico National Guard, followed by Brig.
East Coast military bases brace for Florence Source: AP
The Navy is moving people and ships ahead of Hurricane Florence , and the Air Force and Army are both flying advanced aircraft elsewhere as a safeguard. Some remaining Marines, meanwhile, are digging in their heels.
East Coast military bases brace for Florence
In this photo released by the U.S. Marine Corps, recruits at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., prepare to evacuate to Marine Corps Logistic Base Albany following an evacuation order directed by Brig. Gen. James Glynn, the depot's commanding general, Tuesday, Sept.
No one hurt in grounding of squid boat on Catalina Island
A squid boat ran aground on Catalina Island, but no one aboard was injured, the U.S. Coast Guard reported Wednesday. The 33-foot vessel ran aground about 8:50 p.m. Monday near Rippers Cove on the island's leeward side, Coast Guard officials in San Pedro said.
The Latest: Trump declares state of emergency in Virginia
The Latest on Hurricane Florence : 3:30 p.m. President Donald Trump says the safety of the American people is his "absolute highest priority" as Hurricane Florence takes aim at portions of the East Coast. Trump was being briefed by the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the Oval Office on Tuesday.
Hurricane Florence forces military to flee major bases in South Carolina, Virginia
Marines retreat from legendary training base at Parris Island, South Carolina, as Florence advances. The mandatory evacuation began at noon Tuesday.
Duck boat operators criticize attorney general’s lawsuit
The operators of a Missouri duck boat that sank in July, killing 17 people, say in a court filing that a lawsuit from Missouri's attorney general is "irresponsible" and "littered with factual inaccuracies and innuendo." Attorney General Josh Hawley's lawsuit filed last month accused Branson Duck Vehicles and Ripley Entertainment Inc. of violating Missouri's consumer protection law and putting profits above safety.
Millions prepare for potentially catastrophic Florence
With Hurricane Florence barreling to the U.S. East Coast, the commander of US Fleet Forces Command ordered all U.S. Navy ships to leave the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. RALEIGH, N.C. - With mandatory evacuations already issued for parts of three East Coast states, millions of Americans are preparing for what could become one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the Eastern Seaboard in decades.
Sikorsky Black Hawk marks first 40 years of service
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is marking 40 years of Black Hawk service by encouraging people who have personal stories about the aircraft to share them using #MyBlackHawkStory on social media. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has kicked off its campaign marking the 40th anniversary of the Black Hawk helicopter, an iconic aircraft that is poised to continue to support military and search and rescue efforts around the world for decades to come with ongoing technology enhancements.
Landmark Navy drone deal offers Boeing potential for a new defense franchise
It gives the manufacturer a new aircraft-development program that has the potential to become a franchise business, revitalizing a defense unit that relies heavily on production of older models after losing the lucrative F-35 fighter to Lockheed Martin and the B-21 long-range bomber to Northrop Grumman. "It's a big research and development program, and a big win within unmanned systems," Roman Schweizer, an analyst with Cowen Washington Research Group, told the Washington Examiner .
Trump Jr. defends Benghazi hero’s take-down of Obama
Kris Paronto, who was one of the CIA security contractors who defended the American compound at Benghazi during the 2012 attack, was forced to delete a Twitter criticism of former President Barack Obama when his account was temporarily suspended over the weekend. Tweeting after his account came back online, Paronto included the original tweet that got him into trouble.
Fighter jets to fly to Ohio as Florence blows toward coast
The U.S. Air Force and the Air National Guard are moving jets from Virginia's coast to Ohio as Hurricane Florence careens toward the Eastern Seaboard.
Pence confident no one on his staff wrote NY Times column
In this Aug. 23, 2018, file photo, Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a visit to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Pence says he's "100 percent confident" that no one on his staff was involved with the anonymous New York Times column criticizing President Donald Trump's leadership.