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CT Resident Carl Higbie Resigns From Trump Administration
AmeriCorps VISTA members Kyllie Harris, left, and Alyss Smith weigh food donations. The chief of external affairs for the Corporation for National and Community Service, which oversees AmeriCorps, has resigned following controversial comments as an Internet radio host.
Trump Is Scrambling To Avoid A Special Election Defeat In This Rust Belt District
Conor Lamb, the Democrat running to represent this district in Congress, was wrapping up an interview with a reporter last week when Ted Skowvron, a 93-year-old veteran in a World War II cap, walked over to shake his hand. Skowvron informed Lamb that was he was a ball gunner on a B-17 in the European theater.
10 things you probably don’t know about the Space Coast
We launch rockets, we claim Kate Upton as one of our own, and all those bikini billboards on I-95 lead you to the world-famous Ron Jon Surf Shop in Cocoa Beach. Kuma, the 10-year-old black lab, became the first and only "ambassadog" in the nation at the Orlando Melbourne International Airport.
Dr. Terry J. Watermolen
Dr. Terry James Watermolen, 71, passed away Monday, Jan. 8, 2018. Born Dec. 19, 1946 in Green Bay, to the late Leland and Lorraine Watermolen, he attended St. Matthew's School and graduated from Abbot Pennings High School in 1965.
Chelsea Manning’s US Senate bid could upend Maryland race
Cardin, who has served two terms in the U.S. S... . This frame from video released by the Chelsea Manning Senate campaign on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018 shows Chelsea Manning in a campaign video.
Model loses second leg to toxic shock syndrome
'We appreciate her courage': Girl, 17, so starved that she looked like a ten-year-old escaped California house of horrors through a window so she could save her shackled siblings by showing photos of their 'foul and horrific' living conditions to police Trump is officially overweight with BMI of 29.9, takes daily anti-baldness pills and needs to change his diet but is 'healthy overall' reveals first medical exam Bannon got a SUBPOENA from Mueller to appear before a grand jury after calling Trump Tower meeting with Russians 'treasonous' - and collects MORE subpoenas while getting grilled by the House Intelligence Committee Trump has NO dementia: White House doctor says president had a perfect score on cognitive screening test and he only did one because he ASKED Dozens evacuated as Washington state braces for landslide expected to spill four million cubic yards of rock and dirt by early ... (more)
Fargo-based Guard airmen returning home from overseas duty
About 50 North Dakota Air National Guard airmen are coming home this week after six months of duty in southwest Asia. The group of Happy Hooligans from the Fargo-based 119th Wing were returning home Monday.
Sunday Book Review: America’s First General Staff
Historian John Kuehn has written a new book on the US Navy's General Board, America's First General Staff . The Board came into existence in 1901, after the Spanish-American War had exposed problems in USN planning and procurement.
Search for California mudslide survivors goes on
The search for survivors of the deadly mudslides in parts of California's scenic Santa Barbara County continued Sunday even as hopes dwindled to find anyone else alive, officials said. "We're still in rescue mode and we still hope to find someone alive, although the chances of that are becoming slim," said Justin Cooper, a spokesperson for the multi-agency response team.
In this photo provided by Pasco County, flames engulf
One woman is dead and 50 people were rescued near Port Richey, Florida when a casino boat caught fire. Many passengers jumped to the water below to save their own lives.
Cheyenne families reunite with loved ones who were deployed
If you've had a loved one deployed and experience the emotions that come with it, you aren't alone. About fifty members of the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing returned home Saturday, Jan 13, after being deployed in October.
WikiLeaks informer Chelsea Manning files to run for US Senate
Chelsea Manning, the former US Army soldier who was jailed for passing thousands of government documents to WikiLeaks exposing American military abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan, has filed to run for the US Senate seat in Maryland, RT reports. Manning, who had her 35-year sentence commuted by former President Barack Obama in May last year, declared her intention to run with the Federal Election Commission on January 5. She will run as a Democrat.
U.S. taxpayers bought world’s priciest gas station – in Afghanistan
This June 10, 2017 photo released by the U.S. Marine Corps shows an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter provides security from above while CH-47 Chinooks drop off supplies to U.S. Soldiers with Task Force Iron at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan. An audit by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction released this past week revealed that a Department of Defense task force to support economic development squandered hundreds of millions of American taxpayer dollars.
Most of mudslide-stricken California town told to empty out
In this Jan. 9, 2018 image from video provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a woman and an infant are hoisted aboard a Coast Guard helicopter as they are rescued from a flood-damaged home in Montecito, Calif. Flash floods on Tuesday swept immense amounts of mud, water and debris down from foothills that were stripped of brush by a recent wildfire.
Wild swings occur in numbers of California mudslide missing
The number of missing after a California mudslide has fluctuated wildly, due to shifting definitions, the inherent uncertainty that follows a natural disaster, and just plain human error. On Thursday, the number provided by authorities went from 48, down to eight, then back up to 43. Officials say a clerical mistake led to the figure of eight being released.
Pentagon refrains from commenting on secret satellite that vanished
The Pentagon refused any public comment on a secret government satellite that apparently crashed into the sea after it was launched by Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp. "I would have to refer you to SpaceX, who conducted the launch," Defense Department spokeswoman Dana White said repeatedly in a briefing Thursday at the Pentagon, citing "the classified nature of all of this." Asked what investigation is being conducted to ensure accountability for the loss of a costly payload, White told reporters she will "come back to you on that."
Trump’s first medical check-up as president set for Friday
In this Friday, Dec. 29, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump arrives to meet with members of the U.S. Coast Guard, who he invited to play golf, at Trump International Golf Club, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Trump will be the patient, not the commander in chief offering comfort, when he visits the Walter Reed military hospital.
The Latest: Surgeon among 17 killed in California mudslides
US Coast Guard video shows more helicopter rescues from the southern California mudslides. A man, a girl and a dog were plucked from the roof of their home on Tuesday.
John Kennedy: America needs ‘idiot control,’ not more gun control
Sen. John Kennedy said Wednesday that the problem in America isn't guns but the "idiot" government workers who fail to enforce already existing gun-control laws. Mr. Kennedy , Louisiana Republican, said he opposes a bipartisan gun-control bill put forth by Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn that reinforces the requirement for federal agencies to report criminal offenses to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System database, the Washington Free Beacon reported .