Washington — The Justice Department and a group of Vietnam War veterans are set to face off in a Washington, D.C., courtroom on Friday over the fate of President Trump’s proposed 250-foot arch that he wants to build between Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan will hear arguments over…
Firefighters battle airport blaze in Houston; High tides break records. Source link
A blaze that killed four soldiers and injured several dozen more on a military base in the Canadian province of Alberta last week broke out on a grenade launcher range during training exercises, officials said Thursday. The fire sparked Oct. 17 on the automatic grenade launcher range of Canadian Forces Base Wainwright “during routine military…
The U.S. may have intentionally withheld early warnings this week of Russian strikes on Ukraine, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine “received no advance warning from our partners” when Russia launched a ballistic missile barrage at Kyiv and other locations early Tuesday. The sources said American officials told…
Crew 12 dropped out of orbit and returned to Earth on Thursday, one day after undocking from the International Space Station, in a meteor-like fireball of concentrated reentry heat, safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean west of Los Angeles to close out a 237-day mission. Commander Jessica Meir, pilot Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency…
When Cody Turcotte arrived to fight a wildfire scorching homes in Spokane, Washington, last month, there weren’t enough people at the scene to control it. His team of five engines joined just two others that had been battling the blaze alone for hours, as its flames rapidly spread. “You’re getting embers casting down on the…
President Trump on Sunday called on his Ukrainian counterpart to halt strikes on Russian refineries, saying the attacks are causing a shortage of diesel. Mr. Trump, who is in Ireland watching the Irish Open at one of his golf courses for the weekend, was asked by a reporter if he had spoken with Ukrainian President…
Beijing — At least 20 people were killed and five were missing after a cargo ship caught fire while docked in a Chinese port, Chinese state media reported Thursday. The ship was docked for repairs by the Beihai Shipbuilding Co. at the port of Qingdao, a major shipping hub on the northeastern Chinese coast. A…
Manila, Philippines — A fire that burned overnight on a passenger ferry off the western Philippines left dozens of people missing Thursday and killed at least five. So far, 43 people have been rescued, Coast Guard spokeswoman Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said. An intense and widespread search was on for the unaccounted for. The ferry MV…
Islamabad — A fire at a nursery in a major government hospital in Pakistan’s capital killed at least 14 newborns, hospital officials and the government said. The nursery at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences housed at least 15 newborns when the fire broke out, hospital officials said. At least one baby was rescued. Rescue…
