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Jet from Texas carrying 9 people crashes in Palm Beach, Florida, killing everyone on board, officials say

A business jet with nine people aboard nose-dived and crashed near homes in Palm Beach County, Florida, Sunday afternoon, killing everyone on board, officials said. No one on the ground was injured, Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters at a news conference. Approximately 600 people were evacuated from the crash site near a mobile home park…

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The story behind the first CIA officers in Afghanistan after 9/11 and the Russian chopper that flew them in

Twenty-five years ago, a Soviet-designed helicopter crossed the mountains of Afghanistan carrying the first CIA officers sent into the country after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, marking the opening move in the U.S. response that would soon become America’s longest war.  The seven-man CIA team, code-named JAWBREAKER, landed in the Panjshir Valley on Sept….

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Malta businessman found not guilty in car bomb killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

A jury in Malta on Wednesday acquitted the Maltese businessman accused by prosecutors of being the mastermind behind the 2017 car bomb killing of crusading investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, sparking renewed calls for accountability in the Mediterranean island nation. Caruana Galizia’s killing shocked Europe, led to protests that toppled a prime minister and exposed…

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