By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart February 3 (Reuters) – The US military on Tuesday shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” approached the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, the US military said, in an incident first reported by Reuters. The incident occurred as diplomats sought to arrange nuclear talks between Iran … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday, threatening to escalate tensions as the Trump administration warns of possible military action to bring Iran to the negotiating table. The drone “aggressively approached” … Read more
Emmy-winning comic actor Catherine O’Hara is among the notable and influential people who died in the first month of this year. Her career was launched with the comedy group Second City in Toronto. But O’Hara is best known for her roles as Macaulay Culkin’s mother in the first two “Home Alone” films and as the … Read more
A 19-year-old college student has been arrested in Colorado on an alleged hit-and-run scheme to kill his football teammate after their friendship soured. Jackson T. Keller, a student at Fort Lewis College in Durango, near the New Mexico border, was arrested last Thursday on suspicion of “criminal solicitation for first-degree murder and illegal possession of … Read more
The Pueblo County Detention Center and the city of Pueblo’s three new fire stations received more than $209,000 in combined energy efficiency rebates from Black Hills Energy. The rebate, part of the Black Hills Commercial New Construction Program, funded the purchase of energy efficient measures for the detention center, Pueblo Fire Department Station 6, Pueblo … Read more
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A 13-year-old boy is credited with saving the lives of his mother and two younger siblings with an hours-long swim after the family was washed off the Australian coast. Austin Appelbee swam 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) to shore to raise the alarm after getting into trouble Friday with his mother Joanne … Read more
Don Lemon detailed for the first time the moment “a dozen” federal officers arrested him in connection with his reporting at an anti-ICE protest in a Minnesota church, a spectacle he said was designed to “embarrass” him, “instill fear” and “intimidate” reporters. The former CNN anchor appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday night in … Read more
Credit: @ChineseArmy/YouTube China has unveiled plans for a space carrier that could use unmanned fighter jets capable of firing missiles from the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere. State media released a concept video of the futuristic Luanniao, the world’s largest warship, which travels through space above all current defensive systems. China has claimed that the … Read more
Don Lemon said about a dozen federal agents came to his Los Angeles hotel to arrest him last week, even though his lawyer had told authorities he would turn himself in to face federal civil rights charges over his coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a Minnesota church service. Lemon told ABC late … Read more
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — There’s a chance the whirring of propellers heard over Ukrainian battlefields is coming from drones built in a country of just over a million people in southeastern Europe: Cyprus. Manufacturer Swarmly says there are more than 200 of its H-10 Poseidon drones that help Ukraine’s artillery batteries identify enemy targets on … Read more