Month: February 2023

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania has briefly scrambled military jets and neighboring Moldova temporarily closed its air space after authorities in both countries reported mysterious weather balloon-like objects traversing their skies. The incidents occurred at around midday local time Tuesday and briefly raised concerns in the two Eastern European countries, both which border Ukraine and

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Five men are dead following a shooting attack in a mountain hamlet in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca. State prosecutors say that the killings occurred Tuesday in the village of Santiago Amoltepec and that one other person was wounded. Prosecutors say the shootings happened on a street in the village, but

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has scored a split decision with a hearing officer dismissing one summons while upholding another issued by a city inspector citing him for not doing enough to keep rodents at bay from his Brooklyn townhouse. Noting the thousands of

The terror induced by an alert to “Run, Hide, Fight” is not unique to Michigan State. The strategy, which follows best practices developed by the Department of Homeland Security, is familiar to most students in the lockdown generation. When a shooter is nearby, it holds, people should fight only as a last resort and only

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday it will investigate a December flight in which a United Airlines plane descended to within less than 800 feet (250 meters) of the ocean surface after taking off from Hawaii. The NTSB said it expects to issue a preliminary report in two to three weeks.

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s U.S. senators and several Alaska Native leaders are urging the federal government to approve a major oil project on the petroleum-rich North Slope. They cast the Willow project Tuesday as economically critical for Indigenous communities in the region and important for the nation’s energy security.

By MATT LEE and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has withdrawn its pick of a human rights activist to a post at the Organization of American States over recent comments blasting a top House Democrat as being “Bought. Purchased. Controlled” by pro-Israel groups. The State Department on Friday nominated James