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Iowa pilot flying again after waterfowl crashed through windshield of his helicopter
By The Associated Press on December 8th, 2023
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa helicopter pilot is back in the air, two weeks after a waterfowl smashed through the windshield of his chopper and knocked him for a loop. Pilot Troy McCormick told KCAU-TV that he’s lucky he wasn’t hurt worse on Nov. 23 when what he believed was a duck came ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax charges, adding to gun charges in special counsel probe
By Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press on December 7th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California on Thursday as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of the president’s son intensifies against the backdrop of the looming 2024 election. The new charges come in addition to federal firearms charges in Delaware alleging Hunter Biden broke a law ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UNLV shooting suspect had list of targets at that campus and another university, police say
By Rio Yamat And Ben Finley, The Associated Press on December 7th, 2023
LAS VEGAS (AP) – The suspect in the deadly shooting at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada, had a list of targets at the school and at East Carolina University in North Carolina, police said Thursday. Three faculty members were killed and a fourth was wounded by the gunman who opened fire on the campus ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack return to honor those who perished 82 years ago
By Audrey Mcavoy And Claire Rush, The Associated Press on December 7th, 2023
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) – Ira “Ike” Schab had just showered, put on a clean sailor’s uniform and closed his locker aboard the USS Dobbin when he heard a call for a fire rescue party. He went topside to see the USS Utah capsizing and Japanese planes in the air. He scurried back below deck ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US Sen. Kevin Cramer’s son charged with manslaughter in crash that killed North Dakota deputy
By Jack Dura And Jim Salter, The Associated Press on December 7th, 2023
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer was charged Thursday with manslaughter and fleeing an officer after a police pursuit ended in a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy who was laying down a tire deflation device, according to online court records. Ian Cramer is scheduled to make ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No UNLV students killed in shooting; victims were faculty members, university president says
By Rio Yamat And Ben Finley, The Associated Press on December 7th, 2023
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Three faculty members were killed and a fourth was wounded by a gunman who opened fire on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus before dying in a shootout with police, according to university officials. President Keith E. Whitfield said in a letter to students and staff that the Wednesday shooting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US Sen. Kevin Cramer’s son charged with manslaughter in crash killed North Dakota sheriff’s deputy
By Jack Dura And Jim Salter, The Associated Press on December 7th, 2023
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer was charged Thursday with manslaughter and fleeing an officer after a police pursuit ended in a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy who was laying down a tire deflation device, according to online court records. Ian Cramer is scheduled to make ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No UNLV students killed in shooting; victims were faculty members, university says
By Rio Yamat And Ben Finley, The Associated Press on December 7th, 2023
LAS VEGAS (AP) – A gunman who killed three faculty members at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, before dying in a shootout with police, did not appear to be targeting students, according to two law enforcement officials with direct knowledge of the investigation. Terrified students and professors cowered in classrooms and dorms as the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mexico City rattled by moderate 5.8 magnitude earthquake
By The Associated Press on December 7th, 2023
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico City residents were rattled by a moderate 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck to the south of the capital Thursday. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred at about 2:03 p.m. local time at a spot near Chiautla de Tapia, a rural village about 125 miles (200 kilometers) south of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seychelles declares an emergency after deadly flooding and a huge blast at an explosives depot
By Emilie Chetty, The Associated Press on December 7th, 2023
VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) – The tiny Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles declared a state of emergency Thursday after flooding killed three people and a huge blast at an explosives depot near the capital injured scores of others. The explosion caused mostly minor injuries to 178 people, the health ministry said. It took place around ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump appeals ruling rejecting immunity claim as window narrows to derail federal election case
By Alanna Durkin Richer And Eric Tucker, The Associated Press on December 7th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution as he runs out of time to delay or even derail an upcoming trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Lawyers for the 2024 Republican presidential primary frontrunner ... Read More »
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