CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The two NASA astronauts assigned to Boeing’s first human spaceflight arrived at their launch site Thursday, just over a week before their scheduled liftoff. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will serve as test pilots for Boeing’s Starliner capsule, which is making its debut with crew after years of delay. They […]
A group of almost 20 Cuban migrants landed in the Florida Keys Tuesday afternoon, according to law enforcement sources. The people came ashore on Rodriguez Key, an uninhabited island located east of Key Largo, Adam Hoffner, assistant chief patrol agent for the U.S. Border Patrol’s Miami sector, told the Herald. According to the Monroe County […]
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE) – A Central Valley honor flight made its way to Washington, D.C. on Monday. The 28th Central Valley Honor Flight left from the Fresno Yosemite International Airport on Monday carrying a group of veterans. The Central Valley Honor Flight is a local non-profit organization that organizes these flights at no cost to […]
Dozens of Russian military instructors have arrived in Niger as part of a new accord with the country’s junta, which has cut links with its Western allies. State media report that they arrived along with a state-of-the-art air defence system. They are expected to install the system and teach Niger’s army how to use it. […]
Lithuanian leaders hailed a “historic event” as Germany on Monday began deploying troops in the Baltic country — a Nato member — marking the first time since the Second World War that German forces will be based outside the country on a long-term basis. About two dozen soldiers arrived in Lithuania, laying the groundwork for […]
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has described the start of a German brigade in Lithuania as a key step to improve the deployment capability of NATO forces and “an important day for the Bundeswehr.” “This is the first time that we have permanently stationed such a unit outside Germany,” Pistorius said on Monday in Berlin […]
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanian leaders hailed a “historic event” as Germany on Monday began deploying troops in the Baltic country — a NATO member — marking the first time since World War II that German forces will be based outside the country on a long-term basis. About two dozen soldiers arrived in Lithuania, laying […]
People are already arriving in Rochester to view the April 8 total solar eclipse, but crowds certainly have not manifested yet in numbers. Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport had been preparing for some time for the big weekend. Lines stretched also at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, as flights came in from around the […]
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United Nations said Friday it has begun distributing food in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur province for the first time in months, following two successful cross-border operations, but the population still faces widespread starvation unless more help arrives. The yearlong war between military and paramilitary forces in Sudan is causing one of […]
Apr. 2—NORWAY — A local transient was arrested Monday evening after a neighbor discovered her breaking into a home at 14 King St. and held her at gunpoint until police arrived. Lindsay Clark, 43, was arrested on charges of attempted burglary and criminal mischief and was brought to the Oxford County Jail in Paris, Norway […]
The first three F-16 Fighting Falcons that will be loaded with self-flying technology have arrived at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, the Air Force said Tuesday. The arrival of the F-16s marks the service’s biggest step forward yet in standing up the program known as Venom, which stands for Viper Experimentation and Next-gen Operations […]
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A team of Chinese investigators arrived in Pakistan on Friday to join a probe into a suicide attack that killed five of its nationals earlier this week, officials said, as Pakistan continued its own investigations into the attack. The slain Chinese engineers and workers were heading on Tuesday to the Dasu Dam, […]