Four people died and a fifth was critically hurt after a hot air balloon crashed early on Sunday morning in a remote section of Arizona desert. Micah Powell, mayor of the Pinal county town of Eloy near the crash site, said 13 people – eight skydivers, four passengers and a pilot – had been in […]
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Hot air balloon crash in Arizona desert leaves 4 dead and 1 critically injured, police say
A hot air balloon crash-landed in the southern Arizona desert Sunday, leaving four people dead and another person critically injured, police announced. The “devastating incident” happened around 7:50 a.m. in Eloy, a city about 65 miles south of Phoenix, the local police department said in a news release. It came down in a desert area […]
4 dead in Arizona hot air balloon crash
Four people died when a hot air balloon crashed in Eloy, Arizona, on Sunday morning, police said. A fifth person was in critical condition after the “tragic” crash, Eloy police said. The balloon went down about 7:50 a.m. in the desert area of Sunshine Boulevard and Hannah Road, the police department said. Eloy is about […]
U.S. intelligence officials determined the Chinese spy balloon used a U.S. internet provider to communicate
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence officials have determined that the Chinese spy balloon that flew across the U.S. this year used an American internet service provider to communicate, according to two current and one former U.S. official familiar with the assessment. The balloon connected to a U.S.-based company, according to the assessment, to send and receive […]
Highlights from the year in photos, from the Chinese spy balloon to the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Palestinians line up for food in Rafah, Gaza Strip, in November 2023, during a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. (Hatem Ali/AP) When you look back on the news year that was, 2023 saw multiple mass–shooting tragedies in the United States, a dramatic shift in the fight over reproductive rights, a worsening immigration crisis along […]
The secret U.S. effort to track, hide and surveil the Chinese spy balloon
WASHINGTON — On a Friday evening last January, Gen. Glen VanHerck, the Air Force commander in charge of defending American airspace from foreign intrusion, called President Joe Biden’s top military adviser, Gen. Mark Milley. U.S. intelligence officials had just notified the general that for roughly 10 days they had been tracking a mysterious — and […]
Republican primaries could ‘see an upset’ in key states but ‘the balloon’ will ‘deflate’
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