DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a commercial ship traveling through the Gulf of Aden but apparently caused no damage, authorities said Saturday, in the latest strike on the shipping lane by the group. The Houthi attack comes after the sinking this week of the ship Tutor, which […]
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2 suburban teens dead in Eisenhower Expressway crash; Chicago woman charged with reckless homicide
CHICAGO – A Chicago woman is in custody after allegedly crashing into another vehicle and killing two people on the Eisenhower Expressway over the weekend. Ashanti Gates, 21, has been charged with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, two counts of reckless homicide and child endangerment. On Sunday, Illinois State Police […]
Former PTA treasurer pleads guilty to taking $45K from Eisenhower Middle School PTA
May 29—A former Eisenhower Middle School Parent Teacher Association treasurer pleaded guilty to stealing more than $45,000 from the organization to pay bills and make personal purchases. Nicole Piatt of Albuquerque pleaded guilty last week to a federal charge of wire fraud. Piatt, who was treasurer from 2018 to 2020, used her access to the […]
On the USS Eisenhower, 4 months of combat at sea facing Houthi missiles and a new sea threat
ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (AP) — Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and its accompanying warships have spent four months straight at sea defending against ballistic missiles and flying attack drones fired by Iranian-backed Houthis, and are now more regularly also defending against a new threat — fast unmanned vessels […]