SCRANTON — Whether caused by storm or man, the muddying of Roaring Brook in Dunmore and Scranton has sediment removal underway to clean up recent major episodes of silt pollution. Earlier this year, Pennsylvania American Water’s renovation of the old dam at the No. 7 Reservoir in Dunmore inadvertently released large amounts of silt and […]
BEIJING (AP) — A military history buff in China appears to have made an alarming discovery after picking up four discarded books for less than $1 at a neighborhood recycling station: They were confidential military documents. The country’s Ministry of State Security told the story in a social media post on Thursday, praising the retired […]
A New York City liquor store owner could face seven years behind bars after a video shows he shot a would-be thief who had been kicked off the premises along with an accomplice. But the head of a large bodega organization is calling on prosecutors to drop the charges. Francisco Valerio, 53, who owns Franja […]
Russian forces continue to use an ISIS terrorist tactic of sending explosives-laden armored vehicles toward Ukrainian positions, as seen in a video posted by Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov on Telegram on Jan. 4. “Loaded with UR-77 and FAB charges, a Russian MT-LB kamikaze is trying to make a passage in the minefield near Novomykhailivka in the direction of Maryinka,” he wrote. […]