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ORLANDO, FLORIDA — Florida is the fastest-growing state in America for the first time since 1957, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The population in the southeastern state, which is known for its warm weather and sandy beaches, now tops 22 million. “I hate being cold,” says Kathy Bonini, 42, who grew up in Pennsylvania but […]
PENTAGON — The U.S. military released a video Thursday of a Russian military intercept that resulted in the downing of a U.S. surveillance drone Tuesday over the Black Sea. The video shows a Russian Sukhoi Su-27 dumping fuel as it approaches the U.S. MQ-9 drone from behind and passes over the top. A second Sukhoi Su-27 […]
PENTAGON — The U.S. military says a Russian fighter jet collided Tuesday with a U.S. intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance drone operating within international airspace over the Black Sea, causing the drone to crash. A U.S. military official said that the unmanned U.S. MQ-9 has not yet been recovered. Russia’s defense ministry blamed the drone for the […]
SARASOTA, FL. — Residents are complaining about burning eyes and breathing problems. Dead fish have washed up on beaches. A beachside festival has been canceled, even though it wasn’t scheduled for another month. Florida’s southwest coast experienced a flare-up of the toxic red tide algae this week, setting off concerns that it could continue to stick […]
The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to block Washington’s Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022. In a bipartisan vote of 81-14, lawmakers advanced the Republican-led resolution with 33 Democrats voting alongside every Republican and Independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema. The vote on the so-called resolution of disapproval came after the House of Representatives blocked the RCCA on […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled a $6.8 trillion government spending plan for 2024 calling for dozens of new policy initiatives and higher taxes on corporations and wealthy individuals. But opposition Republicans immediately said it had no chance of winning congressional approval. Biden, a Democrat in his first term in the White House […]
WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian officials and companies over accusations of serious human rights abuses, stepping up pressure on Tehran over its crackdown on protests as Washington marks International Women’s Day. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said it imposed sanctions on two senior Iranian prison officials it accused of […]
Four U.S. citizens were assaulted and kidnapped Friday by unidentified gunmen after crossing the Mexican border, the FBI said. Soon after crossing from Brownsville, Texas, into the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros in Tamaulipas state, the Americans, who were traveling in a white minivan with North Carolina plates, were fired at, placed into another […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Endangered Mexican gray wolves are making more strides, as more breeding pairs and pups have been documented since reintroduction efforts began in the southwestern U.S. more than two decades ago, federal wildlife managers said Tuesday. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released the results of its annual survey in New Mexico and Arizona, […]
WASHINGTON — The United States is taking steps to better protect public drinking water and sewer systems from cyberattacks that could cut off service or contaminate supplies. The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday issued a new memorandum, ordering all public water systems to meet a series of basic cybersecurity requirements while also making cybersecurity audits a […]
