Two Virginia-class submarines a year. One Columbia class. The goals are clear — but is the Navy on track? Senator Deb Fischer breaks down the readiness challenges facing the U.S. fleet in the Indo-Pacific. What are the biggest challenges facing…
The search for survivors continues in the city of Catia la Mar following the earthquake in Venezuela last week. More than 1,700 people are known to have been killed – but some continue to be rescued from beneath collapsed buildings…
An Arizona woman pleaded guilty to attempting to steal more than $7.7 million in government funds by filing fraudulent tax returns, the Justice Department announced. Regina Durkin, of New River, Arizona, conspired with others to defraud the United States by…
The US Supreme Court has blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire a governor of the US central bank, in a ruling seen as affirming the Federal Reserve’s independence. In a 5-4 decision, justices from the country’s top court said…
The Israeli government has approved a proposal to designate the mass extermination of Armenian Christians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I as a genocide. “It’s never too late to do the right thing,” Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar…
The US Supreme Court will not hear an appeal requested by President Donald Trump to review the civil case that found he defamed and sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll. A New York jury awarded Carroll $5m (£3.6m) in damages…
President Trump said Monday that Iran requested a meeting in Qatar to resume peace talks after a volley of strikes near the Strait of Hormuz threatened to unravel the ceasefire in recent days. Mr. Trump, writing on social media, said…
Fitness expert and former Olympian Les Mills has died at the age of 91, his family has said. The New Zealander first opened a gym in Auckland with his late wife Colleen in 1968, and it later became a nationwide…
The idea of delivering packages by drone is relatively new and exciting for Americans at large. For prison officials, however, it has long been a reality — and a dangerous one at that. Smugglers have kept some prisons supplied with…
“I said to myself I’m not going to waste my energy – I’m going to scream when it’s needed, when I hear voices or steps nearby,” she said. “I don’t know how I kept so calm because my left leg…
Yemen’s Houthis said they launched missiles at Abha airport in south-western Saudi Arabia on Monday in response to air strikes on Sanaa’s airport that they blamed on the kingdom. The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, which backs the country’s internationally-recognised government,…
LAS VEGAS — Utah Jazz guard Trey Alexander was taken from the court on a stretcher Monday night after appearing to injure his side on a drive to the basket in an NBA Summer League game against the Chicago Bulls. Alexander, who…
Keep yourself open to, “OK, I’m gonna look around. Is there a Luddite poster here? I’m at my local bookstore. OK, is there some information here?” It’s this idea of social infrastructure, switching people over from the idea of, “OK,…
