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New memorial overpass honors local Marine veteran
A ceremony was held Wednesday to formally dedicate the State Route 305 overpass spanning State Route 11 in honor of a local veteran.
Draconid Meteor shower peaks tonight: Where to look
Find out where to look and when the best time will be to see the peak of the Draconid meteor shower tonight.
Fake teen girl profile led to kidnapping, unraveling Philadelphia-area crime ring
Six individuals face charges for operating a criminal organization called Always Running Plays involved in kidnappings, robberies, extortion, and illegal gun trafficking across the Philadelphia area.
Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA’s Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA’s moon-bound Apollo program and later in life was celebrated as a powerful symbol of women in technology, has died. She was 90. Hamilton died Sept. 30 at a hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, her daughter, Lauren Hamilton, told
NFL urges the Supreme Court to rule on regulation of prediction markets
The NFL is urging the Supreme Court to rule on the regulation of prediction markets after the league accounted for $1.8 billion in trading volume on the first Sunday of this season alone, arguing that states are better positioned to oversee sports-related contracts “given the current landscape.” The NFL filed a brief Thursday in support
Isaias breaks this late-season record
Hurricane Isaias continues to strengthen on Thursday as it moves toward the Gulf Coast.
Army finds systemic failures behind DC midair collision and calls for safety fixes
The U.S. Army found systemic safety breakdowns behind last year’s midair collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C., and recommended changes to prevent future tragedies. The Army report — completed in May and released publicly Thursday after months of pressure from the victims' families — identified failures involving
New US indictment charges Maduro with overseeing machine of repression, torture of Americans
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors unveiled sweeping new criminal charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday, accusing him and his wife of heading a state-sponsored system of repression responsible for beating, asphyxiating, and delivering electric shocks to scores of victims, including several Americans. The torture charges add to pressure on the ousted
Russian strike on Ukrainian public buses kills 30 people as blackouts worsen in Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian-guided bomb exploded next to public buses filled with passengers in eastern Ukraine, authorities said Thursday, killing 30 people as part of a wave of attacks that also worsened power outages in the capital. The morning attack occurred next to a bus stop in the war-torn city of Kramatorsk in
Army identifies systemic failures behind DC midair collision and calls for safety fixes
The U.S. Army found many systemic breakdowns that led to last year’s midair collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter near Washington D.C. and recommended numerous steps the military should take to prevent future tragedies.