A Coast Guard Cutter Stratton boarding team searches a suspected smuggling vessel interdicted in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, May 31, 2020.U.S. Coast Guard photoWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will meet Friday with leaders of the U.S. military's Southern Command, the combatant command on the front lines of America's effort to curb drug trafficking, the…
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., is pictured on May 6. His panel has voted to form a commission on removing Confederate names from Army installations. Greg Nash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Greg Nash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., is pictured on…
The Philadelphia Eagles raised eyebrows Friday night when they selected quarterback Jalen Hurts in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft.Hurts is presumably set to be the backup for quarterback Carson Wentz. However, Wentz is coming off a season where he played 16 games but got hurt in the playoffs and was forced to…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…