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October 3, 2021

 

US raises concern as China flies warplanes south of Taiwan China sent 38 warplanes into the area on Friday and 39 aircraft on Saturday, the most in a single day since Taiwan began releasing reports on the flights in September 2020. READ MORE

Bomb at Kabul mosque kills 5 civilians, Taliban says At least five civilians were killed in a bomb blast outside a Kabul mosque Sunday, a Taliban official said. It was the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital since U.S. forces left at the end of August. READ MORE

WWII pilot's remains returned to Maine hometown for burial The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Ernest N. Vienneau were transferred from Massachusetts to Millinocket, Maine, on Saturday by the Maine State Police Honor Guard, according to the state's Department of Public Safety. READ MORE   Philippine ‘Angels of the Sea’ use their voices to repel Chinese ships Dubbed the Angels of the Sea, a group of 81 women will soon patrol the country’s so-called exclusive economic zone, which extends 200 nautical miles off the Philippine shoreline in an area speckled with rocks and reefs claimed by China. READ MORE   North Korea threatens top UN body after emergency meeting Jo Chol Su, a senior North Korean Foreign Ministry official, warned the U.N. council it "had better think what consequences it will bring in the future in case it tries to encroach upon the sovereignty" of North Korea. READ MORE

Navy completes environmental cleanup at site of Lake Worth military jet crash The jet crashed into a back yard in a Lake Worth, Texas, neighborhood Sept. 19, injuring two pilots and three residents and severely damaging homes. READ MORE   Leaked records open a ‘Pandora’ box of financial secrets Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers have been hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and other assets for the past quarter-century, according to a review of nearly 12 million files obtained from 14 different firms located around the world. READ MORE   ‘One of a kind’: Nevada National Guard general memorialized Inside a small office building at the Nevada Army National Guard, several military medals and trophies were on display along with vibrant Hawaiian shirts, a lei and a pristine, classic Chevrolet pickup truck. That’s just the kind of person Maj. Gen. Robert Herbert was. READ MORE   Spotlight on history: Lantern Tours offer a peek at War of 1812 soldiers’ lives after dark at Fort Meigs Dusk was falling at Fort Meigs in Perrysburg, Ohio, as a small group of visitors followed the dim lanterns of volunteers. At every point that the volunteers stopped them, another stood ready to highlight what life used to be like in the living quarters for soldiers during the War of 1812. READ MORE   States and cities slow to spend federal pandemic money As Congress considered a massive COVID-19 relief package earlier this year, hundreds of mayors from across the U.S. pleaded for “immediate action” on billions of dollars targeted to shore up their finances and revive their communities. Now that they’ve received it, local officials are taking their time before actually spending the windfall. READ MORE   Oil company says pipeline shut down after California leak A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday to contain the crude before it spread further into protected wetlands. READ MORE

 

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