F-35 formally enters operational testing
The U.S. Department of Defense said on Thursday it would start field testing all three variants of the F-35 Lightning II fighter jets in combat conditions to evaluate operational effectiveness and suitability of their weapons systems.
Defense rests in Virginia murder trial of white nationalist
The defense rested its case on Thursday in the trial of the man who killed a counterprotester at a white nationalist rally last year by plowing his car into a crowd, after the defendant’s lawyers called witnesses that suggested he was driven by fear.
In bipartisan test, Senate grapples with criminal justice overhaul
Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate scrambled on Thursday to save an effort to overhaul America’s prison policies and criminal sentencing standards, seen as a bipartisan win just weeks ago, but now up against a major obstacle.
Trump’s EPA proposes looser carbon limits on new coal plants
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed rolling back an Obama-era rule requiring new U.S. coal plants to slash carbon emissions, a move that could crack open the door in coming years for new plants fired by the fossil fuel.
U.S. Supreme Court appears wary of expanding ‘double jeopardy’
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Thursday expressed skepticism about putting limits on criminal charges being brought against people for the same offenses by both federal and state prosecutors in a case involving an Alabama man charged with illegally pos…
Houston residents, by the thousands, mourn President George H.W. Bush
Thousands of Houstonians turned up on Thursday to pay their respects to late President George H.W. Bush, a U.S. Northeast transplant who had made Texas his home, laying flowers at makeshift memorials and lining up to catch a glimpse of his funeral moto…
Defense seeks to portray white nationalist accused of murder as threatened at Virginia rally
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U.S. military air crash off Japan coast kills one Marine, five missing
One U.S. Marine was killed and rescue teams were searching for five others missing after two Marine Corps aircraft collided in mid-air and crashed into the sea off the coast of Japan during a refueling exercise, officials said on Thursday.
Farewell ‘Gampy’ – former U.S. president George H.W. Bush mourned by family
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush’s family took center stage at his funeral in Houston on Thursday, with personal tributes, grandsons who knew him better as “Gampy” serving as honorary pallbearers and granddaughters reading from the Bible.
Supreme Court weighs ‘double jeopardy’ dispute
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Thursday expressed skepticism about putting limits on criminal charges being brought against people for the same offenses by both federal and state prosecutors in a case involving an Alabama man charged with illegally pos…
