U.S. airmen at nuclear missile base suspended over drug probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fourteen airmen who helped secure a U.S. complex in Wyoming that includes nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles have been suspended from their duties due to an investigation of “illegal drug activity,” the U.S. milita…
U.S. Navy missile program uses first 3D printed component
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S Navy ballistic missile program used its first component made from 3D printing, a process that sharply reduces the manufacturing time, according to the weapons’ producer, Lockheed Martin Corp.
Some documents in Sumner Redstone case to be unsealed: judge
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles judge tentatively ruled on Friday that certain documents can be made public in a lawsuit that challenges the mental competency of 92-year-old media mogul Sumner Redstone.
U.S. general Lori Robinson to become first woman to lead combatant command
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will name the first woman to head a U.S. combatant command, selecting Air Force General Lori Robinson as the next head of the military’s Northern Command, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday.
Pentagon to investigate comments by former executive at rocket firm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Friday its inspector general will investigate comments made by a former executive with United Launch Alliance (ULA) who suggested the department had improperly tipped a competition for rocket launches in its …
Law enforcement targeted in two blasts in Indiana city: police
(Reuters) – Law enforcement officials in a small southern Indiana city were the target of two explosive devices that were detonated over the past nine days, police said on Thursday.
Ex-Connecticut Governor Rowland to appeal campaign finance conviction
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former Connecticut Governor John Rowland will urge a U.S. appeals court on Friday to set aside his conviction and 2-1/2-year prison sentence for trying to conceal his involvement in two congressional campaigns.
University of California board weighs statement on anti-Semitism
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The governing board of California’s flagship public university system is to vote next week on a statement condemning anti-Zionism as a form of anti-Jewish bigotry, a proposal sparking sharp faculty debate over the line between f…
Dog believed lost at sea turns up on island used by U.S. Navy
(Reuters) – A dog believed to have drowned after disappearing from a fishing boat off the California coast five weeks ago was found on an island owned by the U.S. Navy and will be reunited with her owner on Thursday evening, the Navy said.
Congress urges resignations of Michigan governor, EPA chief over Flint
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on Thursday called for the resignations of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy on the grounds that they failed to quickly intervene in the city of Flint’s c…
