The death toll from Friday’s plane crash at an airshow in Nevada has risen to nine. And there is now word of another airshow crash — this time in the state of West Virginia. Officials announced the higher toll Saturday after recovering the remains of 7 more victims from the tarmac at the National Championship […]
US Airshow Crash Death Toll Rises to 9
Posted September 17th, 2011 at 5:08 pm (UTC-5)
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US Ambassador: Evidence Links Pakistan to Haqqani Network
Posted September 17th, 2011 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
A key U.S. official says Washington has evidence linking the Pakistani government to a militant group blamed for a series of attacks in Afghanistan. U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter tells Radio Pakistan there are apparent ties between Islamabad and the Haqqani network. Munter also said those ties must be severed. The United States has […]
U.S. Spy Satellite on One-Day Display
Posted September 17th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. government agency in charge of intelligence satellites is displaying one of the largest spy satellites the United States has ever put into space Saturday. The National Reconnaissance Office put the newly declassified Hexagon, or KH-9 satellite on display for one day only at a branch of the National Air and Space Museum located […]
Reports: US Will Not Sell Fighter Jets to Taiwan
Posted September 17th, 2011 at 4:08 am (UTC-5)
Published reports say the White House had decided not to sell new F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan. The Washington Post newspaper and other news agencies are reporting that the Obama administration is offering to refurbish Taiwan’s aging fleet of F-16s in an arms package that does not include any new jets for the island. Administration […]
China State Religious Groups Slam US Freedom Report
Posted September 17th, 2011 at 2:00 am (UTC-5)
Beijing’s state-sanctioned religious groups lashed out at the U.S. after it again listed China as a country “of particular concern” on religious freedom. The U.S. State Department earlier this week released its International Religious Freedom report for the second half of 2010, naming eight countries, including China, as having especially troubling records on the issue. […]
US Official: US Will Target Terrorists in Countries Unable or Unwilling to Act
Posted September 17th, 2011 at 1:56 am (UTC-5)
A top U.S. official says the U.S. will continue to target al-Qaida in countries unable or unwilling to do it themselves. John Brennan, White House senior advisor for counterrorism and homeland security, made the remarks in a speech Friday at the Harvard Law School. He said the U.S. does not view its authority to use […]
GM, UAW Agree on New Contract
Posted September 17th, 2011 at 12:25 am (UTC-5)
General Motors Company and the United Auto Workers union reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract late Friday in Detroit, Michigan. Details of the settlement are being withheld, pending a review meeting with local union leaders and ratification by rank-and-file workers. The UAW’s old agreement expired Wednesday, but the union was barred from […]
U.S. Congress Matches Record Low Approval Rating
Posted September 16th, 2011 at 4:23 pm (UTC-5)
A new poll shows the approval rating for the U.S. Congress has fallen back to the historic low it hit in October 2008. A survey of nearly 1500 people taken by CBS News and the New York Times shows only 12 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. When asked if “most” […]
U.S. Congress Matches Record Low Approval Rating
Posted September 16th, 2011 at 4:02 pm (UTC-5)
A new poll shows the approval rating for the U.S. Congress has fallen back to the historic low that they hit in October 2008. A survey of nearly 1500 people taken by CBS News and the New York Times shows only 12 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. When asked if […]
Obama Signs Patent Reform Legislation
Posted September 16th, 2011 at 3:57 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has signed into law legislation aimed at expediting the process of approving U.S. patents, a move the president says will provide help the economy and create jobs. President Obama signed the bill Friday during a visit to a high school for science and technology outside Washington. Mr. Obama said the law […]
