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BlueHalo’s Locust laser air defense system, which is designed to shoot down small drones, rockets and mortar shells. BlueHalo The United States military has invested tens of billions of dollars over a half-century in the research and development of directed energy weapons. Now, it’s actually using them in battle. The Army has used lasers to […]
U.S. regulators decided Wednesday to allow American fishermen to harvest thousands of pounds of valuable baby eels in the coming years, even as authorities have shuttered the industry in Canada while they grapple with poaching. Baby eels, also called elvers, are harvested from rivers and streams by fishermen every spring. The tiny fish are sometimes […]
By Holly Honderich BBC News, Washington DC 24 April 2024 Updated 27 minutes ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The Supreme Court will weigh in on abortion access once again, nearly two years after overturning Roe v Wade The US Supreme Court has heard arguments about how close to death a woman must be […]
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is putting his legacy behind a final push to shore up international support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. The secretary-general, who will step down later this year after a decade leading the alliance, is pitching to the 32-NATO member countries a plan to establish a five-year, 100 billion euro fund for Ukraine, and for NATO to assume […]
HOUSTON: A Black teen who was punished at high school because of the way he wears his hair lost a court battle Thursday when a judge upheld the disciplinary action against him.Darryl George, 18, wears his hair in rope-like strands called locs, which are pinned to his head.Since last August he has been separated from […]
David Brooks: It seemed like it was universally accepted that defending Ukraine was in our national interest. Even today, 74 percent of Americans think defending Ukraine is in our national interest. And yet the president, or the ex-president, said no, and the speaker apparently follows him. And, to be fair, in retrospect, we should have […]
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LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange’s lawyers will begin their final U.K. legal challenge on Tuesday to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges. The 52-year-old has been
For Democrats, a win would — among other things — suggest a way to overcome ongoing Republican attacks over crime and immigration, which they concede are a major problem for their party’s image. “Voters in this particular district see headlines several times a week about migrants being bused into New York City,” said former Rep. […]
The Maryland supreme court heard arguments on Monday from a group of organizers attempting to halt the sale of a local apartment complex that sits on top of a historic African American burial ground. Members of the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition (BACC) packed the court in Annapolis on Monday, where justices heard testimony about