Month: October 2019

Key Point: Tehran has many missiles it could use to hit U.S. forces or bases. Like the rest of the Iranian Armed Forces, the Iranian Air Force was crippled by postrevolution purges. Although numerically and technologically superior to the Iraqi Air Force, Iran was unable to achieve air superiority and unable to accurately strike targets deep…

Editor’s note: This story is free to all readers as a public service. Please consider subscribing to support local news.  Homes and businesses across California went dark on Wednesday as utilities shut off power to millions of customers in preparation for hot, dry wind expected to tear across the state. Not even one year out from the deadly…

HONG KONG, Oct 10 (Reuters) – China’s mainland army and police are not part of Hong Kong police operations, the city’s government said on Thursday, responding to rumours the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and mainland police were involved in trying to quell pro-democracy unrest. “In response to rumours on the internet saying that there were…

Google Maps A man and his family discovered 20 bricks of cocaine while on vacation in South Carolina.  According to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, the man stumbled upon a strange object near the shore and brought it home. When he opened it, he discovered 20 kilograms (44 lbs.) of cocaine estimated to be worth…

The West’s Syrian Kurdish allies announced on Wednesday that they were halting all operations against Isil as they rushed their forces to face the long-awaited Turkish assault on northeast Syria.  Turkey unleashed a wave of airstrikes and artillery bombardment against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) along the Turkish border but also struck deeper inside Syria, possibly…

(Bloomberg) — The lira weakened as Turkey began a military offensive into northeastern Syria, stymieing efforts by state banks to buttress the currency through dollar sales. The Turkish currency reversed earlier gains to fall almost 1% after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the cross-border operation. The losses picked up even as state lenders increased the…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police and immigration authorities said they have arrested more than 500 illegally working foreigners, mostly Chinese involved in telecommunications and investment scams, in one of the biggest such mass arrests this year. The 542 foreigners, who were arrested Wednesday night in a raid on their company premises in metropolitan Manila,…

ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday for the first time that President Donald Trump must be impeached for abusing the powers of his office to help his own reelection. Biden made the remarks as part of a blistering 25-minute speech in New Hampshire, departing from his usual campaign pitch and…

Associated Press/John Locher Former Vice President Joe Biden announced his support for House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump in a campaign speech on Wednesday. “Donald Trump has violated his oath of office, betrayed this nation, and committed impeachable acts,” Biden told a crowd in New Hampshire. “He should be impeached.” The president was…

This story is a follow-up to a December 2018 report by Yahoo News, photojournalist Fabio Bucciarelli and videographer Francesca Tosarelli of a family’s quest to seek asylum in the U.S. to flee the violence of Honduras. Video produced by Gabrielle Levesque. Mirna Hernandez Mendez didn’t have much of a plan for what she would do…