Did Iran Manage to Find a Weak Spot in the F-35's Stealth?
Key Point: No fighter is completely invincible. Here’s what we know about the F-35’s downsides. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Amid escalating tensions between Iran and the United States, in part resulting from U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision unilaterally to withdraw the United States from the 2015 deal limiting Iran’s nuclear program, the U.S. armed forces…
Teachers say students were 'terrified' during drill they thought was real
CINCINNATI – In late January, educators and students at a Cincinnati school thought an active shooter drill was the real thing. Dianna Schweitzer, who teaches English as a second language, hid under a sink with two students at the school in Roselawn. She offered to trade hiding places with a colleague because her children were…
Major teacher unions call for schools to stop 'psychologically distressing' active shooter drills
The two largest teacher unions in the nation on Tuesday called for an end to unannounced active shooter drills and life-like simulations. The American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association made the recommendation with the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, citing the traumatic effects on students. To avoid distressing children and leading…
Teacher allegedly told student who didn't stand for national anthem, 'go back to your country'
Students at a Chicago high school held a sit-in Wednesday in protest after a teacher allegedly told a Latino student last month to “go back to your country” when she and others declined to stand for the national anthem during an assembly. Mary Beck, the school’s principal, addressed students during the protest at Nicholas Senn…
Rocket hits northern Iraqi base hosting U.S. forces, no casualties: security sources
Kirkuk, Iraq – (Reuters) – A rocket hit a base in northern Iraq that hosts U.S. forces on Thursday but caused no casualties, Iraqi security sources said. The base, known as K1 near the city of Kirkuk, is where a U.S. civilian contractor was killed in December in a similar attack, blamed by Washington on…
Gaza balloon attacks re-emerge as threat to Israel
Bureij (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – As the bunch of brightly-coloured balloons floated into Gaza’s evening sky, there was a piercing crackle of gunfire. Moments earlier, the balloons had been launched by a group of masked young Palestinian men huddled near the Al-Bureij refugee camp. They attached explosives to the weapon before setting it adrift towards…
An employer allegedly conspired with local police to have a black employee arrested before he could file a racial discrimination complaint — but their plot backfired.
Courtesy of Buchanan Angeli Altschul & Sullivan LLP Michael Fesser confided in his boss, Eric Benson, racial discrimination he faced while working for A&B Towing in 2017. Before Fesser could file a formal complaint, Benson conspired with his fishing buddy, the former police chief of a local Portland, Oregon, police department, to have Fesser arrested,…
Four career prosecutors are the target of Trump's anger. Here's how they came up with a stiff sentence for Roger Stone.
WASHINGTON – Hours after the Justice Department reduced its recommended sentence for his longtime friend, President Donald Trump escalated his attacks against the career prosecutors who handled the case. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey “Prosecutorial Misconduct?” Trump tweeted Tuesday night. He followed up Wednesday morning: “Rogue prosecutors maybe?” The day before, prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of seven to nine years for GOP operative…
Trump news – live: President faces fresh corruption allegations, as senior Republican condemns ‘carefully staged’ Barr criticism
Donald Trump has compared his suffering during the impeachment process to the “dark days” of Richard Nixon’s tenure in the White House in the 1970s and threatened to end the practice of having security officials listen in on his calls with foreign leaders. A new book on Mr Trump - Sinking in the Swamp by…
The sidelining of Elizabeth Warren
The 2020 presidential race was always going to be an uphill battle for Elizabeth Warren. Almost from the get-go, political pundits fretted about Warren’s electability, setting in motion a self-fulfilling prophecy now reflected in the New Hampshire primary results. Warren’s disappointing showing on Tuesday comes on the heels of a stirring debate performance and a…