Tag: U.S
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U.S. military slams ‘unsafe’ Russia fighter jet maneuver near Alaska
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military on Monday released video of what it said was an unsafe maneuver by a Russian fighter jet near Alaska during an intercept by the U.S. military last week. The United States regularly carries out aerial intercepts of Russian aircraft in international airspace near Alaska, and usually says they are carried…
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Michigan nuclear plant finalizes federal loan to support first reactor restart in U.S. history
The Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan has closed a $1.5 billion loan to support the first reactor restart in U.S. history, the Department of Energy announced Monday. Palisades’ owner, Holtec International, hopes to restart the plant in the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to approval by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Holtec is a privately held nuclear…
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More than 13,000 immigrants convicted of homicide here or abroad are living freely in the U.S., ICE says
More than 13,000 immigrants convicted of homicide — either in the United States or abroad — are living freely in the U.S., outside of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, according to data ICE provided to Congress earlier this week. The immigrants are part of ICE’s “non-detained” docket, meaning the agency has some information on the immigrants…
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U.S. indicts three Iranians in Trump campaign hack
Three Iranian nationals have been indicted for hacking into the campaign of former President Donald Trump, stealing emails and documents, and then sharing them with the news media, according to U.S. officials and a federal indictment filed in Washington on Friday. The three Iranians, identified as members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, hired “malicious…
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The U.S. wants to triple nuclear power by 2050. America’s coal communities could provide a pathway
The planned restart of Three Mile Island is a step forward for nuclear power, but the U.S. needs to deploy new plants to keep up with rising electricity demand, one of the nation’s top nuclear officials said this week. The U.S. needs to at least triple its nuclear fleet to keep pace with demand, slash…
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Why JPMorgan Chase is prepared to sue the U.S. government over Zelle scams
Buried in a roughly 200-page quarterly filing from JPMorgan Chase last month were eight words that underscore how contentious the bank’s relationship with the government has become. The lender disclosed that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could punish JPMorgan for its role in Zelle, the giant peer-to-peer digital payments network. The bank is accused of failing to kick criminal accounts off…
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U.S. Coast Guard watching uptick in Russian, Chinese navy activity near Alaska
TAIPEI — The U.S. Coast Guard is watching an “uptick” in Chinese and Russian navy activity around Alaska and the northern Pacific but encounters to date have been very professional, a senior commander said on Friday. Vice Admiral Andrew J. Tiongson, U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Commander, noted on a call with regional reporters while…
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Alabama prepares to put inmate to death in second U.S. nitrogen gas execution
Two years after an Alabama prisoner was spared when staff members struggled to execute him by lethal injection, officials plan to try again Thursday — using the rare method of nitrogen gas. Alan Eugene Miller, 59, would be the second person in the country executed via nitrogen hypoxia, in which a person breathes only nitrogen…
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Two Hong Kong journalists to be sentenced in sedition case criticized by U.S.
Two journalists who led a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong are being sentenced Thursday after being convicted of sedition last month in a verdict seen as a further blow to press freedom in the Chinese territory. Chung Pui-kuen, the former editor-in-chief of the now-defunct Stand News, and Patrick Lam, the newspaper’s former acting editor-in-chief, had been…
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Israel and Hezbollah exchange strikes as U.S. proposes Lebanon cease-fire
Share Israel hammers Bekaa Valley and southern Lebanon with strikes Israel continued to hammer southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley with airstrikes overnight into Thursday, with the Israeli military saying it hit around 75 targets, all of which it said belonged to Hezbollah. The Israel Defense Forces said “weapons storage facilities, ready-to-fire launchers, terrorists, and…