Author: Victor I. Nava

A pilot was killed on Sunday when a plane crashed during an air race in Nevada. The incident occurred during the 2022 National Championship Air Races and Air Show event in Reno, Nevada, during the third lap of the final race for the aircraft’s class. The aircraft, an Aero L-29 Delfin jet, went down in…

President Joe Biden said in a statement on Thursday that a tentative agreement has been reached to avert a railway workers strike. The labor dispute had threatened to shut down much of the country’s rail system by midnight Friday if a deal had not been reached. “The tentative agreement reached tonight is an important win…

The body of a British aid worker who died after being captured by Russian-backed forces in Ukraine showed signs of “unspeakable torture,” according to a Ukrainian government official. Paul Urey, 45, was taken prisoner by forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic in April and accused of being a mercenary. Officials for the DPR reported his…

A raging wildfire in southern California has left two people dead and one injured as authorities say it has rapidly grown in size. The Fairview Fire ripping through Hemet, California, about 80 miles east of Los Angeles, has gone from burning 20 acres to at least 700 acres in the six hours since it ignited…

President Joe Biden praised former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died Tuesday at the age of 91, for his leadership during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. “Mikhail Gorbachev was a man of remarkable vision,” Biden said in a statement released by the White House. MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, LAST LEADER OF THE SOVIET UNION AND NOBEL…

A postal worker in Florida has died after being attacked by five dogs over the weekend, authorities said on Tuesday. The 61-year old postal carrier, identified as Pamela Jane Rock, was mauled by the dogs after her vehicle broke down in Interlachen, Florida, on Sunday, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. She had been…

A South Dakota ethics board found on Monday that Gov. Kristi Noem may have “engaged in misconduct” when she reportedly attempted to assist her daughter in obtaining a real estate appraiser license. The state’s Government Accountability Board said that “appropriate action” could be taken against the South Dakota governor and possible 2024 presidential candidate, without…

A body and car were found in a California reservoir on Sunday near the campground where 16-year-old Kiely Rodni was last seen. Search and recovery dive team company Adventures With Purpose claimed on Sunday that Rodni’s body was inside an SUV under 14 feet of water in Prosser Creek Reservoir in Truckee, California. Law enforcement…

Police in Scotland said on Sunday that they are investigating a threat made against author J.K. Rowling after she condemned the stabbing of Salman Rushdie on Twitter. The author of the Harry Potter book series tweeted on Friday that she was “Feeling very sick right now,” in response to the news of the stabbing attack…

Israeli fighter jets hit pro-Iranian targets in Syria on Sunday, with some of the targets located near Russia’s main military bases in the country. The attacks reportedly targeted sites in the city of Tartus, which is on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, about 20 miles north of Lebanon’s border, and sites near the Syrian capital of Damascus.…