National News

Jan 15, 2010

American Red Cross President & CEO Gail McGovern to travel to Port-au-Prince Monday WASHINGTON Truckloads of Red Cross supplies arrived in Port-au-Prince today and thousands of responders are traveling the streets, providing water and first aid as well as finding…

Jan 14, 2010

SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) -- An Air Force MQ-1 Predator crashed in southern Afghanistan about 1 a.m. Kabul time Jan. 15. The crash was not caused by enemy fire. The crash site was secured and there were no civilian injuries or…

Jan 12, 2010

PHOENIX In response to yesterdays devastating earthquake in Haiti, the Red Cross is actively supporting the relief operation. The 7.3 magnitude earthquake was centered near the capital of Port au Prince causing catastrophic damage and loss of many lives with…

Dec 23, 2009

by Joel Fortner Arnold Engineering Development Center Public Affairs ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. (AFNS) -- Arnold Engineering Development Center officials have launched a YouTube channel to showcase various systems tested at the center, including the F-35 and F-22 fighter…

Dec 17, 2009

HOUSTONWilliam James Dennis, aka Willie D, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges stemming from his purported sales of Apple iPhones through a company known as Texas One Wireless. At a hearing today before United States District Court Judge Gray…

Dec 16, 2009

HOUSTONDr. Michael D. Kim, 69, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison today for engaging in a conspiracy to illegally distribute more than 1.7 million tablets of hydrocodone to drug users and addicts and was also sentenced to prison for…

Dec 16, 2009

HOUSTONJames Brooks, the former managing director of North American natural gas sales for El Paso Merchant Energy, and El Paso natural gas traders Wesley C. Walton and James Patrick Phillips have been sentenced for conspiracy, false reporting, and wire fraud.…