Two women have made military history after becoming the first female soldiers to pass the U.S. Army’s grueling Ranger Course, the Army said on Monday. In April, 19 women and 381 men began the first Army Ranger school that included women. The course, based at Fort Benning, Georgia, includes training in woodlands, mountainous terrain and Florida swampland.
Detroit officials on Tuesday will outline plans for outfitting the city’s police officers and squad cars with body and dashboard cameras, making the city the latest in the United States to enact reforms supporters say protect citizens and officers from bogus claims. Mayor Mike Duggan, who pledged earlier in 2015 that Detroit would be a leader in requiring officers to wear body cameras, and Police Chief James Craig, are scheduled
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is scheduled to meet with federal and state transportation officials on Tuesday to address the lengthy train delays that have frustrated commuters in recent weeks. Electrical problems in the rail tunnels linking New Jersey and New York City under the Hudson River caused delays that doubled and tripled the work commute of tens of thousands of people this summer, most recently on Monday. In testimony
George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, is raffling off a painting he made of a Confederate flag to raise money for a Florida gunshop owner who declared his store a Muslim-free zone. Zimmerman, who gained notoriety during his trial for killing Trayvon Martin in 2012, is selling the painting on a website for the Tampa-area store, Florida Gun Supply, owned
Rescuers reach the remote area where a passenger plane crashed, killing all 54 people on board.
Thailand’s junta chief on Tuesday said authorities are hunting a male “suspect” seen on CCTV footage near the scene of the bombing.
(Photo: Dave Moore/Getty Images)By Rae JacobsonYears ago, with the start date of a new job closing in, I made the mistake of trying to explain my mounting panic to the guy I was dating at the time. “I’m so afraid of screwing up,” I told him, trying to keep my voice even, “with the ADHD stuff. I’ll forget something or get it wrong or…
Republican presidential contender Scott Walker on Tuesday unveiled his healthcare plan: repeal Obamacare and replace it with age-based tax credits that Americans could use to offset the cost of purchasing their own coverage. Under his plan, the Wisconsin governor said he would give up to $3,000 directly to taxpayers to buy health insurance. The amount would range from $3,000 in credits for those aged 50 to 64 and scale down
The Air Ambulance Service British watchmaker Bremont is giving back to a charity it is passionate about, running a fundraising campaign with the goal to provide a new pilot for The Children’s Air Ambulance. Bremont’s co-founders Nick and Giles English were named ambassadors for The Air Ambulance Service (TAAS) earlier this year, which operates TCAA as one of its services. Both brothers’ lives were saved due to the Air Ambulance,
Four Seasons’ private jet Four Seasons’ private plane will reach consumers outside of its own branded trips through a partnership with private jet tour company TCS World Travel. The tour operator will use the hotel brand’s jet to transport travelers embarking on one of its “Secret Escapes,” a series of bespoke itineraries that journey to locales such as the Great Barrier Reef, Bora Bora or the Serengeti Plain. This expands