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[Regnum] At least three people were killed and eight more were injured when unknown gunmen opened fire on a crowd of several hundred people celebrating the victory of a team of former school graduates in a football game in the US state of Mississippi. This was reported on October 19 by the Associated Press.
The incident occurred early in the morning of October 19, a few kilometers from the city of Lexington in Holmes County. According to preliminary information, two unknown people opened fire on a crowd of 200 to 300 people. The crowd was celebrating the victory of the school's senior football team. The event took place in an open area several hours after the end of the game.
As local Sheriff Willie March said, the shooting was preceded by a fight between some men at the celebration, the reasons for the conflict are unknown. At the sound of gunshots, people became scared, began to run away, a crush arose, preventing them from quickly leaving the scene of the shooting. As a result of the incident, three people died, two of them were 19 years old, the third was 25 years old.
Eight victims were airlifted to nearby hospitals. The shooters are being sought, an investigation has been launched, and the circumstances of the tragedy are being established.
An unnamed spokesman for the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation explained that the shooters' motives remain unknown. It is noted that shootings have become more frequent in Holmes County, and the local sheriff doubts that the young men could be fighting over territory or drugs.
Earlier, Regnum News Agency reported that on the evening of October 12, a shootout occurred near the state university in Nashville (Tennessee, USA), as a result of which one person died and nine were injured. The incident occurred after a party, and the shooting began while returning home. One of the victims was a child.
In September, an 11-year-old teenager was arrested in the US state of Florida after he made threats to commit mass murder at several schools. After his arrest, the teenager called his threats a joke, but police officers searched his home. As a result of the search, airsoft rifles and pistols, dummy ammunition, and several bladed weapons were seized from the teenager.
HOLMES COUNTY, Miss. — Three people are dead and eight more were maimed in a trail ride mass shooting in Holmes County.
According to Sheriff Willie March, it happened around midnight Saturday near North Highway 17, just 5 miles outside of Lexington.
The sheriff said it happened following Holmes County Consolidated School's homecoming.
According to March, locals were on the trail ride when a shooter opened fire into the crowd following some sort of altercation.
The sheriff has identified the three victims as 25-year-old Martel Gibson, 19-year-old Shundra Chestnut, and 19-year-old John Jenkins. Youts
Deputies said several other victims injured were airlifted to local area hospitals.
Investigators believe the suspect acted with a switch on their gun.
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In the end, NexFundAI helped the FBI collect hard evidence against 18 individuals and implicated companies like Gotbit and ZM Quant, who were involved in orchestrating sham trades across more than 60 crypto tokens. By July 2024, the FBI had built a case strong enough to file charges, leading to the arrests of key figures in these schemes.
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[Stars & Stripes] INDOW ROCK, Ariz. — John Kinsel Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages during World War II based on the tribe’s native language, has died. He was 107. Navajo Nation officials in Window Rock announced Kinsel’s death on Saturday. Tribal President Buu Nygren has ordered all flags on the reservation to be flown at half-staff until Oct. 27 at sunset to honor Kinsel.
"Mr. Kinsel was a Marine who bravely and selflessly fought for all of us in the most terrifying circumstances with the greatest responsibility as a Navajo Code Talker," Nygren said in a statement Sunday. With Kinsel’s death, only two original Navajo Code Talkers are still alive: Former Navajo Chairman Peter MacDonald and Thomas H. Begay.
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[Regnum] A new hurricane, which was named "Oscar", has formed in the Atlantic Ocean. This was reported on October 19 by the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).
An interactive map on the government agency's website states that the wind speed in the hurricane zone is reaching about 36 meters per second. It is moving west, covering 19 kilometers every hour. about 12 mph
The NHC and other U.S. agencies have not yet issued a severe storm warning for the hurricane.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on the evening of October 9, another hurricane (Milton) hit the coast of the American state of Florida. In anticipation of it, the authorities carried out a mass evacuation, affecting more than 5.5 million people. This operation became one of the largest in the history of the state.
Milton caused powerful tornadoes and heavy rains in Florida. The hurricane caused major destruction in the state. In October, another powerful hurricane, Helene, hit the US. Hundreds of people died.
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This storm has already been demoted from Hurricane to Tropical Storm. It will likely dissipate in the N Atlantic in the next 3 days.
It is quite unlikely that a tropical storm will make landfall in the US in the next two weeks. I would guess well below 1%.
There will, however, likely be a tropical storm in the East Pacific in the next few days but almost certainly it will come nowhere near making landfall in the US.
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No chance it could head North and impact near Alexandria to put the Potomac River 35 feet over flood stage ?
[ABCnews] Two crew members who were missing following the crash of a fighter jet in mountainous terrain in Washington state during a routine training flight have been declared dead, the U.S. Navy said Sunday.
The EA-18G Growler jet from the Electronic Attack Squadron crashed east of Mount Rainier on Tuesday afternoon, according to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Search teams, including a U.S. Navy MH-60S helicopter, launched from the air station to try to find the crew and crash site.
Army Special Forces soldiers trained in mountaineering, high-angle rescue and technical communications were brought in to reach the wreckage, which was located Wednesday by an aerial crew resting at about 6,000 feet (1,828 meters) in a remote, steep and heavily wooded area east of Mount Rainier, officials said.
The aviators' names won’t be released until a day after their next of kin have been notified, the Navy said in a statement Sunday, adding that search and rescue efforts have shifted into a long-term salvage and recovery operation as the cause of the crash is still being investigated.
“It is with a heavy heart that we share the loss of two beloved Zappers,” said Cmdr. Timothy Warburton, commanding officer of the aviators’ Electronic Attack Squadron. “Our priority right now is taking care of the families of our fallen aviators. ... We are grateful for the ongoing teamwork to safely recover the deceased.”
Locating the missing crew members “as quickly and as safely as possible” had been top priority, Capt. David Ganci, commander, Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet, said Thursday.
The EA-18G Growler is similar to the F/A-18F Super Hornet and includes sophisticated electronic warfare devices. Most of the Growler squadrons are based at Whidbey Island. One squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan.
The “Zappers” were recently deployed on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The search took place near Mount Rainier, a towering active volcano that is blanketed in snowfields and glaciers year-round.
The first production of the Growler was delivered to Whidbey Island in 2008. In the past 15 years, the Growler has operated around the globe supporting major actions, the Navy said. The plane seats a pilot in front and an electronics operator behind them.
“The EA-18G Growler aircraft we fly represents the most advanced technology in airborne Electronic Attack and stands as the Navy’s first line of defense in hostile environments,” the Navy said on its website. Each aircraft costs about $67 million.
Military aircraft training exercises can be dangerous and sometimes result in crashes, injuries and deaths.
In May, an F-35 fighter jet on its way from Texas to Edwards Air Force Base near Los Angeles crashed after the pilot stopped to refuel in New Mexico. The pilot was the only person on board in that case and was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
Last year, eight U.S. Air Force special Operations Command service members were killed when a CV-22B Osprey aircraft they were flying in crashed off the coast of Japan.
[BBC] It's Thursday night in the White Swan where, in one corner, songs by Cliff Richard, Derek and the Dominoes and Rick Astley are among those being belted out through the speaker - and by some of the less sober punters.
At the other, quieter end - huddled around a table of half-full glasses of Stones beer and alcohol-free Guinness - are Paul Haynes, Bill Munden, Ken King, Peter Thirlwall, Brian Ayres and Dick Cotton.
None of them can imagine being anywhere else in the world right now, as Thursday night has been pub night every week for the last 56 years.
The group, all now in their early eighties, reckon they've scarcely missed two dozen meet-ups since 1968.
[JustTheNews] Title 32 of U.S. Code gives governors power over National Guard personnel in their respective states.
A bipartisan group of 124 members of Congress, led by Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, sent a letter to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees urging it to adopt language in the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act to protect the power that governors have overseeing National Guard forces in their states.
“Should Congress strip governors of the ability to manage National Guard units within their states, it would risk fundamentally altering the Guard’s mission and identity, as well as set a concerning precedent whose impacts may be broader than anticipated,” wrote the lawmakers.
Title 32 of U.S. Code gives governors power over National Guard personnel in their respective states. However, Legislative Proposal 480 would move Air National Guard units with space missions into the U.S. Space Force without consent from governors.
Yet, the House NDAA included language to require gubernatorial consent to allow this transfer, protecting the Guard’s Title 32 mission.
"For 120 years, National Guard forces have served under governors’ command in all 50 states and territories," a release said. "These service members fulfill important functions in the national defense, as well as Title 32 missions in their communities. The U.S. Air Force proposal disregards this longstanding tradition of the National Guard, as well as the choice by members of the Guard to serve in the branch and state of their choosing."
All 55 state and territorial governors oppose LP 480, as do many prominent Colorado lawmakers and the National Guard Association of the United States and Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States.
The letter comes as Hickenlooper was among 86 members of Congress to call on the Department of Defense to retract LP 480. Along with 31 other lawmakers, he also submitted an unsuccessful NDAA amendment to only permit the transfer with gubernatorial approval.
Colorado has a large Space Force presence, including the most National Guard members conducting space missions of any state.
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Colorado has a large Space Force presence, including the most National Guard members conducting space missions of any state.
They should not be part of the NG rather force structure transfer to the Reserves. DoD won't do that because of manpower restrictions that set the size of each service. They want to hide it under the NG. However, they run into the complications of the Constitution (which all authoritarians hate) -
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; - Art I, Section 8
[GEO.TV] After grappling with a rise in vector-borne diseases and viral illnesses, the country's financial hub has now witnessed a surge in pneumonia cases due to changes in the port city's weather.
As many as 30 cases of pneumonia are being reported daily, revealed the emergency in charge at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH). Whereas Civil Hospital's Dr Imran Sarwar has said that around 15 to 20 pneumonia cases were being reported on a daily basis at the hospital.
The figures come after hospitals across the city reported an increased number of dengue, malaria, chikungunya and other viral infections.
According to the Sindh Health Department, at least 411 suspected cases of chikungunya were reported in Sindh with 153 among those confirmed after diagnosis, Geo News reported earlier this week.
At least 1,724 cases of dengue were reported in Sindh this year of which 1,484 were documented in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... alone. One death due to dengue fever was also reported in Sindh this year.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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[ABCnews] Two crew members who were missing following the crash of a fighter jet in mountainous terrain in Washington state during a routine training flight have been declared dead, the U.S. Navy said Sunday.
[BBC] It's Thursday night in the White Swan where, in one corner, songs by Cliff Richard, Derek and the Dominoes and Rick Astley are among those being belted out through the speaker - and by some of the less sober punters.
