Saturday, November 16, 2024

Top general 'shocked' by AP report on AWOL guns, mulls fix

Shocked by an Associated Press investigation into the loss and theft of military guns, the Pentagon's top general signaled Thursday that he will consider a “systematic fix” to how the armed services keep account of their firearms.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Top general 'shocked' by AP report on AWOL guns, mulls fix

Shocked by an Associated Press investigation into the loss and theft of military guns, the Pentagon's top general signaled Thursday that he will consider a “systematic fix” to how the armed services keep account of their firearms.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Top general 'shocked' by AP report on AWOL guns, mulls fix

Shocked by an Associated Press investigation into the loss and theft of military guns, the Pentagon's top general signaled Thursday that he will consider a “systematic fix” to how the armed services keep account of their firearms.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

US Army has hidden or downplayed loss of firearms for years

The U.S. Army has hidden or downplayed the extent to which its firearms disappear, significantly understating losses and thefts even as some weapons are used in street crimes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

AP: Some stolen US military guns used in violent crimes

Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Top general 'shocked' by AP report on AWOL guns, mulls fix

Shocked by an Associated Press investigation into the loss and theft of military guns, the Pentagon's top general signaled Thursday that he will consider a “systematic fix” to how the armed services keep account of their firearms.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

General 'shocked' by AP report on AWOL guns, considers fix

Shocked by an Associated Press investigation into the loss and theft of military guns, the Pentagon's top general signaled Thursday that he will consider a “systematic fix” to how the armed services keep account of their firearms.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

US Army has hidden or downplayed loss of firearms for years

The U.S. Army has hidden or downplayed the extent to which its firearms disappear, significantly understating losses and thefts even as some weapons are used in street crimes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

AP: Some stolen US military guns used in violent crimes

Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

US Army has hidden or downplayed loss of firearms for years

The U.S. Army has hidden or downplayed the extent to which its firearms disappear, significantly understating losses and thefts even as some weapons are used in street crimes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

For years US Army hid, downplayed extent of firearms loss

The U.S. Army has hidden or downplayed the extent to which its firearms disappear, significantly understating losses and thefts even as some weapons are used in street crimes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

AP: Some stolen US military guns used in violent crimes

Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

For years US Army hid, downplayed extent of firearms loss

The U.S. Army has hidden or downplayed the extent to which its firearms disappear, significantly understating losses and thefts even as some weapons are used in street crimes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

AP: Some stolen US military guns used in violent crimes

Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

US military guns keep vanishing, some used in street crimes

Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

US military guns keep vanishing, some used in street crimes

Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

PG&E lacked basic training before California blackouts

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Pacific Gas & Electric cut power to large swaths of wildfire-prone Northern California last fall, few of the emergency personnel managing the blackouts for the nation’s largest utility had learned the fundamentals of managing an emergency in their home state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

PG&E lacked basic training before California blackouts

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Pacific Gas & Electric cut power to large swaths of wildfire-prone Northern California last fall, few of the emergency personnel managing the blackouts for the nation’s largest utility had learned the fundamentals of managing an emergency in their home state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP Exclusive: Utility lacked basic training before blackouts

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Pacific Gas & Electric cut power to large swaths of wildfire-prone Northern California last fall, few of the emergency personnel managing the blackouts for the nation’s largest utility had learned the fundamentals of managing an emergency in their home state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

$10 toilet paper? Coronavirus gouging complaints surge in US

One store advertised hand sanitizer at $60 a bottle. Another was accused of hawking it at $1 a squirt. Chain stores offered $26 thermometers and face masks at the “everyday low price” of $39.95 a pair, while a convenience store touted toilet paper at $10 a roll next to a …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

$10 toilet paper? Coronavirus gouging complaints surge in US

One store advertised hand sanitizer at $60 a bottle. Another was accused of hawking it at $1 a squirt. Chain stores offered $26 thermometers and face masks at the “everyday low price” of $39.95 a pair, while a convenience store touted toilet paper at $10 a roll next to a …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

$10 toilet paper? Coronavirus gouging complaints surge in US

One store advertised hand sanitizer at $60 a bottle. Another was accused of hawking it at $1 a squirt. Chain stores offered $26 thermometers and face masks at the “everyday low price” of $39.95 a pair, while a convenience store touted toilet paper at $10 a roll next to a …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

California shooters had ties to Islamic extremists

THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Source: California gunman had been in touch with extremists

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook had been in contact with known Islamic extremists on social media, a U.S. intelligence official said Thursday, and police said he and his wife had enough bullets and bombs to slaughter hundreds when they launched their deadly attack on a …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

'People shot ... Pray for us'

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — At least two heavily armed attackers opened fire on a banquet at a social services center for the disabled Wednesday, killing 14 people and seriously wounding more than a dozen others in a precision assault that looked “as if they were on a mission,” authorities said.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Time to clear backlog

LOS ANGELES - Negotiators reached a tentative contract covering West Coast dockworkers on Friday evening, likely ending a protracted labor dispute that snarled international trade at seaports handling about $1 trillion worth of cargo annually.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Take the tube

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Wal-Mart pulls Cyrus' jewelry over cadmium Entertainment

LOS ANGELES - Wal-Mart said Wednesday it is pulling an entire line of Miley Cyrus-brand necklaces and bracelets from its shelves after tests performed for The Associated Press found the jewelry contained high levels of the toxic metal cadmium.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO