Month: August 2026

US Army flight crewmembers assigned to Task Force Nighthawk

US Army attack helicopters crashing at historically high rate amid mechanical issues

August 24, 2026 1:00 am CNN Newsource

By Davis Winkie, CNN (CNN) — The US Army’s Apache helicopters are crashing at a historically high rate amid a widespread problem with the model’s transmission, according to a CNN analysis of military accident data. The helicopter type has experienced five major crashes since October, and a deadly mishap earlier this month in Texas killed

The US military said early Monday it struck an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific.

US launches deadly strike on alleged drug boat, believed to be the first in two months

August 24, 2026 12:33 am CNN Newsource

By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — The US military said early Monday it struck an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific, marking the first known strike in more than two months. “Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern

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August 24, 2026 12:12 am KQTV

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A classroom sits empty at the Utopia Independent School on May 26

Drones are the latest buzzy tech aimed at stopping a school shooting. They’re part of a billion-dollar industry

August 24, 2026 12:00 am CNN Newsource

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — They’re drones that are launched remotely, can break through windows, help clear classrooms and have an embedded speakerphone to communicate with teachers and police. All that before disorienting and incapacitating a potential school shooter in about a minute. The tiny and quick drones are being deployed in an

8-year-old dies from rare brain-eating amoeba likely contracted while swimming in Louisiana lake

August 23, 2026 11:36 pm CNN Newsource

By Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — An 8-year-old has died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba believed to have been encountered while swimming in a lake near her home, her family and health officials said. Lillian Smart, who lived in Ruston in northern Louisiana, died in the hospital over the weekend, shortly after turning 8,

The Chang'e-7 lunar probe atop its carrier rocket last week at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in China's Hainan Province.

China postpones launch of unprecedented water-hunting moon mission amid space race

August 23, 2026 11:10 pm CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — The anticipated launch of China’s robotic Chang’e-7 mission, designed to scour the moon’s south pole for water ice — a highly valuable resource that the US also hopes to use — “cannot take place during the planned window this year,” according to a statement from the China

Liberia once offered Black Americans a new home. Decades on, it is receiving migrants the US wants out

August 23, 2026 11:00 pm CNN Newsource

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Is Liberia an American dumping ground — or a place where a new generation of arrivals can build a new life? That’s the question Liberians are asking themselves after the first people to be deported to the West African country from the United States arrived in the capital, Monrovia.

Let’s talk lightning

August 23, 2026 10:48 pm Jared Shelton

A memorable lightning show took place locally last week, when severe storms rolled one after the other just south of St. Joseph on Tuesday night, Aug. 18 and early Wednesday morning Aug. 19.

St. Joseph Sports Commission has Area Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for 2026 class

August 23, 2026 10:42 pm Brett Kennedy

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) – The St. Joseph Sports Commission held its St. Joseph Area Sports Hall of Fame Induction ceremony for the class of 2026 Sunday night at the Stoney Creek Hotel.

A girl crosses a busy road at the Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran on July 21.

Iranian women defy efforts by hardliners to enforce wearing of hijab

August 23, 2026 9:03 pm CNN Newsource

By Aida Karimi and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — A cultural fault line in Iran has re-emerged in recent months amid the turmoil of war and the revamping of the country’s hardline leadership: how and whether to enforce the wearing of the hijab by women. At the height of the conflict with the United States

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