Black Hawk Helicopter Goes Down in Afghanistan, Four Feared Dead
Bad weather was a factor in the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed during a night-time mission in Afghanistan Thursday, officials say.
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NASA Mission Wants Amateur Astronomers to Target Asteroids
A new NASA outreach project will enlist the help of amateur astronomers to discover near-Earth objects (NEOs) and study their characteristics. NEOs are asteroids with orbits that occasionally bring them close to the Earth.
North Hollywood Man Arrested After Being Indicted Under New Legislation Making it a Crime to Point a Laser at an Aircraft
LOS ANGELES—A North Hollywood man was taken into custody yesterday morning after being charged in a federal indictment that alleges he pointed the beam of a laser at multiple aircraft, announced Steven Martinez, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office; and André Birotte, Jr., the United States Attorney in Los Angeles.