WASHINGTON, May 29, 2015 – Defense Secretary Ash Carter today became the first secretary of defense to join Facebook, Pentagon officials announced. In a statement released today, officials said Carter will be able to personally communicate with nearly three million service members and civilians on the social media platform. The defense secretary’s first post was […]
Over two dozen people are undergoing precautionary treatment for anthrax after the U.S. military accidentally shipped live samples of the deadly bacteria to civilian commercial labs in nine states and a military lab in South Korea. Officials say four laboratory workers in the United States, along with 22 personnel at Osan Air Force Base outside […]
Officials in Texas expect the Ellis dam 25 miles to the southwest of Dallas to fail sometime on Wednesday and are alerting residents and farmers to move themselves to higher ground. There is no mandatory evacuation order at this time. According to reports, the earthen dam at Padora Lake in Midlothian is eroding away and threatening to […]
Anchorage, Alaska – AML Ship Management GMBH, a German company, was sentenced in federal court today to pay a total of $800,000 in fines and community service payments for violating the Clean Water Act and the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships by intentionally discharging 4,500 gallons of oily bilge water into the ocean off […]