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The Biden administration will send $3.75 billion in new military assistance to Ukraine and other countries related to Russia’s war that has lasted more than 10 months. We’ll share what’s in it plus details on a trip two U.S. senators took to Ukraine, the new U.S. sanctions targeting Iran and a day of remembrance on the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol Building.

NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will jointly release the James Webb Space Telescope’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data during a live broadcast on July 12 at 10:40 AM EDT.The trio of space agencies plans to release the images one by one and the broadcast will serve to kick off the scientific operations of the largest and most powerful space telescope the world has ever launched.The photos will not be available to anyone prior to the live unveiling, allowing the entire world to enjoy the photos together unspoiled.Live coverage of the image release...

Bruce Jenner has been unveiled as a woman on the cover of Vanity Fair. The 65-year-old former decathlete is wearing a silky white basque, which reveals the results of Jenner's recent breast implant surgery. It also reveals Jenner's new name for the first time - Caitlyn.

US firm Raytheon has unveiled its anti-aircraft laser at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire. The Laser Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) can either be used on its own or alongside a gunnery system. In May, the laser was used to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a series of tests. Raytheon said the solid state fibre laser produces a 50 kilowatt beam and can be used against UAV, mortar, rockets and small surface ships. The idea of using lasers as weapons has been around almost as long as the laser itself, invented in 1960.

ROME – Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled what they think are the remains of Roman emperor Nero's extravagant banquet hall, a circular space that rotated day and night to imitate the Earth's movement and impress his guests. The room, part of Nero's Golden Palace, a sprawling residence built in the first century A.D., is thought to have been built to entertain government officials and VIPs, said lead archaeologist Francoise Villedieu. The emperor, known for his lavish and depraved lifestyle, ruled from 37 A.D. to 68 A.D. The dig so far has turned up the foundations of the room, the rotating mechanism...

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas unveiled a $1.75 million mausoleum for Yasser Arafat on Saturday, in a pomp-filled ceremony that helped him draw on the continued popularity of his iconic predecessor as he headed into peace talks with Israel. The mausoleum, made of glass and beige Jerusalem stone, is surrounded on three sides by water, and a piece of rail track is entombed underneath Arafat's grave. The water and piece of track are meant to symbolize the temporary nature of the grave, officials said, with Palestinians planning to rebury their leader one day in Jerusalem, their hoped-for...

. NEVER FORGET The man who predicted 9/11, RICK RESCORLA, gave up his own life while saving 3,000 other lives... at the World Trade Center's Tower II, on the 1st day of a world wide war on terrorism... that he also predicted. His 'Follow Me' bronze statue likeness was joyfully unvailed last Saturday at his favorite place in America, Ft. Benning GA., by his loving widow SUSAN. True Heroes there lauded RICK's lifetime lifesaving life... as the example for the rest of us to follow in this new time of war. It was a joy just being there. NEVER FORGET...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2006 – In a tribute to those who have gallantly served the country, the Pentagon today unveiled a photographic exhibit titled "Visions of Valor." Gary Littrell, Medal of Honor recipient and president of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, walks through the "Visions of Valor" exhibit at the Pentagon Feb. 3. The exhibit, which features 101 dramatic portraits of Medal of Honor recipients, was unveiled today. Photo by Sgt. Sara Wood, USA  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The exhibit features dramatic portraits of 101 Medal of Honor recipients, and is on display in the Pentagon's...

Iron Age 'bog bodies' unveiled Bog bodies have been found throughout north-west Europe Archaeologists have unveiled two Iron Age "bog bodies" which were found in the Republic of Ireland. The bodies, which are both male and have been dated to more than 2,000 years ago, probably belong to the victims of a ritual sacrifice. In common with other bog bodies, they show signs of having been tortured before their deaths. Details of the finds are outlined in a BBC Timewatch documentary to be screened on 20 January. "My belief is that these burials are offerings to the gods of fertility...

BAGHDAD (Army News Service, Dec. 23, 2005) – An Iraqi citizen provided a tip to Soldiers of the 7th Cavalry about a home in east Baghdad Dec. 22 that was being used as a factory to make improvised rocket-launchers. Elements of 3rd squadron, 7th Cavalry, raided the home and discovered 15 rocket-launchers were in the process of being built and one 57 millimeter rocket was competed and ready to be fired. No one was present in the home at the time of the raid. “It is encouraging that the Iraqi citizens are continuing to choose the side of the new...

QUANTICO, Va. - A 1945 photograph taken at Iwo Jima was memorialized in a commemorative coin released Wednesday celebrating the 230th anniversary of the Marine Corps. The silver dollar, featuring Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal's historic flag-raising photograph, was released during a ceremony at U.S. Marine Corps Base Quantico. At the ceremony, officials including U.S. Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore presented two shiny, new silver dollars to retired Lt. Gen. Ron Christmas, president of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation. Part of the proceeds from the sale of the coins will go to the foundation to help build the new National...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas Medical tests today showed that cancer has returned to a 12-year-old girl whose parents were in court to fight radiation treatment because they believed her illness was in remission. The new tests were revealed by state attorneys during a hearing that was supposed to determine whether treatment for Katie Wernecke was necessary in the days leading up to a custody hearing next Wednesday. Texas Child Protective Services removed the girl and her siblings from the home of Michele and Edward Wernecke last week after doctors said discontinued treatment could be life-threatening. Katie was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease...

Bush monument set to be unveiled in Houston HOUSTON - The unveiling ceremony for a monument to honor former President George Bush is planned for early December. The George Bush Presidential Monument is located in a Houston park. It's a one-point-seven (m) million dollar project. One of the project's organizers tells the Houston Chronicle that the monument, which will remain fenced off until the unveiling, is a nonpartisan and privately funded gift to the city by civic leaders and private foundations. The monument's features include a plaza with a wall featuring four reliefs depicting key moments in the 41st president's...

GOP turns up heat on McGreevey to leave Mike Lavers, PlanetOut Network Friday, August 27, 2004 / 05:37 PM With a federal judge scheduled to hear arguments early next month on whether New Jersey should hold a special election after Gov. James E. McGreevey unexpectedly resigned on Aug. 12, Republicans have stepped up their calls for him to leave office immediately. At a press conference in Hackensack on Wednesday, the New Jersey Republican State Committee, along with the Republican National Committee (RNC), unveiled a new 30-second television ad urging McGreevey to step down and allow voters to choose the state's...

FBI Warns Of Possible Terror Link To Storage Units Ohio Storage Facilities Have Been Alerted POSTED: 7:39 am EDT August 13, 2004 UPDATED: 9:35 am EDT August 13, 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The FBI is taking an interest in public storage facilities across Ohio, NBC 4's Elizabeth Scarborough reported. Self-storage units have already been searched in Toledo, and alerts have gone out in several cities, including Columbus, Scarborough reported. Managers of self-storage units in the Columbus area say that in the past two weeks, they've received warnings from several different agencies, including the FBI, to be on the lookout for...

WASHINGTON - The CIA (news - web sites) missed the big-picture significance of "tell-tale indicators" of impending terrorist attacks, partly because of its culture of a piecemeal approach to intelligence analysis, a federal panel probing the Sept. 11 attacks said Wednesday. With the commission holding a second day of hearings on U.S. intelligence leading up to the 2001 hijackings, preliminary findings from the panel's latest report concluded that a more detailed look at clues prior to Sept. 11 could have unveiled the plot behind the attacks. A more strategic analysis could have identified that the plot might require suicide hijackers...

Lord Hutton is to set out how he intends to conduct his inquiry into the death of Government scientist Dr David Kelly. The preliminary session was set after the Law Lord met Dr Kelly's widow. At a preliminary hearing, Lord Hutton will explain how he plans to conduct the investigation and possibly outline who he intends to call to give evidence. He is also expected to hear requests from broadcasters to lift a ban on television cameras at everything but the opening and closing statements. Media interest is huge, with journalists from all over the world expected in such high...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fifty years after Sen. Joe McCarthy conducted some of the most infamous hearings in Senate history, thousands of pages of his secret probes into alleged Communist subversion will finally be made public. Some 5,000 pages of 1953-1954 closed-door hearings from McCarthy's Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will be released Monday by Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat, and Susan Collins, a Maine Republican. Levin and Collins have both chaired McCarthy's former committee during the past two years as the documents were prepared for release. They plan to issue them in the same Senate hearing room where McCarthy himself...

<p>Assembly Republicans, whose support will be crucial to a state budget deal, offered a plan Tuesday that they say would avoid taxes and pay off the state's debt over five years.</p> <p>Democrats for more than a year have accused Assembly Republicans of failing to compromise or come up with a detailed plan of their own for addressing a shortfall estimated as high as $34.6 billion through June 2004.</p>

Future of firefighting unveiled Peugeot has designed a futuristic electric fire engine called the H2O. The concept car will go on display at the Paris Motor Show later this month. It has an auxiliary power unit which can supply firefighting equipment such as pumps, smoke extractors and emergency communication systems. Citroen first showed the fuel cell technology in a taxi demonstrator vehicle last year. The cell needs hydrogen, which is made on board, and oxygen which is drawn from the air or a back-up tank in smoky conditions. Story filed: 10:51 Thursday 12th September 2002