Day: August 27, 2023

‘Dying’ for a new approach: How a mayoral nominee would use drones to destroy this Philadelphia drug market

10:30 am August 27, 2023

WARNING: This story contains graphic images. PHILADELPHIA — David Oh is frustrated with widespread, open-air drug use and high crime in the Kensington neighborhood. That’s why the mayoral nominee has formed a plan aiming to clean up the streets and to save and protect its residents, helpless to stop addicts from stumbling through the streets […]

Alabama to be first state to execute prisoner using pure nitrogen, setting off debate on death penalty methods

10:00 am August 27, 2023

Alabama may become the first state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe pure nitrogen, a death penalty method that is authorized by three states but has never been used. The office of Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall asked the state Supreme Court in a court filing on Friday to set an execution date […]

US military aircraft carrying more than 20 Marines crashes over Australia, killing 3 and injuring others

6:50 am August 27, 2023

A military helicopter carrying more than 20 U.S. Marines crashed Sunday morning during an exercise in Australia’s Northern Territory, killing three military personnel onboard and injuring the others, according to officials. Three Marines were killed and 20 others were hurt, some critically, when the MV-22B Osprey helicopter crashed at about 9:30 a.m. local time on […]

US military aircraft carrying more than 20 Marines crashes over Australia, injuring all onboard

6:50 am August 27, 2023

A military helicopter carrying more than 20 U.S. Marines crashed Sunday morning during an exercise in Australia’s Northern Territory, injuring the military personnel onboard, according to officials. Twenty-three Marines were hurt, some critically, when the V-22 Osprey helicopter crashed at about 11 a.m. local time near Melville Island off the coast of the city of […]

US military aircraft carrying about 20 Marines crashes over Australia, 3 injured

6:50 am August 27, 2023

A military helicopter carrying about 20 U.S. Marines crashed Sunday morning during an exercise in Australia’s Northern Territory, injuring three military personnel, according to officials. The V-22 Osprey helicopter crashed at about 11 a.m. local time near Melville Island off the coast of the city of Darwin as military personnel from the U.S., Australia, Indonesia, […]