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Navy copter crew from Nevada safe after crash

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

December 22, 2011 - 2:41 pm

FALLON -- All five members of a Navy helicopter crew are reported to be unhurt after crashing during a training mission on the edge of the Sierra Nevada.

The Sikorsky MH-60S based at the Naval Air Station in Fallon went down Thursday morning near the Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif.

KOLO-TV in Reno reports that all five members walked away from the crash and none required hospitalization.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

A rare white buffalo calf, reportedly born in Yellowstone National Park's Lamar Valley, is show ...

Yellowstone visitors hope to catch a glimpse of rare white buffalo

By Matthew Brown, Mead Gruver and Amy Beth Hanson The Associated Press

June 17, 2024 - 7:52 am

Grizzly bears and wolves are usually the star attractions for wildlife watchers in Yellowstone but this spring, a tiny and exceedingly rare white buffalo calf has stolen the show.

An Interstate 11 road sign on in Henderson on April 21, 2024. (Mick Akers/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

NDOT seeking public opinion on planned I-11 extension

By Mick Akers / RJ

June 17, 2024 - 6:00 am

The Nevada Department of Transportation is conducting a virtual public meeting to gather feedback from residents on three identified options to bring U.S. Highway 95 to interstate code from the northwest valley through Indian Springs.

Surveillance video captured two women and a man walking near the scene. They fled the area in a ...

NYC German consulate targeted during night of anti-Israel vandalism

By Thomas Tracy New York Daily News

June 16, 2024 - 4:43 pm

The German Consulate at the United Nations was targeted during a night of anti-Israel vandalism across Brooklyn and Manhattan, police said this past week.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators listens to a speaker as they protest at Stanford University urgin ...

Hundreds of students walk out at Stanford University graduation

By Rebecca Ellis Los Angeles Times

June 16, 2024 - 4:37 pm

Hundreds of Stanford University students walked out of their graduation ceremony Sunday in a show of support for Palestinians, capping a tumultuous year on campus rocked by protests related to the Israel-Hamas war.

Israel’s army to pause daytime fighting on Gaza route to help flow of aid

By Josef Federman, Wafaa Shurafa and Lee Keath The Associated Press

June 16, 2024 - 4:28 pm

Israel’s military announced on Sunday that it would pause fighting during daytime hours along a route in southern Gaza to free up a backlog of humanitarian aid deliveries.

Power lines spark as a pole burns during the Post Fire on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Gorman, C ...

Wildfire north of Los Angeles spreads as authorities evacuate 1,200 people

Associated Press

June 16, 2024 - 12:20 pm

Authorities evacuated at least 1,200 people Saturday as a wildfire in Los Angeles County spread over thousands of acres near a major highway and threatened nearby structures.