Hurricane Irene is a major hurricane, and NASA satellite data shows its diameter is now about one-third the length of the U.S. Atlantic coastline. Meanwhile, far in the eastern Atlantic Ocean a tenth tropical depression formed. One satellite image captured…

High above the Earth from aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Ron Garan snapped this image of Hurricane Irene as it passed over the Caribbean on Aug. 22, 2011. The National Hurricane Center noted on Aug. 22 that Irene is…

Operation Shadowbox targets Mexican and Iraqi drug trafficking organizations SAN DIEGO Operation Shadowbox has resulted in the arrests of 60 defendants as part of a takedown targeting Mexican and Iraqi drug trafficking organizations. In January of 2011, El Cajon PD…

WASHINGTON The owner of a Baton Rouge, La., durable medical equipment (DME) company, a medical doctor and two patient recruiters were each convicted late yesterday for their roles in a $4.7 million Medicare fraud scheme. After a two-week trial, Nnanta…

Two Southern California men were charged today in a federal narcotics case stemming from their involvement in a conspiracy to transport 70 kilograms of cocaine from California to North Carolina. Bobby Ray Palacios, 40, of Buena Park, and Jose Carlos…

by Cheryl Pellerin American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Coalition forces used a precision airstrike to kill Taliban insurgents involved in the Aug. 6 downing of the helicopter carrying 30 U.S. service members and eight Afghans, according to Marine…

by Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Colt will conduct the investigation of the crash of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan that killed 38 U.S. and Afghan service members, according to U.S.…

by Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- An investigation will determine the facts surrounding the deaths of 30 U.S. service members and eight Afghan commandos when their CH-47 Chinook helicopter went down in Afghanistan's Wardak province Aug.…

WASHINGTON - Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, a Springdale, Ark. establishment, is recalling approximately 36 million pounds of ground turkey products that may be contaminated with a multi-drug resistant strain of Salmonella Heidelberg. The products subject to recall bear the establishment…

Naser Jason Abdo, 21, an absent without leave (AWOL) soldier from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, is charged with possession of an unregistered destructive device in connection with a bomb plot. A criminal complaint, unsealed today in Waco by U.S. Magistrate Judge…

WASHINGTON The Dow Chemical Company has agreed to pay a $2.5 million civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act at its chemical manufacturing and research complex…

WASHINGTON David R. Lewalski, formerly of Gainesville, Fla., pleaded guilty today to mail fraud in connection with his operation of a $30 million investment fraud scheme. Lewalski, 47, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Pizzo in the Middle…