The airspace closure over El Paso, Texas, was initially supposed to last 10 days. It turned out to be just a few hours. But it was sudden and surprising, and it stemmed from the Pentagon’s plans to test a laser ... .
Fifteen Democratic-led states have dropped a six-year-old lawsuit challenging the legality of a federal plan that allowed oil and gas drilling in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
Investigators identified the suspects as April Jones, 40, and Antonio Morones, 42, both of Bacliff. The two were charged with aggravated robbery and fraud, the sheriff’s office said ....