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US Navy fighter jets strike Houthi missile launchers in Yemen, officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials say American fighter jets struck Iranian-backed Houthi rebel sites for the sixth time Friday, taking out anti-ship missile launchers that were prepared to fire. The officials says the strikes were carried out by F/A-18 aircraft off the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier. And they resembled similar U.S. attacks on Houthi launchers that have been occurring almost daily this week. The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing military operations. President Joe Biden acknowledged Thursday that the bombardment of Houthi sites has yet to stop the militants' attacks on vessels in the Red Sea that have disrupted global shipping.
Police charge man with killing suburban Philly neighbor after feuding
HATBORO, Pa. (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia man is accused of stabbing to death a neighbor with whom he had feuded after an argument about the accused man's loud snoring that could be heard through a wall connecting their homes. Authorities said Friday that 55-year-old Christopher Casey killed neighbor Robert Wallace after Wallace removed a screen from a window in Casey's home as Casey was eating dinner Sunday. Police say Casey told them Wallace hadn't been menacing him or threatening him when Casey stabbed him.
Officer enlists a Michigan man's dog to help rescue him from an icy lake
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- A man who fell through the ice on a frozen Michigan lake was rescued after a quick-thinking state police officer used the stranded man's dog to get rescue equipment to him and drag him to safety. Michigan State Police say the 65-year-old Traverse City man fell through ice-covered Arbutus Lake on Thursday. The rescue captured on body-camera shows Officer Kammeron Bennetts enlisting the man's dog, Ruby. He attached a rescue disc tethered to a rope to the dog's collar and sent her back to the man, who was able to hang on and get pulled out over the thin ice.
Boeing 747 cargo plane makes emergency landing shortly after takeoff
MIAMI (AP) -- A witness saw sparks shooting from a cargo plane as it made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport shortly after takeoff. A spokesperson for Atlas Air says the aircraft landed safely Thursday night "after experiencing an engine malfunction soon after departure." The spokesperson said in a statement Friday that the crew followed all standard procedures. Atlas will conduct an inspection to determine the cause. Unverified videos on social media platform X showed flames shooting out of the wing of a plane near the airport while in flight.
Maine's top election official appeals that delayed a decision on Trump's ballot status
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Maine's secretary of state is appealing a judge's ruling that put on hold her removal of former President Donald Trump from the ballot. Democrat Shenna Bellows concluded last month Trump didn't meet ballot qualifications under the insurrection clause in the U.S. Constitution, citing his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack. That made Bellows the first election official to ban the Republican ex-president from the ballot under the 14th Amendment.