Category Archives: U.S.

US Navy Yard tweets at 10:26 am: “confirms no sign of shooting”

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 2: The US Navy tweeted on Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 10:26 AM: #BREAKING: #USNavy confirms no sign of shooting @NavalDistWash #NavyYard. All personnel ok. Follow-on NCIS investigation ongoing. 10:26 AM – 2 Jul 2015 #BREAKING: #USNavy confirms no sign of shooting @NavalDistWash #NavyYard. All personnel ok. Follow-on NCIS investigation ongoing. …

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Law Enforcement respond after shots reported at Navy Yard, Washington DC

View image | gettyimages.com WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 02: Law enforcement officials respond after gun fire was heard at the Navy Yard facility on Thurday, July 2, 2015 in Washington, DC. This is the same Navy Yard that 12 were killed from gun fire in 2013. (Photos by Mark Wilson from Getty Images) View image …

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White Castle Vegas closes due to overwhelming demand

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – The first White Castle 24-hour burger restaurant to open in Las Vegas had to close its doors due to the overwhelming demand tweeted @WhiteCastleLV at 12:45 pm on January 28, 2015. White Castle on Las Vegas Blvd. held its Grand Opening around noon on Wednesday, January 27; and on Thursday at 12:45 a tweet …

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Workers getting New Year’s Ball ready in New York

View image | gettyimages.com NEW YORK, NY – Engineers are putting together New York’s 2015 New Year’s Eve Waterford Crystal Ball in One Times Square today on December 27, 2014. The Traditional Annual New Year’s Eve Ball has been been dropped every year in Times Square since 1907 with exception of 1942 and 1943 due to …

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Lockheed F-35C fighter performs test flights on USS Nimitz

SAN DIEGO  (NNS) – The new F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter that reaches speeds up to 1,200 mph went through 33 test flights on November 14, 2014 aboard the USS Nimitz. The cadre of F-35C test pilots logged a total of 39.2 flight hours with 124 catapults, 124 arrestments and 222 touch …

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