The 51st Iditarod kicks off Saturday with a ceremonial start in Anchorage, Alaska, and the official restart happening at 2 p.m. in Willow, Alaska. The 1,000-mile Last Great Race on Earth tests the limits for the mushers and the dogs as they traverse the frozen landscape of the Last Frontier. Before the trek begins, the…

Alex Murdaugh found guilty of murder – Alex Murdaugh will be sentenced Friday morning after being found guilty of murder in the shooting deaths of his wife and son. The jury deliberated for three hours before finding Murdaugh guilty of all charges. The trial lasted for six weeks. Prosecutors argued Murdaugh’s many financial crimes were…

The U.S. government’s story on the Chinese spy balloon is changing again. This week, the Pentagon revealed it was tracking the suspected Chinese spy balloon from its launch site along China’s south coast, and was monitoring it days before it crossed into U.S. airspace near Alaska. U.S. officials watched the Chinese spy balloon lift off…

China’s foreign minister accused the U.S. of having flown high-altitude balloons into China’s airspace 10 times since the beginning of last year. But National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that’s not true.  “There is no U.S. surveillance aircraft over airspace,” Kirby said. The former navy admiral gave the same answer when asked if that…

Lawmakers are raising concerns after four flying objects were shot down by U.S. military; one week since Turkey was devastated by earthquakes, the country is looking to hold building contractors accountable; an airborne Delta flight catches fire; and a Super Bowl champion is crowned in a nail-biting finish. These stories and more highlight the daily…

The White House confirmed that fighter jets shot down what they described as a “high-altitude object,” about the size of a small car, over Alaska. The Pentagon said they do not know the origin of the object and that it was unmanned. John Kirby, coordinator for Strategic Communications for the National Security Council, said the…

Now that the U.S. has shot down China’s spy balloon with an air-launched missile off the coast of South Carolina, the question remains: what was it all for? The Chinese claim the balloon was a civilian meteorological device released accidentally, but the Pentagon isn’t buying it. For starters, why did the balloon spend so much time…

On the heels of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday evening, his controversial decision to shoot down the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic Ocean will be front and center. China’s condemnation was swift, along with that of certain GOP members who were looking to blame Biden for mishandling the incident.…

The Chinese spy balloon that was recently shot down by the U.S. military has raised alarm bells over the presence of similar floating aircraft in American skies. The Pentagon confirmed that at least three other Chinese surveillance balloons were sighted in U.S. airspace during the Trump administration. The reported sightings took place near Texas, Florida,…

The Biden administration will approve a new oil drilling project, U.S. Customs and Border Protection finds tunnels under the border wall, and what’s a lion’s preferred flavor of popsicle? These stories and more highlight the daily afternoon rundown for Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023.  Rep. Ilhan Omar removed from House Foreign Affairs Committee House Republicans unanimously…