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Media within the Pentagon covering the U.S. military will face new restrictions on the information they are allowed to report or face loss of access to the Pentagon, according to a memo officials distributed to reporters on Friday. Members of the press will be required to sign a document acknowledging they should not disclose either classified or controlled unclassified information that is not formally authorized for publication, says the memo from the Department of Defense, which the Trump administration has renamed the Department of War. It says Pentagon reporters may lose their press credentials for “unauthorized access, attempted unauthorized access,…
Civitavecchia, Italy — Along Italy’s Mediterranean coast on Thursday, driver Fabio Barone raced across the flight deck of a navy ship while chasing a world record: the fastest car on a boat. Last year, Barone set the Italian Timekeepers Federation’s record on another aircraft carrier in southern Italy, hitting 94.4 mph. In Civitavecchia, on the coast near Rome, he aimed to reach at least 99.4 mph and then hit the brakes in time to avoid launching off the deck’s so-called “ski jump” and smashing into the cruise ship stationed just fore. Race engineer Alessandro Tedino told The Associated Press that he…
The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather and technology on Earth, NASA announced this week. A new research, conducted by two NASA scientists and published earlier in September in the peer-reviewed Astrophysical Journal Letters, shows that solar activity has ramped up after 2008 — an unexpected reversal following a decades-long decline that was initially thought to foreshadow a period of historic inaction on the surface of the sun. “All signs were pointing to the Sun going into a prolonged phase of low activity,” Jamie Jasinski,…
The Philadelphia Distance Run kicks off early Sunday morning, and road closures start even earlier. The event features two races, a 5K starting at 7 a.m. and a half marathon at 7:30 a.m. Both races start on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 22nd Street. The races will affect traffic on the parkway as well as Kelly Drive, Falls Bridge and Martin Luther King Drive. Detours around Eakins Oval start at 3 a.m., while closures on the other streets begin at 5 a.m. The half-marathon course begins by going around the south side of Logan Circle, then travels westbound on the…
An 81-year-old woman was fatally struck by a car in a ShopRite parking lot in Northeast Philadelphia Saturday evening, police said. Philadelphia police said a 2012 Nissan Murano was making a left turn into the ShopRite parking lot off Frankford Avenue in the Mayfair neighborhood when the car hit the woman. The 81-year-old woman was taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital by fire medics. The woman died from her injuries around 7:22 p.m. The woman has not been identified. Police said the driver of the Nissan stayed on the scene. The Crash Investigation Division is conducting the investigation.
The Philadelphia Eagles will continue the NFL season today vs. the Los Angeles Rams in a rematch of last season’s divisional playoffs. The Eagles and Rams enter the game as two of the 10 remaining undefeated teams in the NFL, so one of the two squads will suffer its first loss in the matchup. Here’s how to watch, stream and everything else you need to know. How can you watch the Eagles vs. Rams game on cable? The Eagles and Rams game will start at 1 p.m. and air on FOX, where Joe Davis, Greg Olsen and Pam Oliver will…
Tropical Storm Gabrielle is expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Sunday after forming on Wednesday morning over the central Atlantic Ocean, becoming the seventh named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters expect the weather system to remain over open waters for the next several days. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Gabrielle’s center is expected to pass east of Bermuda on Monday. No watches or warnings were in effect, however. As of Sunday morning, Gabrielle was situated roughly 455 miles southeast of Bermuda. It was tracking north-northwest at 9 mph, the hurricane center said, with maximum sustained winds…
Authorities are investigating after a person was shot near a Rowan University residence hall early Sunday morning, according to an email Rowan police sent to students. Investigators said the shooting happened off campus in the area of North Main Street, specifically on the sidewalk outside of Rowan’s Holly Pointe Commons residence hall, shortly before 2 a.m. A person fired a weapon from a car, striking another person who was standing on the sidewalk, Rowan police said. The suspect’s vehicle was last spotted driving west on Mullica Hill Road toward the traffic circle, investigators said. Police did not provide a name…
Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli will face off today in their first of two debates before the New Jersey gubernatorial election. The candidates are vying to replace the term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy in Trenton for the next four years. The race pits Sherrill — a former Navy pilot who represents parts of Morris, Essex and Passaic counties in the U.S. House — against Ciattarelli, a former Somerset County freeholder and state Assemblymember who ran against Murphy in 2021. Ad spending on the race is projected to total around $140 million, according to Ad Impact, a company that tracks…
A memorial service for conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Arizona today is set to feature President Trump, Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, and more than half a dozen top Trump administration figures addressing an NFL-sized crowd at State Farm Stadium. Kirk, the 31-year-old co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed as he spoke at an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. A 22-year-old suspect has been charged with aggravated murder. Kirk’s assassination has rocked the conservative world. A prolific and sometimes controversial speaker, Kirk was known for his college campus events and debates, his role in mobilizing…