US and South Korea agree on new cost-sharing deal for troops
FILE - U.S. Army mobile equipment sits in a field in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. The U.S. keeps about 28,000 troops in South Korea to help deter potential aggression from North Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War. On Monday, the South Korea and U.S militaries kicked off annual military drills that would last for nine days. The big U.S. military presence in South Korea is a symbol of the countriesโ alliance but also a source of long-running anti-American sentiments. ___Associated Press writer Hyung-jin Kim in Seoul, South Korea, contributed to this report.
S Korea, US scale back drills over virus, N Korea diplomacy
South Korean army K-9 self-propelled howitzers take positions during the annual exercise in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. A South Korean activist said Tuesday hundreds of thousands of leaflets had been launched by balloon across the border with North Korea overnight, after the North repeatedly warned it would retaliate against such actions. AdU.S.-South Korea drills have been a major source of animosities on the peninsula, with North Korea viewing them as invasion rehearsals and responding with its own weapons tests. In January, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged the U.S. to withdraw its hostile policy and South Korea to end drills with the U.S., warning the fate of their relations with North Korea depends on how they behave. The government of South Korean President Moon Jae-in, which facilitated the early part of the U.S.-North Korea talks, has been calling for the diplomacyโs restart and greater inter-Korean ties.
The Latest: Trump declassifies Crossfire Hurricane material
___HEREโS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDENโS INAUGURATION:President-elect Joe Biden appeared at a memorial for COVID-19 victims at the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday evening. ___4:45 p.m.President Donald Trump does not mention his successor, Democrat Joe Biden, by name in his farewell address. A person familiar with Penceโs schedule cited โlogistical challengesโ in getting from the air base to President-elect Joe Bidenโs inauguration ceremonies on Wednesday. The information was passed from the National Guard Bureau to the D.C. National Guard. ___10:45 a.m.Three new Democratic senators are set to be sworn into office after President-elect Joe Bidenโs inauguration Wednesday.
Indonesian teams find more bodies from quake that killed 78
He said he fled from his bed while being treated at Mamujuโs Mitra Manakarra hospital, which was flattened by the quake. The governor's office building was almost flattened by the quake and a shopping mall was reduced to a crumpled hulk. The disaster agency said the army corps of engineers cleared the road connecting Mamuju and Majene that had been blocked by landslides. More than 4,000 people were killed, including many who were buried when whole neighborhoods were swallowed in the falling ground. A massive magnitude 9.1 earthquake off Sumatra island in western Indonesia in December 2004 triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
Internet is loving this Florida K-9 officer who wore tie for ID badge photo
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. โ Social media is loving K-9 officer Chico who is garnering internet fame with his new ID badge photo. Chico is a member of the Orange County Sheriffโs Office and sported a tie for his new ID badge photo that was taken on Oct. 22, the same day deputies posted it on Facebook. According to a report from Today.com, Chico has been working with his handler Corporal Robert Lees, for 4 1/2 years. Bailey Myers, a spokesperson for OCSO told Today that โK-9 Chico is a valued member of our team and we were thrilled to see his picture bring smiles to so many faces.โK-9 Chico posed for his new ID badge today. Posted by Orange County Sheriff's Office, Florida on Thursday, October 22, 2020Related:
Maxwell moved to NY for Epstein-related sex abuse charges
A police K-9 walks outside the Merrimack County correctional facility, Friday, July 3, 2020 , in Boscowen N.H., where Ghislaine Maxwell was being held after her arrest Thursday at a wooded estate in Bradford, N.H. The British socialite faces charges she helped lure at least three girls one as young as 14 to be sexually abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Epstein cohort's arrest becomes new test for plea deal
A police K-9 walks outside the Merrimack County correctional facility, Friday, July 3, 2020 , in Boscowen N.H., where Ghislaine Maxwell was being held after her arrest Thursday at a wooded estate in Bradford, N.H. The British socialite faces charges she helped lure at least three girls one as young as 14 to be sexually abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
A terminally ill rescue dog became a police K-9 for a day
Police in Pasco, Washington, turned a rescue pup with an inoperable tumor into a dashing police K-9. Authorities then reached out to their rescue partners, Mikey's Chance canine rescue, and Brown's friend, Kristi Kesler, agreed to become Eddie's foster mom for life. Police in Pasco, Washington, turned a rescue pup with an inoperable tumor into a dashing police K9. (Pasco Police)Officer Brown told HLN she was jolted by the outpouring of support for Eddie in his final days. And there's good news for Eddie's bucket list item to ride in a motorcycle side car -- Brown has a friend who owns one.