Trio of US Olympians train with Jr. Blades at Germain Arena

Three hockey players headed for the Olympics to represent the United States in South Korea took to the ice with the Jr. Blades hockey team at Germain Arena.

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Expanded US training for Ukraine forces begins in Germany

The U.S. military’s new, expanded combat training of Ukrainian forces began in Germany on Sunday, with a goal of getting a battalion of about 500 troops back on the battlefield to fight the Russians in the next five to eight weeks, said Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Milley, who plans […]

Driver killed after train strikes semitruck on US-27 in Hendry County

The driver of a tractor trailer is dead after his truck was hit by a train in Hendry County Monday morning. Florida Highway Patrol says a 37-year-old Opa Locka man driving the truck was headed east on US-27, west of Flagler Street, at around 2:45 a.m. when he drove through a railroad crossing gate and […]

US Army identifies Florida soldier killed by bear in military training area

The U.S. Army on Thursday identified the Florida soldier who died this week of injuries sustained during a bear attack in a military training area in Alaska. The Army in a statement said Staff Sgt. Seth Michael Plant, 30, was pronounced dead at a hospital on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage following the mauling Tuesday. […]

US Navy: 2 onboard training plane killed in Alabama crash

A U.S. Navy training plane that took off from Florida crashed Friday in an Alabama residential neighborhood near the Gulf Coast, killing both people in the plane, authorities said. Zach Harrell, a spokesperson for Commander, Naval Air Forces, said both people in the T-6B Texan II training plane died, but they weren’t immediately releasing their […]