USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier to return to Middle East amid Iran fight

The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has departed Croatia after receiving repairs during a five-day port visit, the Navy announced on Thursday, a sign the warship could be poised to rejoin U.S. military assets in the Middle East. The ship sailed out of the region early last week after sustaining damage...

Source

The Hill

Read full article at The Hill

Opens original article in a new tab

The Western US is already running out of water — and summer is still months away

A section of the Central Arizona Project, a series of aqueducts and tunnels designed to bring water from the Colorado River to Arizona, runs through a subdivision in Gilbert, Arizona. | Rebecca Noble/Bloomberg/Getty Images This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Officials were already sounding the alarm bells in early March across the Western United States after a winter with historically low snowpacks, which

19 minutes agoRead more →

Washington Examiner

Gas prices: Slight increase at the pumps to end the week

Gas prices continue to show no sign of slowing, as the national average for regular gas increased again on Friday to $4.091 per gallon, according to AAA. It was the fifth consecutive day of increases at the pumps, albeit the one with the smallest rise from the prior day. Friday’s national average was one cent […]

19 minutes agoRead more →