The UFO congressional hearing was 'insulting' to US employees, a top Pentagon official says July 28, 2023 at 06:16PM

A top Pentagon official has attacked this week's widely watched congressional hearing on UFOs, calling the claims “insulting” to employees who are investigating sightings and accusing a key witness of not cooperating with the official US government investigation. Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick's letter, published on his personal LinkedIn page and circulated Friday across social media, criticises much of the testimony from a retired Air Force intelligence officer that energised believers in extraterrestrial life and produced headlines around the world.

Joe Biden openly acknowledges 7th grandchild, the daughter of son Hunter and an Arkansas woman July 28, 2023 at 04:27PM

Joe Biden has acknowledged his seventh grandchild for the first time. Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's son, fathered the child with Lunden Roberts in 2018. As part of a statement, Biden said that Hunter and Roberts are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter. Hunter Biden's paternity was established through DNA testing after Roberts sued for child support.

Key US inflation gauge cools further as rate hikes bite July 28, 2023 at 03:58AM

A key indicator of US inflation cooled in June to the lowest annual rate in over two years, although this remains above the central bank's target, according to government data released Friday. The Federal Reserve's preferred gauge of inflation, the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, rose 3.0 per cent last month from June 2022, down from a 3.8 per cent jump in May, said the Commerce Department.

Nearly 200 million people in US are under heat or flood advisories July 28, 2023 at 02:59AM

Dangerous heat is forecast to “engulf” much of the eastern half of the United States as extreme temperatures spread from the Midwest into the Northeast and mid-Atlantic where some residents will see their hottest temperatures of the year, according to the National Weather Service. Althouth much of the country does not cool much on normal summer nights, night temperatures are forecast to stay hotter than usual leading to excessive heat warnings from the Plains to the East Coast.