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World Feb 14

News Wrap: Inflation eases in January compared to last year

Politics Feb 14

Kirby speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington
White House defends decision to shoot down 3 unidentified objects

“These were decisions based purely and simply on what was in the best interests of the American people,” White House national security spokesman John Kirby said Monday.

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

Nation Feb 12

A U.S. and a Canadian flag flutter at the Canada-United States border crossing at the Thousand Islands Bridge in Lansdowne, Ontario, Canada September 28, 2020. Photo by Lars Hagberg/REUTERS
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News Wrap: U.S. takes down unidentified object over Lake Huron

In our news wrap Sunday, the U.S. military shot down a flying object over Lake Huron — the fourth to enter North American airspace in the past two weeks, a tropical cyclone is bearing down on New Zealand’s northern islands,…

Nation Feb 12

A joint air drill between U.S. and South Korea
‘Unidentified object’ downed by U.S. fighter jets over Lake Huron

An "unidentified object” was shot down with a missile by U.S. fighter jets Sunday over Lake Huron, and it was believed to be the same one tracked over Montana and monitored by the government beginning the night before, U.S. officials…

By Colleen Long, Lolita C. Baldor, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

Politics Feb 12

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address in Washington
Sen. Schumer says 2 objects shot down over Alaska, Canada believed to be balloons

The United States believes the unidentified objects shot down by American fighter jets over Canada and Alaska were balloons, though smaller than the China balloon downed over the Atlantic Ocean last weekend, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday.

By Associated Press

Feb 11

Trudeau ordered U.S. fighter jet to shoot down object over northern Canada

By Associated Press

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that on his order a U.S. fighter jet shot down an unidentified object that was flying high over the Yukon, acting a day after the U.S. took similar action over Alaska.

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Feb 10

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U.S. shoots down object that crossed into airspace near Alaska

By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Alexis Cox

There's been a new incursion by an unidentified object high above American territory and the U.S. military has shot it down. It happened Friday afternoon off northeastern Alaska as the object flew at 40,000 feet. The Biden administration said it…

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