New offensive cyber operations squad standing up for Air Force Reserve
As cyber veterans exit active duty, a new Reserve offensive squadron gives them a way to keep executing missions, an officer told Breaking Defense.
Day: December 4, 2025
Steve Cropper, legendary guitarist for Booker T & the MGs, dies aged 84
Prolific musician was known for work on songs like Green Onions and Otis Redding’s (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the BaySteve Cropper, the legendary guitarist whose work as an instrumentalist, producer and songwriter at Stax Records left an indelible impres…
Family of man killed in U.S. strike on boat files human rights challenge
The family’s attorney, Daniel Kovalik, said Carranza’s four children and spouse want to be compensated as their loved one was their primary breadwinner.
12/1: CBS Evening News
Midwest snowstorm triggers crashes, flight chaos; Cafés still struggling after coffee tariffs lifted.
11/28: CBS Evening News
President Trump calls for a major immigration overhaul; Airlines scramble to update software problem.
12/2: CBS Evening News
Major snowstorm that walloped Midwest hits East Coast; Sasha DiGiulian becomes first woman to free-climb El Capitan’s longest route, despite storm
Doctor in Matthew Perry overdose case sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison
California doctor Salvador Plasencia was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Wednesday for illegally supplying Friends sitcom star Matthew Perry with ketamine, the powerful sedative that caused the actor’s overdose death in 2023.
Family of man killed in US ‘drug boat’ strike files complaint over ‘extrajudicial killing’
The U.S. military has killed more than 80 people since it began striking vessels that the Trump administration said were carrying drugs
US House Judiciary Committee subpoenas former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith
Republicans have been probing Smith’s investigations into Trump, which resulted in two indictments.
Lebanon and Israel hold first direct talks in 40 years as war fears rise
PM says these are not peace talks and ‘normalisation’ is tied to cessation of hostilities and Israeli troop withdrawal.