Alaska

The photo shows the top of the pilot’s helmet inside the U-2 cockpit with the balloon flying below

The announcements capped three dramatic weeks that saw US fighter jets shoot down four airborne objects

Analysis of the debris so far reinforces conclusions that it was a Chinese spy balloon, U.S. officials said

The president has directed national security adviser Jake Sullivan to lead an ‘interagency team’ to review US procedures

With little information to go on, senators in both parties demanded answers as they returned to Washington on Monday

The Chinese allegation comes after America shot down a suspected spy balloon that had crossed from Alaska to South Carolina, sparking a new crisis in bilateral relations

Authorities have shot down three different devices since Friday: the first was the size of a car, the second was cylindrical and the third octagonal

The move comes a day after US planes took similar action over Alaska

The object was flying at about 40,000 feet and posed a “reasonable threat” to the safety of civilian flights

Beijing responded that it reserved the right to ‘take further actions’ and criticized Washington for ‘an obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice’

The move, cheered by Alaska Native tribes and environmentalists, deals a heavy blow to the proposed Pebble Mine

The first fatal such incident in Alaska in 30 years underscored the risks of living alongside animals that can weigh more than 1,700 pounds

It appears the mother and toddler had no idea what was coming because of low visibility

The animal was shot and killed by a local resident as it attacked the pair, troopers said

‘We do not have any record of the disposal of these fossils in the East River,’ the American Museum of Natural History said in a statement

State vote-by-mail laws, the Georgia runoff and the tight result are delaying the outcome