Bocek made 26 operational flights and received several decorations in both his homeland and in Britain.
Deb Hardy
Staff Writer
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Mexican kid’s comic Xavier López, ‘Chabelo,’ dies at 88
His Sunday variety show ran for 48 years – Mexico’s longest-running TV show.
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New Russian campaign tries to entice men to fight in Ukraine
The Kremlin denies that another call-up is planned for what it calls its ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine.
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Nicholas Lloyd Webber, son of famed composer, dies at 43
He was a Grammy-nominated composer, a record producer and the eldest son of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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Planets on parade: 5 will be lined up in night sky this week
NEW YORK — Keep an eye to the sky this week for a chance to see a planetary hangout. Five planets – Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars – will line up near the moon. WHERE AND WHEN CAN YOU SEE THEM? The best day to catch the whole group is Tuesday. You’ll want to […]
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Protests erupt in NYC – not for Trump but for ‘The Joker’
Crews for the movie sequel have been facing the possibility that filming in New York could be disrupted by real-life protests over the Trump case.
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Biden’s moves on Alaska drilling, TikTok test young voters
The risk for Biden is less that young left-of-center voters will vote Republican and more that they would sit out an uninspiring election altogether.
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Iran-backed fighters on alert in east Syria after U.S. strikes
Syrian opposition activists say Iran-backed fighters are on alert in eastern Syria, a day after U.S. forces launched retaliatory airstrikes on sites in the war-torn country
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Putin says Russia will station tactical nukes in Belarus
He said the Belarusian president has long asked for the weapons.
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Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law
Pharmaceutical companies increasingly have barred executioners from using their drugs, saying they were meant to save lives.