AFN NEWS ON THE HOUR
Thursday, February 1, 2018

 
1)  AP Radio News: I am Ed Donahue. Republican lawmakers are continuing with their retreat in West Virginia after a deadly train crash on the way. The AP’s Sagar Meghani has a story. “A chartered train carrying House and Senate Republicans from Washington to the Greenbrier resort hit a garbage truck in central Virginia, killing the truck’s driver. “It was a pretty rough hit.” President Trump said he talked to the House Speaker Paul Ryan and some others after the accident. “They’re doing pretty good.” Another person in the truck was seriously injured. Two lawmakers were also hospitalized with minor injuries. The President’s due to speak at the retreat tomorrow. Sagar Meghani, Washington.

 

2) House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes says the objections by the FBI and the Justice Department are spurious. The FBI says it has grave concerns about the accuracy of a classified memo on the Russian investigation that President Trump wants to release to the public.

3) A grand jury has decided no charges will be filed against police officers in Dallas who used a bomb-carrying robot to kill a sniper who had just gunned down five officers during a downtown rally last year.

4) Massachusetts pharmacist Glenn Chin was sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in the deadly meningitis outbreak in 2012. The AP’s Alanna Durkin Richer reports Chin says he’s sorry. “That was the first time that we heard from Chin and he’s very emotional as he apologized to the victims of the family members in court. He fully understands that many of the victims will not forgive him but he’ll continue to pray that they’ll find peace and keep saying deeply sorry for what happened.” Nearly 80 people died and almost 800 got sick in what’s considered the worst public health crisis in recent US history.

 

5) Toyota is recalling about 645,000 vehicles. An electrical problem could stop airbags from inflating in a crash. 

6) Wall Street: the Dow finished up 72 points. This is AP Radio News.…………………………………………..

With the headlines from Air Force Radio News, I am Staff Sgt. Jevon Smith.

Headquarters Air Combat Command released the results of an Abbreviated Accident Investigation for inquiry into an RPA crash. Crew error and datalink issues caused an MQ-1B to crash February 2nd, 2016 in the US Central Command area of responsibility. The RPA was conducting a combat support mission at the time of the incident. The estimated cost of the lost aircraft ammunitions was $4.1 million. The Air Force selected nearly 500 active-duty officers for promotion to the ranks of colonel and lieutenant colonel. 402 lieutenant colonels were selected to promote to colonel, and 55 majors were selected to advance to lieutenant colonel as the result of the CY17-D Central Selection Board. To view the list of promotees, visit a myPers website.

Those are your headlines. I’m Staff Sgt. Jevon Smith, Air Force Radio New