(CNSNews.com) – Senate Armed Services Committee chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.), angered by Iran's treatment of 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained overnight in the Persian Gulf last month – and by the administration's handling of the incident – is now threatening to subpoena the sailors if necessary to establish exactly what happened.
In the weeks following the incident, which U.S. Central Command said occurred after two patrol boats inadvertently entered Iran's territorial waters, Iranian state media repeatedly used images of the sailors' detention at gunpoint in a bid todenigrate the U.S.
NEW YORK (AP) — Residents along the eastern U.S., freed from bitter, dangerous cold temperatures on Valentine's Day, couldn't even pause to take a slightly warmer breath before the next winter weather hurdle showed up. Snow, sleet and rain fell across the mid-Atlantic states while tornadoes rolled through the South.
Sunday's teeth-chattering temperatures were some of the coldest on record.
