Air Force pilot, student killed in jet crash in Alabama

February 21, 2021 GMT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force said Sunday that a flying instructor and a student pilot from the Japanese Air Self Defense Force were killed when a trainer jet crashed in Alabama.

2 dead after Air Force trainer jet crashes in Alabama

By KIM CHANDLER February 20, 2021 GMT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Two Air Force pilots were killed Friday when a trainer jet crashed near an Alabama airport, the military branch confirmed.

The crash involved a T-38 trainer aircraft assigned to the 14th Flying Training Wing at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi. Officials from the 14th Flying Training Wing confirmed in a news release that both pilots aboard the aircraft were killed. The pilots were flying a training mission.

The Latest: Most of a Mississippi city is without water

February 19, 2021 GMT

The Latest on winter weather across the U.S. (all times local):

JACKSON, Miss. — Almost all of Jackson, a city of around 150,000 people, is now without water, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said.

Lumumba said public works crews are working to pump as much water as they can to refill the city’s tanks. The city is approaching a critical shortage in chemicals used to treat the city’s water, the mayor said. Road closures are making it difficult for distributors to make needed deliveries.

Some electricity restored in Texas, but water woes grow

By PAUL J. WEBER and JILL BLEEDFebruary 19, 2021 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Power was restored to more homes and businesses Thursday in states hit by a deadly blast of winter that overwhelmed the electrical grid and left millions shivering in the cold this week. But the crisis was far from over in parts of the South, where many people still lacked safe drinking water.