Invest 98W could pass over, or just south of Guam Wednesday night and is likely to be upgraded to a tropical depression by late Thursday afternoon as it passes just west of Rota, based on a 7 p.m.

About a dozen F-16 fighter jets and their crew members are being deployed to Guam next month as part of the United States’ efforts to beef up security in the region, the Air Force announced Tuesday.

HAMMOND — A federal judge handed down a life sentence to a man who played a prominent role in a Gary-based drug trafficking ring and killed a witness who exposed him for another homicide he allegedly ...