Hundreds of U.S. military members are training for the next two weeks in Gulfport and across Mississippi during a combat exercise that will send low-flying helicopters and noise across the area. The event is called the Sentry South-Southern Strike exercise. It began Monday and ends Feb. 7. The Air National Guard is hosting 500 members from the U.S. military’s active, guard and reserve units, a…

A former Mercer County resident admitted Monday that he tried to join a Somalian-based terrorist organization to target “evil America” in 2023, authorities said. Karrem Nasr, 24, a U.S. citizen who previously lived in Lawrenceville, pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Southern New York. Nasr moved from New Jersey to Egypt in July…