MADISON, Wis. – Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died. Hasenfus died on Nov. 26 ...

This piece has been copublished with Drop Site News. When a Southern Air Transport plane was shot down over Nicaragua in October 1986, the world got a rare window into U.S. government covert activity.

WASHINGTON -- A "friendly foreign government" acting on behalf of the United States financed the flight of a cargo plane shot down over Nicaragua on Sunday with a load of weapons for anti-Sandinista ...

Elderly man dies in southwest Houston house fire on Willow Lake Drive; HFD contained the blaze in about 20 minutes, and arson investigators are probing the cause. House fire claims life of elderly man ...

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FILE - Eugene Hasenfus stands outside U.S. District Court in Miami, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 1986 after appearing at a status hearing in his lawsuit against two Iran-Contra figures. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, ...