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Gold Star mom, Vietnam vet's thoughts, lack of sportsmanship, Northwell Health dispute, child's death
17+ hour, 26+ min ago (611+ words) Cathy Heighter visits the grave of her son, Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, at Long Island National Cemetery in Pinelawn. Credit: Randee Daddona I applaud Cathy Heighter for her devotion to her son Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter and her…...
Oldest Pearl Harbor survivor is keeping memory of the surprise bombing alive at 106
3+ day, 42+ min ago (1105+ words) CENTERVILLE, Mass. " On the day of the Pearl Harbor attack, the country's oldest living survivor of the Japanese bombing was far below deck helping repair one the boilers of the USS St. Louis. Freeman Johnson, who turned 106 in March, never…...
A final journey home, 83 years after the ultimate sacrifice
1+ week, 15+ min ago (89+ words) Staff Sgt. Nicholas J. Governale was missing in action for 83 years after he crashed off the coast of Guadalcanal. His remains were recovered and positively identified and he received the full military honor burial he deserved. Newsday TV's Virginia Huie has…...
Trump says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a 3-day ceasefire and a prisoner swap
2+ week, 4+ day ago (736+ words) President Donald Trump walks through the Colonnade of the White House as he arrives to attend a luncheon for mothers Friday, May 8, 2026, in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington. Credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin WASHINGTON " President Donald Trump…...
Setting the boundaries for AI in Holocaust education
2+ week, 6+ day ago (506+ words) Holocaust survivors and others gather at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove in October 2025 to honor those kidnapped and killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. Credit: Jeff Bachner A student raises her hand and asks a…...
How one German artist's remembrance stones turn Berlin sidewalks into Holocaust memorials
2+ week, 6+ day ago (732+ words) BERLIN " Artist Gunter Demnig carefully placed a palm-sized Holocaust memorial brass plaque into the sidewalk on a busy street corner of Berlin. It said: "Johanna Berger, born in 1893, lived here; deported on Nov. 17, 1941, murdered on Nov. 25, 1941." After Demnig had swiped…...
Pearl Harbor sacrifice: Ex-Long Islander leads team seeking to exhume, ID, USS Arizona crew remains buried in Hawaii cemetery
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (564+ words) A former Long Islander is part of a team of advocates who say they have helped collect enough DNA to exhume the remains of unidentified American servicemen killed aboard the battleship Arizona, sunk at Pearl Harbor, so they can be…...
US aims to exhume and identify 88 USS Arizona crew members buried as unknowns after Pearl Harbor
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (703+ words) A grave marker for an unknown casualty from the USS Arizona is shown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, July 15, 2021, in Honolulu. Credit: AP/Caleb Jones HONOLULU " The U. S. military plans to exhume the remains of 88 sailors and Marines…...
Russia to hold a Victory Day parade without military equipment for the 1st time in nearly 2 decades
4+ week, 6+ hour ago (828+ words) Russian servicemen prepare to march towards Red Square prior to the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in Moscow, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, backdropped by a Stalin stile skyscraper. Credit: AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko Russia's traditional parade marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in…...
Australia and New Zealand gather in Turkey to commemorate WWI battle
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (388+ words) ISTANBUL " Officials and visitors from Australia, New Zealand and Turkey gathered in northwest Turkey on Saturday to commemorate the 111th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli. The solemn ceremony began at 5: 30 a. m. local time near a beach where the Australian and New…...