2+ hour, 59+ min ago  (679+ words) Rep. Mark Takano, whose American-born parents were both incarcerated as young children with their families during the forced relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II, could not help but see the parallels between that chapter of American history and…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1030+ words) It's getting harder for officials in the Kremlin to cast the war in Ukraine " now in its fifth year " as something so distant that it doesn't affect the daily routines of Russian civilians. From irritating internet disruptions to this month's…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (695+ words) Russian air defenses shot down 347 Ukrainian drones overnight, Russia's Defense Ministry said Thursday, in what appeared to be a major attack after Moscow spurned Kyiv's ceasefire earlier in the week and tension mounted over safety at Russia's upcoming Victory Day…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (825+ words) A super typhoon steadily battered a pair of remote U. S. islands in the Pacific Ocean with ferocious winds and relentless rains, shredding tin roofs and forcing residents to take cover from flying tree limbs. Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounded the Northern Mariana…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (417+ words) During Saturday's commission ceremony on the Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said the event showcases the state's "deep ties to our nation's maritime and military history, and we are proud to see that legacy continue with this next generation…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1756+ words) FULTON " What is leadership? That was the question Fulton Middle School eighth grader Kendall Acton posed Thursday to Winston Churchill " or at least to actor Randy Otto, who has spent more than 50 years portraying the former British prime minister on…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (120+ words) se Missourian Letter: Winston Churchill up close Cape Girardeau resident recalls seeing Churchill and Truman up close at the 1946 "Iron Curtain" speech, 80 years after their visit to Westminster College in Fulton. Thursday, March 5, marked the 80th anniversary of Winston Churchill's "Iron…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (184+ words) Veterans Day is officially next week, but we generally get a little bit of a head start each year. The holiday's origins date to 1918 when on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, an armistice was declared in World…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (876+ words) (RNS) " In 1775, a year before there was a United States and six weeks after the Continental Army was formed, George Washington made a declaration that has shaped the military ever since. "We need chaplains," he reportedly remarked, prompting action by…...

1+ year, 2+ week ago  (631+ words) After decades of division and its revival as the capital of a reunited, democratic Germany, the city is now transformed, blending painstakingly restored buildings with modern architecture. But the scars of the past remain visible in many places: facades riddled…...