Tag: United States military
Biden to award 1st Medal of Honor to retired Georgia colonel
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will award his first <a href="https://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/history.html">Medal of Honor</a> this week to a retired colonel for acts of bravery during...
Mexico City marks 500 years since conquest battle began
MEXICO CITY — There are two ways of remembering the Spanish siege of Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital now known as Mexico City: as the...
US general to recommend post-withdrawal plan for Afghanistan
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT — The top U.S. commander for the Middle East said Wednesday he will make recommendations to Defense Secretary Lloyd...
23 rescued from suspected smuggling boat off California
<p>Twenty-three people were rescued Monday from a suspected smuggling boat off the San Diego coast not far from where another vessel broke up a...
Tiny bats put kibosh on power line tree-cutting for 2 months
<p>PORTLAND, Maine — Tree-cutting on a key stretch of a power line in western Maine is going to stop almost as soon as it...
US envoy: Fear of Taliban conquering Kabul are overblown
<p>WASHINGTON — Predictions that the Taliban will quickly overrun <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/afghanistan">Afghan government forces</a> and conquer Kabul once U.S. and coalition forces have fully withdrawn...
Review: Zack Snyder makes a bitingly good zombie-heist flick
<p>It won't take you long to warm to Zack Snyder's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI1JGPhYBS8">“Army of the Dead.”</a> All it took for me was the sight of...
2 pilots eject from F-15 when it leaves runway in Illinois
<p>MASCOUTAH, Ill. — Two pilots ejected safely from an F-15 fighter jet Tuesday morning when the aircraft left a runway while landing at a...
23 rescued from suspected smuggling boat off California
Twenty-three people were rescued Monday from a suspected smuggling boat off the San Diego coast not far from where another vessel broke up a...
Tiny bats put kibosh on power line tree-cutting for 2 months
PORTLAND, Maine — Tree-cutting on a key stretch of a power line in western Maine is going to stop almost as soon as it...