What is Evacuation Day? The forgotten holiday that predates Thanksgiving
Before Thanksgiving became the prominent late November holiday, much of America celebrated "Evacuation Day" – commemorating ...
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Navy Bases Virginia-class Attack Boat in Guam
Naval Base Guam received the USS Minnesota (SSN-783) on Tuesday, marking the first forward deployment of a Virginia-class ...
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Trump turns to outsider to shake up Navy, but his lack of military experience raises concerns
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, has not served in the military or had a ...
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Britain ‘to train Lebanese army’ to help secure Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire
Joe Biden is set to start a renewed push for a Gaza ceasefire after the US President announced a truce between Israel and ...
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire holding but IDF fire at vehicle 'in prohibited zone' as thousands return home
Residents of south Lebanon defied Israeli military warnings and started returning to their homes amid celebrations after ...
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Ceasefire takes hold in Israel-Hezbollah war
A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon took hold on Wednesday after more than a year of fighting that has killed ...
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San Francisco getting a block named for famed Iwo Jima photographer Joe Rosenthal
Joe Rosenthal, who took the iconic WWII Iwo Jima photo and then worked for 35 years for the S.F. Chronicle, will get a block ...
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Wyoming man gets 3 years in prison for Jan. 6 assault with flagpole
The 69-year-old Navy veteran from Star Valley insisted he regretted his actions, though prosecutors maintain he failed to ...
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Zelenskyy’s Backing of Iran Sanctions May Have Cost Iranian People’s Solidarity
The Ukrainian president’s rejection of diplomacy with Iran has lost him favor with many who had championed his cause.
On This Day, Nov. 24: Barbed wire patented
On Nov. 24, 1874, Joseph Glidden received a patent for barbed wire, which altered the development of ranching on the Great ...
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Sand Creek an ugly stain on Colorado’s history, resounding horror for Natives
An icy breeze blows up the Sand Creek Valley 180 miles southeast of Denver, rustling short grass on the barren plain and ...
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Raising the red flag for peace with thousand-day Ukrainian ruination, by Owei Lakemfa
Ukrainian War was on Tuesday, November 19, marked in Europe like an anniversary rather than a day of reflection. The European Commission draped its building with the Ukrainian flag, while the European ...