Tag: Military and defense
Pentagon looks to root out extremists targeting US troops
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is focusing on identifying extremist organizations in the United States that are trying to recruit members from within the...
‘Our big prize’: Vikes laud Tomlinson’s size, skill, smarts
MINNEAPOLIS — When Dalvin Tomlinson was a high school recruit, this bulwark of a defensive tackle had the size and skill to attract a...
Biden meets with UN Security Council members to talk climate
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden told the permanent representatives of the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that the United States will join the international...
House OKs Dems’ immigration bills for Dreamers, farm workers
WASHINGTON — The House has voted to unlatch a gateway to citizenship for young Dreamers, migrant farm workers and immigrants who’ve fled war or...
Bulgaria breaks military ring suspected of spying for Russia
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarian authorities have broken a ring of serving and retired military officials who allegedly spied for Russia, arresting and charging six...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...
Despite headwinds, House set to OK Dems’ immigration bills
WASHINGTON — Democrats seem poised to claim victory in the House’s first votes this year on immigration, but moving legislation on the divisive issue...
Russian national pleads guilty in $150 million kickback plot
NEW BERN, N.C. — A Russian national living in North Carolina has pleaded guilty to bribery and other charges after prosecutors say he received...
Yemeni rebel offensive threatens camps of those who fled war
CAIRO — Already displaced once in Yemen's grinding civil war, Mohammed Ali Saleh fled with his pregnant wife and their three children to central...
Migrant father charged with son’s death on journey to Greece
VATHY, Greece — On a pine-covered hill above the sparkling blue Aegean lies a boy’s grave, a teddy bear leaning against the white marble...
