Tag: United States military
Powerful US nuclear test reactor getting rare major overhaul
BOISE, Idaho — Scientists in Idaho this summer plan to remove the 62,000-pound (28,100-kilogram) stainless steel lid on one of the world’s most powerful...
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...
Biden to award 1st Medal of Honor to retired Georgia colonel
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will award his first Medal of Honor this week to a retired colonel for acts of bravery during the...
US envoy: Fear of Taliban conquering Kabul are overblown
WASHINGTON — Predictions that the Taliban will quickly overrun Afghan government forces and conquer Kabul once U.S. and coalition forces have fully withdrawn are...
Review: Zack Snyder makes a bitingly good zombie-heist flick
It won't take you long to warm to Zack Snyder's “Army of the Dead.” All it took for me was the sight of a...
2 pilots eject from F-15 when it leaves runway in Illinois
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...
Afghans who helped the US now fear being left behind
KABUL, Afghanistan — For Mon PMs; XMZ501-516; video (blv LON is filing the video); Spotlight
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