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Today in History: March 23, “Titanic” wins record-tying 11 Oscars

Mar. 23, 2024 00:04 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Saturday, March 23, the 83rd day of 2024. There are 283 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 23, 1998, “Titanic” tied an Academy Awards record by winning 11 Oscars, including best picture, best...

Author Mitch Albom, 9 others evacuated by helicopter from violence-torn Port-au-Prince

Mar. 13, 2024 12:57 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Author and Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom and nine others have been rescued by helicopter from Haiti after becoming stranded in the poverty-stricken and violence-torn Caribbean nation while visiting an orphanage. The group was forced to shelter inside the...

US Army boats head out on a mission to build a floating pier off Gaza's shore for food deliveries

Mar. 12, 2024 17:53 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four U.S. Army boats, loaded with tons of equipment and steel pier segments, left Virginia on Tuesday, heading to Gaza as part of the U.S. effort to expand the delivery of food and other supplies to starving Palestinians as Israel's war against Hamas drags on. The...

Today in History: March 11, massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan kill nearly 20,000

Mar. 11, 2024 00:01 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Monday, March 11, the 71st day of 2024. There are 295 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami struck Japan’s northeastern coast, killing...

An effort to get aid to Gaza by sea is moving ahead. But the first ship is still waiting in Cyprus

Mar. 10, 2024 23:06 PM EDT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A U.S. Army vessel carrying equipment to build a temporary pier in Gaza was heading to the Mediterranean on Sunday, after U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to increase aid deliveries by sea to the besieged enclave where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians...

US Army soldier indicted and accused of selling sensitive military information

Mar. 08, 2024 00:57 AM EST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An Army soldier has been arrested on accusations of selling sensitive information related to U.S. military capabilities, Justice Department officials said Thursday. Sgt. Korbein Schultz, who is also an intelligence analyst, was accused in a six-count...

US Army is slashing thousands of posts in major revamp to prepare for future wars

Feb. 27, 2024 14:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, or almost 5%, and restructuring to be better able to fight the next major war, as the service struggles with recruiting shortfalls that made it impossible to bring in enough soldiers to fill all the jobs. ...

WWII Monuments Men weren't all men. The female members finally move into the spotlight

Feb. 17, 2024 17:42 PM EST

DALLAS (AP) — After World War II, the U.S. Army’s art experts set out to find and return millions of works stolen by the Nazis. Known as the Monuments Men, they included Mary Regan Quessenberry, who from her base in Berlin traveled to examine stolen works, tracked looting cases and investigated...

Navajo, Zuni tribes to implement restoration plan for Fort Wingate, focusing on forest and fish

Feb. 07, 2024 00:51 AM EST

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two Native American tribes, the state of New Mexico and the U.S. Army have finalized a restoration plan for a former military installation near Gallup. Explosives and munitions were stored and disposed of at Fort Wingate until it closed in 1993. ...

What is Tower 22, the military base that was attacked in Jordan where 3 US troops were killed?

Jan. 29, 2024 23:03 PM EST

JERUSALEM (AP) — A little-discussed United States military desert outpost in the far reaches of northeastern Jordan has become the focus of international attention after a drone attack killed three American troops and injured at least 34 others there. The base, known as Tower 22,...