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First Army deputy commanding general to leave position
WHBF Davenport via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMaj. Gen. Jeffrey W. Jurasek, who served as First Army deputy commanding general for support and...
Medal of Honor recipient Col. Ralph Puckett to lie in honor in Capitol rotunda
WSB Radio· 3 days agoRalph Puckett Jr., Colonel, United States Army, Retired. Medal of Honor recipient Puckett's cremated...
Cinco de Mayo is Sunday. What to know about the Mexican holiday that became popular in US
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoCinco de Mayo is right on the horizon. The Mexican holiday celebrates the day a small Mexican army...
Gaza, a thorn in Israel’s side or its dream?
Al Jazeera· 16 hours agoThe Israeli army is reinforcing its positions within the Gaza Strip, ostensibly before a long-telegraphed assault on Rafah and the Hamas brigades it...
China launches third aircraft carrier
The Washington Times· 8 hours agoChina began sea trials for the third aircraft carrier for its People’s Liberation Army on Wednesday, Chinese state media reported. The official Chinese...
What is Juneteenth? The history and meaning behind the federal holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOn June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed 250,000 enslaved people...
Frederick J. Chartrand, 72, of Croghan
WWNY - WNYF Watertown· 8 hours agoFred was born on May 6th, 1951, in Gouverneur, to Harold “Pat” and Irene Lacross Chartrand Manchester. After high school, Fred enlisted in the United...
On this day in history, May 1, 1931, Empire State Building opens during Great Depression
Fox News via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoThe Empire State Building, the world's tallest skyscraper at the time and perhaps still the most...
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 798
Al Jazeera· 3 hours agoOdesa Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said at least 14 people were injured after Russia struck a postal depot with a ballistic missile triggering a large...
Obituaries in Lubbock, TX | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal· 21 hours agoDouglas Johnson Corley was born on October 9, 1929 in Sundown, Texas to Douglas and Dorothy Corley. Doug graduated from Sundown High School in 1948. Following the Korean War, he entered the ...