WASHINGTON — From religious leaders and politicians to activists and scientists, the world said goodbye to a number of notable figures this year. Among the newsmakers who died in 2025 were Pope ...

“There’s no place like home for the holidays” is a familiar refrain this time of year, but for many members of the U.S. military, being home is not an option. While thousands of sailors aboard the USS ...

Activated on December 5, 2025 and headquartered at Fort Bragg, N.C., U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command is an operational warfighting theater command headquarters that is focused on homeland defense ...

Editor’s note: “Medic, a diary,” is a graphic novel documenting Dave Horowitz’s true-to-life journey from totally green EMT to seasoned and potentially burned-out paramedic. During his 10 years on the ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence announced the winners and concluded the 2025 Best Medic Competition with an awards ceremony on Dec. 4, 2025, at ...

Two U.S. Army soldiers and a U.S. civilian who was serving as an interpreter were killed after shots were fired at U.S. and Syrian forces on a mission to a historic central town in Syria on Saturday, ...

Two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter were killed during an attack Saturday near the city of Palmyra, Syria, according to the Pentagon. Three additional U.S. soldiers were wounded in ...

President Donald Trump said the United States will retaliate after three U.S. military personnel – two Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter – were killed by a suspected Islamic State attacker. The ...

The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the first time — by an American pope. The fatal shooting of conservative ...

MAINE, USA — Gov. Janet Mills has ordered US and state flags lowered across Maine on Friday in honor of Charles Norman Shay, the highly decorated U.S. Army medic and revered Penobscot elder who will ...