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Marked dead in Vietnam, a long journey back to life

HALLETTSVILLE, Texas – Ronald Ridgeway was “killed” in Vietnam on Feb. 25, 1968. The 18-year-old Marine Corps private first class fell with a bullet to the shoulder during a savag...

DATE: Jul 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

ISIS launches new assault on besieged eastern city in Syria

BEIRUT – Islamic State militants launched their biggest assault in a year on government-held areas of the contested city of Deir el-Zour Saturday, attacking from several fronts and triggerin...

DATE: Jan 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

The children of Pearl Harbor remember

Some youngsters climbed roofs to see what was happening

DATE: Dec 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

ISIS counterattacks from populated zones

BAGHDAD – Iraqi special forces cleared buildings on Saturday in neighborhoods they entered in eastern Mosul a day earlier, losing some ground in counterattacks after pushing out Islamic Stat...

DATE: Nov 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gold Star parents who lost child in military service to gather in Durango

They served in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, National Guard, Reserves. Most were young, and all left family and friends remembering someone full of life who wanted to serve his or...

DATE: Sep 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Elie Wiesel, author, Nobel laureate, dies at 87

Holocaust survivor ‘a messenger to mankind’

DATE: Jul 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kerry in Saudi Arabia for talks on Syria, Libya, Yemen

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday held talks with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman about the conflicts in Syria, Libya and Yemen, ahead of international meetings ...

DATE: May 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Moscow’s drawdown in Syria sends a strong message to Assad

Putin urges Assad to work harder toward peace

DATE: Mar 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

In shattered Ramadi, a test of Iraqi unity

City ‘totally destroyed’ from years of war

DATE: Jan 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Analysis Victory in Ramadi not proof of strategy, but it is a milestone Iraqi troops stand their ground to secure key city

WASHINGTON – When the Iraqi city of Ramadi fell to the Islamic State last May, the White House called it a “setback.” The administration’s many critics called it a disaster, proof that Presi...

DATE: Jan 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

United Nations endorses peace process for Syria

Assad’s role not mentioned

DATE: Dec 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Veterans Day memory: Navajo code talker recalls role in WWII

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Roy Hawthorne recalls his time served during World War II with pride, effortlessly sharing his native Navajo language as he shows off how he used codes to trick the Japa...

DATE: Nov 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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