WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — “Duty, Honor, Country” has been the motto of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point since 1898. That motto isn’t changing, but a decision to take those words out of the school's lesser-known mission statement is still generating outrage. Officials at the 222-year-old ...
"My medicine is finished. I'm so tired. I can hardly see in front of me. My chemotherapy ran out a long time ago," said Siham./ The 62-year-old has leukaemia. Before the war broke out she was being treated at the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital in north Gaza - the only cancer hospital in ...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) press conference./ (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday pushed the federal judiciary to rethink a new policy designed to curb the practice of "judge shopping" used by conservative litigants to steer cases challenging on the Senate floor ...
Former U.S. President Trump hosts a campaign rally, in Rome, Georgia/ authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government, according to former U.S. officials with direct knowledge of ...
Academy at West Point has made the decision to remove the "Duty, Honor, Country" motto from its mission statement. In a letter sent to students and supporters, Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland said the phrase, which was first added to the mission statement in 1998, would be replaced with ...
A Georgia woman died last week after she dropped an AirPod under a conveyor and got caught in a chain that moves the machine while reaching for it, authorities said. According to an incident report from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, a witness told investigators that line worker Alyssa ...
In this aerial image from KABC video shows the scene of a landslide in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. The landslide has destroyed a hillside home and is imperiling at least two others. The Los Angeles Fire Department says an initial search found no victims but ...
Ukrainian artillery in action on the front line. Supplies of artillery shells are a critical issue in the struggle to hold the Russians back - Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty/ with twice as many artillery pieces as Ukraine had. But it isn’t the advantage in howitzers that really matters – it’s the ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with winners of the Leaders of Russia national management competition in Moscow/ warned the West on Wednesday Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that if the U.S. sent troops to Ukraine, it would be considered a significant escalation of the ...
World Central Kitchen, the charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, announced that its first maritime shipment of aid was on its way to Gaza on Tuesday morning, after weeks of preparation. The ship, Open Arms, is carrying 200 tonnes of food. The BBC spoke to Andrés about his charity's ...